Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974). He is also known for his work on Broadway including, The Producers (2001).
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | New Faces | No | Yes | No | Credited as "Melvin Brooks" |
| 1967 | The Producers | Yes | Yes | No | Directorial debut |
| 1970 | The Twelve Chairs | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Young Frankenstein | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1977 | High Anxiety | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1991 | Life Stinks | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2005 | The Producers [1] | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank [1] | No | Yes | Executive | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Critic | Narrator | Short film |
| 1967 | The Producers | Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" | Voice, uncredited |
| 1969 | Putney Swope | Mr. Forget It | |
| 1970 | The Twelve Chairs | Tikon | |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Governor William Le Petomane Indian Chief Aviator Applicant Back-Up German Singer (voice) Grouchy Moviegoer (voice) | |
| Young Frankenstein | Werewolf Cat Hit by Dart Victor Frankenstein | Voice, uncredited | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Mel Funn | |
| 1977 | High Anxiety | Richard H. Thorndyke | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Professor Max Krassman | |
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Moses Comicus Torquemada Jacques King Louis XVI | |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Dr. Frederick Bronski | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Yogurt President Skroob | |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too [1] | Mr. Toilet Man | Voice |
| 1991 | Life Stinks | Goddard Bolt | |
| 1992 | Mickey's Audition | Film director | Short film |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Rabbi Tuckman | |
| 1994 | The Little Rascals | Mr. Welling | |
| 1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Dr. Abraham Van Helsing | |
| 1999 | Screw Loose | Jake Gordon | |
| 2000 | Sex, Lies and Video Violence | Stressed old man | |
| 2005 | Robots [1] | Bigweld | Voice |
| The Producers [1] | Himself Hilda the Pigeon (voice) Tom the Cat (voice) German Soldier (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Ruby's Studio: The Feelings Show | Sally Simon Simmons Narrator | Voice |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman [1] | Albert Einstein | Voice, cameo |
| 2015 | Underdogs | The Agent | Voice, U.S. dub |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 [1] | Vlad Dracula | Voice | |
| 2017 | Leap! [1] | M. Luteau | Voice, U.S. dub |
| The Guardian Brothers | Mr. Rogman | Voice, U.S. dub | |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation [1] | Vlad | Voice |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 [2] | Melephant Brooks | |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Shogun Toshi |
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | David Lynch | Uncredited | |
| Fatso | Anne Bancroft | |||
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Richard Benjamin | ||
| Frances | Graeme Clifford | Uncredited | ||
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Alan Johnson | ||
| 1986 | The Fly | David Cronenberg | ||
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Alan Johnson | ||
| Year | Title | Writer | Creator | Executive Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Admiral Broadway Revue | Yes | No | No | |
| 1950–54 | Your Show of Shows | Yes | No | No | |
| 1954–57 | Caesar's Hour | Yes | No | No | |
| 1958 | Sid Caesar Invites You | Yes | No | No | |
| 1965–70 | Get Smart | Yes | Yes | No | Also character developer |
| 1975 | The 2000 Year Old Man [1] | Yes | No | No | TV special |
| When Things Were Rotten | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 episode | |
| 1989 | The Nutt House | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 episode |
| 2008–09 | Spaceballs: The Animated Series | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also composer |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The New Steve Allen Show | 2000 Year Old Man | 2 episodes |
| 1962–92 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Guest / Himself | 19 episodes |
| 1967 | The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special | Himself | TV special |
| 1968–78 | The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Himself / Panelist | 15 episodes |
| 1971–77 | The Electric Company | Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice) | 780 episodes |
| 1974 | Free to Be... You and Me | Baby Boy (voice) | Television film |
| 1975 | The 2000 Year Old Man [1] | 2000 Year Old Man (voice) | TV special |
| 1983 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Himself | TV special |
| 1990 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Buzz Schlanger | Episode: "Due Diligence" |
| 1993 | Frasier | Tom (voice) | Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street" |
| 1995 | The Simpsons | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" |
| 1996–99 | Mad About You | Uncle Phil | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | The Kids from Room 402 | Mr. Miller (voice) | Episode: "Squeezed Out" |
| 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Joe Snow (voice) | Television film |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius [1] | Santa Claus (voice) | Episode: "Holly Jolly Jimmy" |
| 2003–07 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | Wiley the Sheep (voice) | 47 episodes |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | 4 episodes |
| 2008–09 | Spaceballs: The Animated Series | President Skroob, Yogurt (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 2010 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Canine (voice) | Episode: "A Very Martin Christmas" |
| 2011 | Special Agent Oso | Grandpa Mel (voice) | Episode: "On Old MacDonald's Special Song/Snapfingers" |
| The Paul Reiser Show | The Angry Cat (voice) | Episode: "The Playdate" | |
| Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again | Himself | TV special | |
| 2012 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | Episode: "I Want Sandwiches, I Want Chicken" |
| Mel Brooks Strikes Back | Himself | TV special | |
| 2014 | Jeopardy! | Video Clue Presenter | Episode #30.131 |
| Dora the Explorer | Mad Hatter (voice) | Episode: "Dora in Wonderland" | |
| 2015 | Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen | Himself | Stand-up TV special |
| The Comedians | Himself | Episode: "Celebrity Guest" | |
