Actor mel brooks biography and age

(1926-)

Who Is Mel Brooks?

Filmmaker Mel Brooks has directed a number of classic film comedies including The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

A writer, producer, director and actor, Brooks has earned an Academy Award and multiple Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. He was married to Academy Award-winning actress Anne Bancroft for more than four decades.

Early Life

Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York to Kate Brookman and Max Kaminsky.

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The young Brooks worked as a comic in his neighborhood and learned how to play the drums as a teen from music legend Buddy Rich. He served in World War II and when he returned home he worked as an entertainer at resorts in the Catskills for a time.

Films

'Get Smart' and 'The Producers'

Brooks had a television hit of his own as the co-creator with Buck Henry of Get Smart, a series starring Don Adams that debuted in 1965 and parodied the spy genre.

After working on an animated