Quick Info
| Profession | Actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 28/06/1926 |
| Age | 99 years |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky) |
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| Nickname | 2000 Year Old Man |
Personal Life
| Residence | Moved from New York to Hollywood in 1960, returned 1961 |
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| Military Service | U.S. Army combat engineer in Europe, WWII, enlisted 1944 |
Relationships & More
| Spouse | Anne Bancroft |
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Career
| Early Career | Stand-up comic, emcee, social director in Catskills; writer for Sid Caesar's The Admiral Broadway Revue (1949), Your Show of Shows (1950); 2000 Year Old Man with Carl Reiner (1960); The Critic (1963) |
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| Films | The Producers (1968, director, writer); Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, Spaceballs; producer: The Elephant Man, The Fly, My Favorite Year, Fatso (1980) |
| TV | Get Smart (co-creator) |
| Broadway | The Producers musical (2001), Young Frankenstein (2007) |
| Awards | Emmy (1967), Oscar, Grammy, Tony (EGOT), Kennedy Center Honoree (2009), National Medal of Arts |
| Memoir | All About Me! (2021) |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Borscht Belt entertainer pre-TV career | |
| 2. Wrote for Sid Caesar off-the-books at $50/week | |
| 3. Toyed with Hitler musical idea as novel/play before The Producers | |
| 4. Sought rights to 84 Charing Cross Road for Anne Bancroft |