Movies Gallery Gene Wilder: His Life in Photos By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 29, 2016 08:35PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 23 Gene Wilder Through the Years AP Gene Wilder died at the age of 83 on August 28. The beloved, Oscar-nominated actor, who earned credits for famed titles like Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Blazing Saddles, got his start in the '60s, pictured above in The Producers with Lee Meredith and Zero Mostel. See photos of the late star through the years, ahead. 02 of 23 Gene Wilder at the 41st Annual Academy Awards on April 14, 1969 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images 03 of 23 Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in 1971 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 04 of 23 Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket on the set of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 05 of 23 Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask in 1972 United Artists/Courtesy of Getty Images 06 of 23 Gene Wilder on NBC's The Bell System Family Theatre on September 17, 1972 Art Selby & Al Levine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 07 of 23 Gene Wilder as The Fox on the set of The Little Prince in 1974 Keith Hamshere/Getty Images 08 of 23 Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein in 1974 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection 09 of 23 Gene Wilder With Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, and Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein in 1974 20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection 10 of 23 Gene Wilder with Richard Pryor in Silver Streak in 1976 Hulton Archive/Getty Images 11 of 23 Gene Wilder with Jean Claude Bouis in New York City on December 9, 1977 Richard Drew/AP 12 of 23 Gene Wilder at NBC studios in New York on June 26, 1979 Dave Pickoff/AP 13 of 23 Gene Wilder in New York Circa 1980 Art Zelin/Getty Image 14 of 23 Gene Wilder With Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, and Harry Belafonte Circa 1980 Art Zelin/Getty Images 15 of 23 Gene Wilder in December 1980 AP 16 of 23 Gene Wilder Filming Hanky Panky With Gilda Radner on August 27, 1981 Bill Polo/AP 17 of 23 Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner at the Premiere Hannah and her Sisters in Los Angeles on January 16, 1986 Kevin Winter/Getty Images 18 of 23 Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner Circa 1987 Kypros/Getty Images 19 of 23 Gene Wilder Filming See No Evil, Hear No Evil With Richard Pryor on August 30, 1988 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 20 of 23 Gene Wilder at the Gilda's Club Opening in New York City on June 28, 1993 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 21 of 23 Gene Wilder With Mary Tyler Moore at the Opening of Gilda's Club for Cancer Support on October 17, 1993 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 22 of 23 Gene Wilder at Gilda's Club New York City's Seventh Annual Comedy Gala on November 15, 2001 Theo Wargo/WireImage 23 of 23 Gene Wilder at "An Evening With Gene Wilder" at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on June 13, 2013 John Lamparski/WireImage