| 2018 | To Tell the Truth | Himself | Season 3, episode 2 |
| 2019 | Forky Asks A Question | Melephant Brooks (voice) | Episode: "What Is Love?" |
| 2022 | Little Demon | Millipede (voice) | Episode: "Village of the Found" |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Narrator | 8 episodes |
| Only Murders in the Building | Himself | Episode: "CoBro" | |
| TBA | Fairy Tale Forest | Burgermeister | TV movie, Completed |
| Year | Title | Notes | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | New Faces of 1952 | Writer | Royale Theatre | [3] |
| 1957 | Shinbone Alley | Writer | Broadway Theater | |
| 1962 | All American | Writer | Winter Garden Theater | |
| 2001 | The Producers | Composer, lyricist, writer, producer | St. James Theatre | |
| 2007 | Young Frankenstein | Composer, lyricist, writer, producer | Hilton Theatre | |
| 2019 | Mel Brooks on Broadway | Performer | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | |
| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Mel Brooks: To Be or Not to Be - The Hitler Rap | Composer, lyricist | Short |
| 2001 | Great Performances | Composer | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Get Smart | Consultant | |
| 2015 | Sam | Executive producer | |
| 2020 | Grandma for President | Actor (voice of Ernie Blanders) | Podcast series |
Brooks cast certain actors in more than one of his films. His most frequent collaborators were Rudy De Luca (7 films), Dom DeLuise (6 films), Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Charlie Callas, Carol Arthur, and Robert Ridgely (4 films each).
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, was nominated for three Academy Awards and is ranked number six on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list.
Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright.
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film is about a theater producer and his accountant who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a stage musical purposely designed to fail. They find a script celebrating Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and bring it to the stage. Because of this theme, The Producers was controversial from the start and received mixed reviews. It became a cult film and found a more positive critical reception later.
Carl Reiner was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.
The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century. The film was directed by David Lynch, produced by Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, and starred John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, and Freddie Jones. The Elephant Man is generally regarded as one of Lynch's more accessible and mainstream works, alongside The Straight Story (1999).
Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film cowritten, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in summer 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman as themselves. The film was produced in the manner of a 20th-century silent film, with intertitles instead of spoken dialogue; the soundtrack consists almost entirely of accompanying music and sound effects. It is an affectionate parody of slapstick comedies, including those of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett and Buster Keaton. The film satirizes the film industry, presenting the story of a film producer trying to obtain studio support to make a silent film in the 1970s.
Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), An Unmarried Woman (1978), Harry and Tonto (1974), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He is also known for directing such films as Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Moon over Parador (1988), and Scenes from a Mall (1991).
Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991).
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman.
Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian and author. Known primarily for comedy roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act with Burt Reynolds. Beginning in the 1980s, his popularity expanded to younger audiences from voicing characters in several major animated productions, particularly those of Don Bluth.
Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. He is best remembered as a main cast member alongside Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence on the CBS sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1977) for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Kenneth Mars was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972) as well as Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and Shadows and Fog (1991).
Dick Shawn was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s, he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counterculture personalities, such as the hedonistic but mother-obsessed Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1967). Besides his film work, he appeared in numerous television shows from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Lionel Alfred William Atwill was an English stage and screen actor. He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre. After coming to the U.S., he subsequently appeared in various Broadway plays and Hollywood films. Some of his more significant roles were in Captain Blood (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and To Be or Not to Be (1942).
The Twelve Chairs is a 1970 American comedy film directed and written by Mel Brooks, and starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody and Dom DeLuise. The film is one of at least eighteen film adaptations of the Soviet 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov.
The Producers is a 2005 American musical comedy film directed by Susan Stroman and written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on the eponymous 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, and Jon Lovitz. Creature effects were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Andreas Voutsinas was a Sudanese-Greek actor and theater director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, The Producers (1967), The Twelve Chairs (1970) and History of the World, Part I (1981).
John Leonard Morris was an American film, television, and Broadway composer, dance arranger, conductor, and trained concert pianist. He collaborated with filmmakers Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder.
Ron Clark is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote with Sam Bobrick and for co-writing the screenplays for the films Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks with Mel Brooks.
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