Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 en ... tertainers to win the EGOT (which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows(1950–1954). There, he worked with Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, and Carl Reiner. With Reiner, he co-created the comedy sketch The 2000 Year Old Man. He released several comedy albums, starting with 2000 Year Old Man in 1960. Brooks received five nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, finally winning in 1999. With Buck Henry, he created the hit satirical spy comedy series Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC television. Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers (1967). He then rose to prominence by directing a string of successful comedy films such as The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), and High Anxiety (1977). Later, Brooks made History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and earned Brooks three Tony Awards. The project was remade into a musical film in 2005. He wrote and produced the Hulu series History of the World, Part II (2023). Brooks was married to actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until she died in 2005. Their son, Max Brooks, is an actor and author known for his novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006). In 2021, Mel Brooks published his memoir titled All About Me!. Three of his films are included on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which were ranked in the top 15: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
as Wiley (voice)
Episodes: 52
First Aired: Sep 07, 2003
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
as President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Nov 21, 2008
History of the World: Part II
as Narrator
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 06, 2023
Mad About You
as Uncle Phil
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 23, 1992
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Mel Brooks
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
The Simpsons
as Mel Brooks (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Frasier
as Tom (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
Only Murders in the Building
as Mel Brooks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 31, 2021
Legends
as Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 17, 2006
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
as Santa Claus (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 2002
The Paul Reiser Show
as The Angry Cat (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 2011
The Electric Company
Episodes: 780
First Aired: Oct 25, 1971
Broadway: The American Musical
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 19, 2004
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Comedian
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 04, 1964
Bitte umblättern
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 20, 1977
Wogan
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 04, 1982
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 09, 1967
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 14, 2016
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
Flick Flack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1974
Noel's House Party
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 23, 1991
The David Susskind Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1959
Inside Comedy
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2012
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1995
Saturday Night Clive
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 1989
Glenn Martin, DDS
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 17, 2009
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
An Audience with...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1978
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 19, 2012
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1964
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 1982
RTL Samstag Nacht
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 06, 1993
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 2003
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 23, 1998
Primetime Glick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 2001
Arena
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1975
Great Performances
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
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