Don Ameche

Don Ameche (1908–1993) was an American actor and radio performer whose career ranged from 1930s radio and films to an Academy Award-winning late-career role.

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Cocoon: A 1985 science-fiction film about older people who encounter rejuvenating alien technology. Ameche won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Art Selwyn.
Ernst Lubitsch: A German-American film director known for sophisticated comedies and the style called the Lubitsch touch. He directed Ameche in the romantic fantasy Heaven Can Wait.
Radio drama: A form of dramatic storytelling performed for broadcast without visual images. Ameche developed his voice and national popularity through radio performance.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: An annual Academy Award honoring a film performance in a supporting role. Ameche won the award for Cocoon at age 77.
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell: A 1939 biographical drama starring Don Ameche as inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Its success made Ameche strongly associated with the telephone inventor.
Alice Faye: An American actress and singer who starred in 1930s and 1940s movie musicals. She co-starred with Ameche in several popular Twentieth Century-Fox films.
The First Nighter Program: An American radio anthology series presenting romantic plays, broadcast from 1930 to 1953. Ameche starred in this program before and during his rise in Hollywood.
Older actors in Hollywood: The employment and representation of performers in later life within the American film industry. Ameche's Oscar-winning comeback challenged the idea that major screen success belonged only to youth.
Heaven Can Wait: A 1943 romantic comedy in which a man recounts his life to the Devil. Ameche played the Devil in this Ernst Lubitsch film.
Tyrone Power: An American actor and matinee idol known for swashbuckling and dramatic roles. Power and Ameche were prominent Fox leading men during the studio's 1930s and 1940s heyday.