Jimmy Durante
Actor
- Born
- February 9, 1893
- Died
- January 29, 1980 (age 86)
- From
- New York City, New York, USA
Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton, with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show…
Filmography (77)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)Self - Comedian (archive footage)- JFK: The Lost Inaugural GalaJFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter (2011)Himself- Checking Out: Grand HotelChecking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville (1997)Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997)Self (Archival Footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)(archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)(archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)(archive footage)- Bob Hope's World of ComedyBob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)(archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)(archive footage) (uncredited)
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)Self (archive footage)
Frosty the Snowman (1969)Narrator (voice)
The Movie Orgy (1968)Self (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)Humpty Dumpty- Murder at N.B.C.Murder at N.B.C. (1966)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)Smiler Grogan
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)Self - Host
The Last Judgment (1961)The man with the large nose
Pepe (1960)Jimmy Durante
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show (1959)Self