Mel Brooks
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to television.
He was a writer for,Your Show of Shows (1950)Caesar's Hour (1954)and wrote the Broadway show Shinbone Alley. He also worked in the creation ofThe 2000 Year Old Man (1975)andGet Smart (1965)before embarking on a highly successful film career in writing, acting, producing and directing.
Brooks is famous for the spoofs of different film genres that he made such asBlazing Saddles (1974),History of the World: Part I (1981),Silent Movie (1976),Young Frankenstein (1974),Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993),High Anxiety (1977),Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995),andSpaceballs (1987).
He was a writer for,Your Show of Shows (1950)Caesar's Hour (1954)and wrote the Broadway show Shinbone Alley. He also worked in the creation ofThe 2000 Year Old Man (1975)andGet Smart (1965)before embarking on a highly successful film career in writing, acting, producing and directing.
Brooks is famous for the spoofs of different film genres that he made such asBlazing Saddles (1974),History of the World: Part I (1981),Silent Movie (1976),Young Frankenstein (1974),Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993),High Anxiety (1977),Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995),andSpaceballs (1987).