His only appearance in cinema during that time was in F For Fake, Orson Welles ' documentary on hoaxes, when 20th Century-Fox mistakenly sent Welles newsreel footage of Ameche misidentified as footage of Howard Hughes.

Faye's popularity skyrocketed as a result of the picture, and she was reunited with Power and Ameche that same year for Alexander's Ragtime Band, which proved to be even more successful.

Ameche was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

James Ameche ( August 6, 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin – February 4, 1983, Tucson, Arizona ) was a familiar voice on radio, including his role as radio's original Jack Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

Seven Italian American players won the Heisman Trophy: Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame, Alan Ameche of Wisconsin, Gary Beban of UCLA, Joe Bellino of Navy, John Cappelletti of Penn State, Gino Torretta and Vinny Testaverde of Miami.

Ameche attended Marquette University, Loras College and the University of Wisconsin, where his cousin Alan Ameche played football and won the Heisman Trophy in 1954.

Lino Dante " Alan " Ameche ( March 1, 1933 – August 8, 1988 ), nicknamed " The Horse ", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League after winning the Heisman Trophy in college at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Ameche earned All-America honors at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he played linebacker as well as fullback in single-platoon days.

Ameche is one of six Wisconsin players whose number ( 35 ) has been retired, and one of six whose name and number appears on the Camp Randall Stadium façade as of 2008: fellow Heisman winner and current career rushing record holder Ron Dayne ( 33 ), Elroy Hirsch ( 40 ), Dave Schreiner ( 80 ), Allan Schafer ( 83 ), and Pat Richter ( 88 ) are the others.

Ameche was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1967 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.

* Alan Ameche The Story of " The Horse " by Dan Manoyan Terrace Books ; the University of Wisconsin Press 2012 www. vintagesportsheros. com

The film is about Henry Van Cleve ( played by Don Ameche ) who presents himself at the gates of Hell to recount his life and the women he has known from his mother onwards, concentrating on his happy but sometimes difficult 25 years of marriage to Martha ( Gene Tierney ).

He and Things Change co-star Don Ameche received the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Ameche was present at each circus or ice show taped for the series, and was seen as host and commentator.

For his contribution to radio, Ameche received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6313 Hollywood Boulevard and a second star at 6101 Hollywood Boulevard for his television work.

Ameche died on December 6, 1993, at his son Don Jr's house in Scottsdale, Arizona of prostate cancer,

Two productions were mounted in 1964: one at Valley Forge Music Fair starring Don Ameche, Margaret Whiting and Taina Elg, and a second at the Royal Poinciana Plaza Playhouse starring Elaine Stritch, Clifford David and Taina Elg.

Ameche may be best remembered for his role in the 1958 NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium, often cited as " The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Alan Ameche died of a heart attack at age 55 in Houston, a few days after undergoing heart bypass surgery.

" When Langford hosted a variety special in 1960, there was Ameche to join in the fun with The Three Stooges ( Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita at the time ), Bob Cummings and Johnny Mathis.

Several movies had their preview screening at The Alex, inviting celebrities such as Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Elizabeth Taylor for National Velvet and Bing Crosby for Going My Way ( both 1944 ).

Don Ameche and Junior McLain starred in the series, which ended June 8, 1933.

It led to the use of the word, " ameche ," as slang for telephone in common catchphrases, as noted by Mike Kilen in the Iowa City Gazette ( December 8, 1993 ): " The film prompted a generation to call people to the telephone with the phrase: ' You're wanted on the Ameche.

The film stars of the time that starred in these films, playing both heroes and villains alike include Greer Garson, Cary Grant, James Cagney, Raymond Massey, Basil Rathbone, Walter Slezak, Dana Andrews, Don Ameche, Richard Loo, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the most popular film star of the era, John Wayne.

