Mel Brooks on screen and stage

Mel Brooks is an actor, comedian, and filmmaker of the stage, television, and screen. He started his work as a comedy writer, actor, and then director of 11 feature films including The Producers (1967), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Blazing Saddles (1974). He is also known for his work on Broadway, including The Producers (2001).

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Brooks receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1954	New Faces	No	Yes	No	Credited as "Melvin Brooks"
1967	The Producers	Yes	Yes	No	Directorial debut
1970	The Twelve Chairs	Yes	Yes	No
1974	Blazing Saddles	Yes	Yes	No
	Young Frankenstein	Yes	Yes	No
1976	Silent Movie	Yes	Yes	No
1977	High Anxiety	Yes	Yes	Yes
1980	The Elephant Man	No	No	Yes (uncredited)
1981	History of the World, Part I	Yes	Yes	Yes
1983	To Be or Not to Be	No	No	Yes
1985	The Doctor and the Devils	No	No	Yes
1986	The Fly	No	No	Yes (uncredited)
1987	Spaceballs	Yes	Yes	Yes
1991	Life Stinks	Yes	Yes	Yes
1992	The Vagrant	No	No	Yes
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Yes	Yes	Yes
1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Yes	Yes	Yes
2005	The Producers[1]	No	Yes	Yes
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank[1]	No	Yes	No
2027	Spaceballs 2 †	No	Yes	Yes	Post-production

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	The Critic	Narrator	Short film
1967	The Producers	Singer in "Springtime for Hitler"	Voice, uncredited
1970	The Twelve Chairs	Tikon
1974	Blazing Saddles	Governor William Le Petomane / Indian Chief / Aviator Applicant / Back-Up German Singer (voice) / Grouchy Moviegoer (voice)
	Young Frankenstein	Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein	Voice, uncredited
1976	Silent Movie	Mel Funn
1977	High Anxiety	Richard H. Thorndyke
1979	The Muppet Movie	Professor Krassman
1981	History of the World, Part I	Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
1983	To Be or Not to Be	Dr. Frederick Bronski
1987	Spaceballs	Yogurt / President Skroob
1990	Look Who's Talking Too[1]	Mr. Toilet Man	Voice
1991	Life Stinks	Goddard Bolt
1992	Mickey's Audition	Film director	Short film
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Rabbi Tuckman
1994	The Little Rascals	Mr. Welling
1995	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
1999	Screw Loose	Jake Gordon
2000	Sex, Lies and Video Violence	Stressed old man
2005	Robots[1]	Bigweld	Voice
	The Producers[1]	Himself / Hilda the Pigeon (voice) / Tom the Cat (voice) / German Soldier (voice)
2010	Ruby's Studio: The Feelings Show	Sally Simon Simmons / Narrator	Voice
2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman[1]	Albert Einstein	Voice, cameo
2015	Underdogs	The Agent	Voice, U.S. dub
	Hotel Transylvania 2[1]	Vlad Dracula	Voice
2017	Leap![1]	M. Luteau	Voice, U.S. dub
	The Guardian Brothers	Mr. Rogman
2018	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation[1]	Vlad	Voice
2019	Toy Story 4[2]	Melephant Brooks
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Shogun Toshi
2027	Spaceballs 2 †	Yogurt	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Creator	Executive Producer	Notes
1949	Admiral Broadway Revue	Yes	No	No
1950–54	Your Show of Shows	Yes	No	No
1954–57	Caesar's Hour	Yes	No	No
1958	Sid Caesar Invites You	Yes	No	No
1965–70	Get Smart	Yes	Yes	No	Also character developer
1975	The 2000 Year Old Man[1]	Yes	No	No	TV special
	When Things Were Rotten	Yes	Yes	Yes	1 episode
1989	The Nutt House	Yes	Yes	Yes	1 episode
2008–09	Spaceballs: The Animated Series	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also composer
2023	History of the World, Part II	Yes	Yes	Yes

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	The New Steve Allen Show	2000 Year Old Man	2 episodes
1962–92	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Guest / Himself	19 episodes
1967	The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special	Himself	TV special
1968–78	The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)	Himself / Panelist	15 episodes
1971–77	The Electric Company	Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)	780 episodes
1974	Free to Be... You and Me	Baby Boy (voice)	Television film
1975	The 2000 Year Old Man[1]	2000 Year Old Man (voice)	TV special
1983	An Audience with Mel Brooks	Himself
1990	The Tracey Ullman Show	Buzz Schlanger	Episode: "Due Diligence"
1993	Frasier	Tom (voice)	Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
1995	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
1996–99	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	4 episodes
2000	The Kids from Room 402	Mr. Miller (voice)	Episode: "Squeezed Out"
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Joe Snow (voice)	Television film
2003	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius[1]	Santa Claus (voice)	Episode: "Holly Jolly Jimmy"
2003–07	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	Wiley the Sheep (voice)	47 episodes
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	4 episodes
2008–09	Spaceballs: The Animated Series	President Skroob, Yogurt (voice)	13 episodes
2010	Glenn Martin, DDS	Canine (voice)	Episode: "A Very Martin Christmas"
2011	Special Agent Oso	Grandpa Mel (voice)	Episode: "On Old MacDonald's Special Song/Snapfingers"
	The Paul Reiser Show	The Angry Cat (voice)	Episode: "The Playdate"
	Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again	Himself	TV special
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee		Episode: "I Want Sandwiches, I Want Chicken"
	Mel Brooks Strikes Back		TV special
2014	Jeopardy!	Video Clue Presenter	Episode #30.131
	Dora the Explorer	Mad Hatter (voice)	Episode: "Dora in Wonderland"
2015	Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen	Himself	Stand-up TV special
	The Comedians		Episode: "Celebrity Guest"
2018	To Tell the Truth		Season 3, episode 2
2019	Forky Asks A Question	Melephant Brooks (voice)	Episode: "What Is Love?"
2022	Little Demon	Millipede (voice)	Episode: "Village of the Found"
2023	History of the World, Part II	Narrator	8 episodes
	Only Murders in the Building	Himself	Episode: "CoBro"
2025	Somebody Feed Phil	Himself	S8 E5 "Sydney and Adelaide"
TBA	Fairy Tale Forest	Burgermeister	TV movie, Completed

Theatre

Year	Title	Notes	Venue	Ref.
1952	New Faces of 1952	Writer	Royale Theatre	[3]
1957	Shinbone Alley	Writer	Broadway Theater
1962	All American	Writer	Winter Garden Theater
2001	The Producers	Composer, lyricist, writer, producer	St. James Theatre
2007	Young Frankenstein	Composer, lyricist, writer, producer	Hilton Theatre
2019	Mel Brooks on Broadway	Performer	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Other credits

Year	Title	Position	Notes
1983	Mel Brooks: To Be or Not to Be - The Hitler Rap	Composer, lyricist	Short
2001	Great Performances	Composer	1 episode
2008	Get Smart	Consultant
2015	Sam	Executive producer
2020	Grandma for President	Actor (voice of Ernie Blanders)	Podcast series

Collaborators

Brooks cast certain actors in more than one of his films. His most frequent collaborators were Rudy De Luca (7 films), Dom DeLuise (6 films), Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Charlie Callas, Carol Arthur, and Robert Ridgely (4 films each).