Gene Wilder: A Notable Life in Pictures

Gene Wilder during the filming of 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil' in 1989. Wilder, who starred in several blockbuster movies, died Monday at 83. AP Photo
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory', 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Gene Wilder as Jim, aka 'The Waco Kid' in 'Blazing Saddles', directed by Mel Brooks, 1974. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder during filming of the comedy movie 'Traces' in Boston, 1981. AP Photo/W. Polo
Gene Wilder, as he appears in the movie 'Young Frankenstein', 1974. Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images
Lee Meredith, upper right, and Kenneth Mars, upper left, with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in a scene from the movie 'The Producers', 1967. AP Photo
Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr from the movie 'Young Frankenstein', 1974. Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in 1989. The duo starred in a string hit films including 'Silver Streak' and 'Stir Crazy'. George Rose/Getty Images
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder following their private wedding ceremony, 1984, France. AP Photo
Gene Wilder in 1980. AP Photo
Gene Wilder at NBC studios in New York, 1979. He had just appeared on the 'Today' show to promote his latest film, 'The Frisco Kid'. AP Photo/Dave Pickoff
Gene Wilder with Julie Dawn Cole, Roy Kinnear, Denise Nickerson, Leonard Stone, Ursula Reit, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Paris Themmen, and Michael Bollner in a scene from the film 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory', 1971. Paramount/Getty Images
Jack Albertson and Gene Wilder standing by as Peter Ostrum watches a candy making machine in the film 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory', 1971. Paramount/Getty Images
A scene from the movie 'Silver Streak' with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, 1976. John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images
Gene Wilder in a scene from the movie "Young Frankenstein", 1974. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Gene Wilder as the grandson of the original Frankenstein, in the Mel Brooks film 'Young Frankenstein', 1974. 20th Century Fox/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Gene Wilder with Cleavon Little in the film, 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks, 1974. Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images
Lee Meredith with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in 'The Producers', 1967. AP Photo
Sidney Poitier with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, during the making of 'Traces'. AP Photo/Bill Polo
Gene Wilder addressing an audience at Boston University, 2005. AP Photo/Steven Senne
Gene Wilder and his daughter, Kate, at the world premiere of 'Silver Streak' in New York, 1976. AP Photo
Gene Wilder during an interview during which he talked about his new film, 'The World’s Greatest Lover', in 1977. In addition to starring in the picture, he also wrote, produced and directed it. AP Photo/Richard Drew
Gene Wilder backstate at NBC studios, 1979. AP Photo/Dave Pickoff
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, 1982. AP Photo
Gene Wilder stands next to a cut-out caricature of Gilda Radner after cutting the red ribbon at the opening of Gilda's Club in the West Village, New York, 1995. Wilder, who was married to Radner when she died of ovarian cancer in 1989, founded the club which will offer therapy, lectures, workshops and parties for people with cancer and their families. AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler
French comedian Jean Rochefort, center, Gene Wilder, left, and French comedian Pierre Richard at the annual French cinema “Cesars” ceremony, 1978. AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas
Gene Wilder receiving the Governor's Awards for Excellence in Culture and Tourism at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., 2008. AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Gene Wilder attends the 2013 US Open in New York. Uri Schanker/WireImage