Assumed name of Melvin Kaminsky
1926- . US film director, comedian and actor,
whose madcap and verbal slapstick humour is
featured in films such as The Producers 1968,
Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein both
1974, Silent Movie 1976, High Anxiety 1977,
History of the World Part I 1981, To Be Or
Not To Be 1983 and the Star Wars' spoof
Spaceballs 1987. He is married to actress
Anne Bancroft.