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Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.

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Brooks with wife Anne Bancroft at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
Brooks with wife Anne Bancroft at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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Brooks in c. February 1984
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Brooks in April 2010
Brooks at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
Brooks at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
Mel with son Max Brooks in April 2010
Mel with son Max Brooks in April 2010
 
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