COCOON

(Science Fiction - PG)

Don Ameche won his Supporting Oscar for one of retirees that are contacted by the aliens.

About Don Ameche (1908 - 94)

American leading man with stage and radio expereince, who's real name is Dominie Felix Amici. Don Ameche was married to Honore Prendergast from 1932 until his death in 1993 and had six children from the marriage.

1943's HEAVEN CAN WAIT is considered by some to be Don Ameche's best acting performance.

Known to an earlier generation primarily for his role as telephone inventor "Alexander Graham Bell" Don Ameche later found a whole new audience and in the eighties in hits like: TRADING PLACES and COCOON.

Don Ameche's first film was SINS OF MAN, in 1936, followed by many outstanding credits including:

ONE IN A MILLION (1936)
IN OLD CHICAGO (1937)
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND (1938)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1939)
MIDNIGHT (1939)
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1938)
FOUR SONS (1940)
THAT NIGHT IN RIO (1941)
HAPPY LANDING (1938)
PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966)
TRADING PLACES (1983)
HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987)
FOLKS (1992)
COMING TO AMERICA (1988)
COCOON: THE RETURN (1988)
THINGS CHANGE (1988)
ODDBALL HALL (1990)
OSCAR (1985)
HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1993)
CORRINA CORRINA (1994)

Don Ameche's television credits include...

TAKE A CHANCE (TV Series)
STAR TIME (TV Series)
HOLIDAY HOTEL (TV Series)
THE FRANCES LANGFORD- DON AMECHE SHOW (TV Series) (1951)
COKE TIME (TV Series)
TO TELL THE TRUTH (TV Series)
SHEPERD'S FLOCK (TV Series) (1971)
THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER (1979)
A MASTERPIECE OF MURDER (TV MOVIE) (1986)
OUR SHINING MOMENT (1991)
SUNSTROKE (1992)