AdvertisementIn This 2005 Interview, Gene Wilder Explains How He Learned To Get LaughsAugust 30, 2016facebookEmailActor Gene Wilder, who entertained audiences with his performances in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, The Producers and Blazing Saddles, died Monday. He was 83 years old. (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)