* December 6 – Don Ameche, American actor ( b. 1908 )

* May 31 – Don Ameche, American actor ( d. 1993 )

Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche reprise their roles as the Duke brothers from another Landis and Murphy collaboration, Trading Places.

In 1945, Colbert ended her association with Paramount Studios, and continued to free-lance in such films as Guest Wife ( 1945 ), with Don Ameche.

" The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O ' Leary, the owner of the cow which started the fire, and Tyrone Power and Don Ameche as her sons.

Among them were Cleveland ’ s Arthur B " Mickey " McBride ( a real estate and taxi magnate ), San Francisco ’ s Anthony Morabito ( lumber ), Chicago ’ s John L. Keeshin ( trucking ), and Los Angeles ’ group of racetrack owner Benjamin Lindheimer, actor Don Ameche and MGM's Louis B. Mayer.

It stars Gene Tierney, Don Ameche and Charles Coburn.

Back in Hollywood, Merman was featured in Happy Landing, a minor comedy with Cesar Romero, Don Ameche, and Sonja Henie ; the box office hit Alexander's Ragtime Band, a pastiche of Irving Berlin songs interpolated into a plot that vaguely paralleled the composer's life ; and Straight, Place or Show, a critical and commercial flop starring the Ritz Brothers.

Actors such as Mickey Rooney, Vincent Price, Alan Alda, Ann Miller, Ben Affleck, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, John Carradine, Leonard Nimoy, Forrest Tucker, Stubby Kaye and Ann B. Davis have done shows there.

Numerous Italian Americans were outstanding players of the era, including: Alan Ameche, Leo Nomellini, Andy Robustelli, Franco Harris, Charlie Trippi, Gino Marchetti, Joe Fortunato, Babe Parilli, Dan Pastorini, Dante Lavelli, Gino Cappelletti, Nick Buoniconti, John Capelletti, Mike Lucci, Brian Piccolo, Vince Ferragamo, Daryle Lamonica, Joe Montana, Dan Marino and Vinny Testeverde.

: Many Italian Americans actors became well known in movies and TV, such as: Don Ameche, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anne Bancroft ( Anna Italiano ), Ernest Borgnine ( Ermes Borgnino ), Robert Alda, Alan Alda, Lou Costello, Frank Langella, Frankie Avalon ( Avallone ), Annette Funicello, James Darren ( Ercolani ), Jimmy Durante, Anthony Franciosa, Sal Mineo, Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Aldo Ray ( DaRe ), Richard Conte, Bernadette Peters ( Lazzara ), Connie Stevens ( Concetta Ingoglia ), Richard Crenna, Dom DeLuise, Armand Assante, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Joe Mantegna, John Travolta, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Paul Sorvino, Mira Sorvino, Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Rene Russo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicolas Cage ( Coppola ), Stanley Tucci, Marissa Tomei, John Turturro and Sylvester Stallone.

Eve Arden, George Burns, Joan Collins, Roddy McDowell, Milton Berle, Guy Lombardo, Rudy Vallée, and Don Ameche were among the guests.

Zanuck quickly signed young actors who would carry Twentieth Century-Fox for years: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Sonja Henie, and Betty Grable.

Even more outrageous was a sketch written by Arch Oboler that starred West and Don Ameche as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Three Hollywood movies have been made of Foster's life: Harmony Lane ( 1935 ) with Douglass Montgomery, Swanee River ( 1939 ) with Don Ameche, and I Dream of Jeanie ( 1952 ), with Bill Shirley.

Newmar had first appeared on Broadway in 1955 in Silk Stockings which starred Hildegarde Neff and Don Ameche.

Prominent NFL alumni include Senators Russ Feingold, Richard Lugar and William Frist, media visionary Ted Turner, Academy Award winners Patricia Neal and Don Ameche, Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammer and Shelley Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchors Jane Pauley and the late David Bloom, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Federal National Mortgage CEO Franklin Delano Raines, actors Brad Pitt and Zac Efron, and musician David Cook.