How old was Gene Wilder in his first movie: Death of a Salesman?
Gene Wilder was 31 in Death of a Salesman when he played the character 'Bernard'.
That was over 58 years ago in 1966.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
In 2016 he died aged 83, starring in 44 films in his career, 41 of those after Death of a Salesman was first released. If he were alive today he would be 90.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Death of a Salesman, I think Gene Wilder looks:
Did you know?
- Director Alex Segal has worked with Gene Wilder just once in his career.
- Gene Wilder's first movie was as 'Bernard' in Death of a Salesman, released in 1966 when he was 31
- Death of a Salesman scores 5.9 out of 10 on TMDB.
