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Name
Jimmy Durante

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1893-02-09

Deathday
1980-01-29 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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 Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes". By 1936, he had appeared at the Palladium in London. Later he had his own radio and television shows, and was a featured headliner in night clubs. Biographer Gene Fowler wrote his biography, "Schnozzola". Joining ASCAP in 1941, he collaborated musically with Jackie Barnett and Ben Ryan, and his other popular song compositions include "I'm Jimmy That Well-Dressed Man", "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me", "Daddy Your Mamma Is Lonesome For You", "Umbriago", "Any State In the Forty-Eight", "Chidabee Chidabee Chidabee", and "I'm Jimmy's Girl".

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1932 Blondie of the Follies as Jimmy
1968 The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Smiler Grogan
1934 Palooka as Knobby Walsh
1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner as Banjo
1969 Frosty the Snowman as Narrator (voice)
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
1932 Speak Easily as James
1948 On an Island with You as Buckley
1938 Little Miss Broadway as Jimmy Clayton
1947 This Time for Keeps as Ferdi Farro
1950 The Great Rupert as Mr. Louie Amendola
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn as Nick Lombardi
1982 Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1930 Roadhouse Nights as Daffy (as Durante)
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
1933 What! No Beer? as Jimmy Potts
1932 The Passionate Plumber as Julius J. McCracken
1960 Pepe as Jimmy Durante
1933 Broadway to Hollywood as Jimmy
1931 The Cuban Love Song as O.O. Jones
1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938 Start Cheering as Willie Gumbatz
1930 The March of Time as Self
1932 The Wet Parade as Abe Shilling
1950 The Milkman as Breezy Albright
1934 George White's Scandals as Happy McGillicuddy
1933 Meet the Baron as Joe McGoo
1932 The Phantom President as Curly
1933 Give a Man a Job
1934 Strictly Dynamite as Moxie
1934 Hollywood Party as Jimmy Durante
1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Humpty Dumpty
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 as Self
1936 Land Without Music as Jonah J. Whistler
1940 Melody Ranch as Cornelius J. Courtney
1944 Music for Millions as Andrews
1933 Hell Below as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
1934 Student Tour as Hank Merman
2011 Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter as Himself
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel as (archive footage)
1931 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford as Schnozzle
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary as Jefferson Twitchel
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1946 Two Sisters from Boston as 'Spike'
1931 The Christmas Party as Santa Claus (uncredited)
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self - Host
1932 Hollywood on Parade as Self
1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957 Beau James as Jimmy Durante
1935 Carnival as Fingers
1941 You're in the Army Now as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
1961 The Last Judgment as The man with the large nose
1994 That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 as Self
2000 Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
2002 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1976 It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
2001 The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
1959 The Frank Sinatra Timex Show as Self
2017 JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
1942 Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
1966 Murder at N.B.C.
2019 Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
1933 Prohibition Newsreel No. 7 as Self
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults as Self (Archival Footage)
1988 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958 The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1970 Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1932 Plumber in Love as Tony
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 as Self
1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
1997 Vaudeville as Self (archive footage)
1959 Sunday Showcase

1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 14 episodes ) as Self
1971 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ( 1 episode )
1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Durante
1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self
1970 The Don Knotts Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1969 Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
1954 Summer Playhouse ( 1 episode )
1954 The Jimmy Durante Show ( 48 episodes ) as Self - Host
1950 Four Star Revue ( 1 episode ) as Host
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Mystery Guest
1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo
1967 The Mothers-in-Law ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Durante
1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
1963 The Jerry Lewis Show ( 1 episode ) as Self

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