Hollywood star Gene Wilder, who delighted audiences with his comic turns in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and several Mel Brooks classics including "Blazing Saddles" and "The Producers," died August 29, 2016, at age 83. <br></br> Kenneth Mars looks for Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in a scene from the film "The Producers," in 1968. Gene Wilder made his name as Leo Bloom, a nervous accountant who falls into a money-making scheme as a producer of a musical, along with Zero Mostel.

Jack Albertson, Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum watch a candy-making machine in the film "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory," in 1971.

Gene Wilder is seen in a scene from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" released in 1971.

Gene Wilder as "The Fox" and Steven Warner as "The Little Prince" on the set of the film "The Little Prince" in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, in 1974.

Gene Wilder stars as the grandson of the original Frankenstein, with Peter Boyle as the new monster in the Mel Brooks film "Young Frankenstein, in 1974.

Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in the film "Blazing Saddles," in 1974.

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in a scene from the movie "Silver Streak," in 1976.

Actor/director Sidney Poitier gestures while speaking with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, two of the stars of the film '?Traces' on Aug. 26, 1981.

Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman in the film "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother," in 1975.

Gene Wilder with his daughter Katharine Wilder during "Silver Streak" premiere party, Dec. 7, 1976 at Tavern on the Green in New York.

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor find short-lived careers as a pair of unlikely "woodpeckers" before they are framed for a bank robbery and hustled off to prison in the comedy "Stir Crazy" in 1980.

Star of the original "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" and "Blazing Saddles," actor Gene Wilder, poses during a 1987 Los Angeles photo portrait session.

Gene Wilder and Mikhail Baryshnikov rehearsing for CBS's "Baryshnikov Special" in Los Angeles, Nov. 16, 1981.

Gene Wilder in Venice in 1981.

Gene Wilder holds a torch in a scene from the film "Hanky Panky," in 1982.

Gene Wilder operates the camera on set of the 1984 film 'The Woman In Red', in which Wilder wrote, directed, and stared.

Gene Wilder shrieks in a scene from the film "Haunted Honeymoon," in 1986.

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in a scene from the film "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," in 1989.

Gene Wilder and his wife Gilda Radner, on Sept. 7, 1984, during the 10th American Film Festival of Deauville, in Deauville, France.

Gene Wilder photographed for a portrait on June 6, 1996, known for his iconic role in the film 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

Gene Wilder at the 2012 U.S. Open on Aug. 31, 2012, in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York.