Fred Thompson

He is reportedly paid $100,000 per episode of the show in which he appears; if this is in fact true, he earns more from appearing in two shows than he did in an entire year as a Senator, and will earn nearly twice in one season what his earnings were for his entire Senate career. Since then he has remained active in promoting cancer awareness and treatment. Wilder himself was hospitalized with cancer in 2000. Senator also to take a full-time television acting job; however, his first scenes as Branch were filmed during the Senate's August, 2002 recess, so he missed no legislative time in order to act on television. Wilder was married to Saturday Night Live actress Gilda Radner from 1984 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1989. In doing so, he became the first serving U.S. In the late 1970s and 1980s he appeared in a number of movies with Richard Pryor, making them the most prolific inter-racial comedy double act in movies during the period. In the final months of his term, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing the character of District Attorney Arthur Branch (a role he still portrays as of 2005). Perhaps one of his best known roles is that of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election, upon further reflection, which seems to have been prompted in large part by the sudden death of his daughter from unrelated events, he decided not to pursue this course. His first big part was in Bonnie and Clyde where he played an undertaker abducted by the couple. He had never planned to make a lifetime career of the Senate, and had often publicly stated as much. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Young Frankenstein with Mel Brooks. Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in The Producers. Thompson then became the ranking minority member. Gene Wilder made many movies with Brooks starting with The Producers in 1968.

While in the Senate, he was chair of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1997 to January 3, 2001 and January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001, when the reorganization of the Senate prompted by the resignation of James Jeffords of Vermont from the Republican Party changed the control of the Senate. Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his collaborations with writer, producer, director Mel Brooks. This was no doubt due to his acting background, but many pundits saw this as an attempt to groom him for an even larger political role. Thompson was easily re-elected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003 over Democratic attorney Houston Gordon of Ripley, Tennessee by an even larger margin than that by which he had defeated Cooper two years earlier. Bonnie and Clyde (1967). ("while I was still unpacking my boxes," as he put it) Thompson was selected by the Republicans to give a reply to a nationally-televised address by President Bill Clinton. The Producers (1968). Almost immediately upon his arrival in Washington, D.C. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Thompson took the oath of office on December 2, 1994. Blazing Saddles (1974). Representative Jim Cooper in a landslide which represented the most votes anyone had ever received for a statewide office in Tennessee history up to that point. Young Frankenstein (1974). On November 8, 1994, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Al Gore, defeating six-term Democratic U.S. Silver Streak (1976). Even more than most actors, Thompson's roles are generally portrayals of characters who are very similar to his real life persona, much in the tradition of performers such as John Wayne.

Thompson would go on to appear in numerous motion pictures, including The Hunt for Red October (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993). This film launched his acting career. The scandal became the subject of a book and a movie titled Marie (1985) in which Thompson played himself, supposedly because the producers were unable to find a professional actor who could play him plausibly. In 1977, Thompson took on a Tennessee Parole Board case that ultimately toppled Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from power on charges of selling pardons.

He was responsible for Baker's asking one of the questions that is said to have led directly to the downfall of President Richard Nixon – "What did the President know, and when did he know it?". He was the campaign manager for Senator Howard Baker's successful re-election campaign in 1972, which led to a close personal friendship with Baker, and from 1973-1974, he served as co-chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal. attorney from 1969-1972. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law, serving as an assistant U.S.

degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967. He received a J.D. He attended Memphis State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science in 1964. Born in Sheffield, Alabama, Thompson grew up attending the public schools in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, actor, and former Republican Senator from Tennessee. No Way Out (1987). Feds (1988). Fat Man and Little Boy (1989).

The Hunt for Red October (1990). Days of Thunder (1990). Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). Flight of the Intruder (1991) (uncredited).

Class Action (1991). Necessary Roughness (1991). Curly Sue (1991). Cape Fear (1991).

Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992). Thunderheart (1992). White Sands (1992) (uncredited). Born Yesterday (1993).

In the Line of Fire (1993). Baby's Day Out (1994).