Jimmy Durante


    Starbirth:
    February 9, 1893
    Supernova:
    January 29, 1980
    Birthplace:
    New York City, New York, USA
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Overview

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".


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala Self 2017
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter Himself 2011
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (archive footage) 2004
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 1 Self (archive footage) 2001
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's Self (archive footage) 2000
That's Entertainment! III (archive footage) 1994
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Self (archive footage) 1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s (archive footage) 1984
Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) 1982
That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976
It's Showtime Self (archive footage) 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975
That's Entertainment! (archive footage) 1974
Frosty the Snowman Narrator (voice) 1969
The Movie Orgy Self (archive footage) 1968
Alice Through the Looking Glass Humpty Dumpty 1966
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Smiler Grogan 1963
Billy Rose's Jumbo Anthony ('Pop') Wonder 1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers Self - Host 1962
The Last Judgment The man with the large nose 1961
Pepe Jimmy Durante 1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show Self 1959
Beau James Jimmy Durante 1957
The Milkman Breezy Albright 1950
The Great Rupert Mr. Louie Amendola 1950
On an Island with You Buckley 1948
This Time for Keeps Ferdi Farro 1947
It Happened in Brooklyn Nick Lombardi 1947
Two Sisters from Boston 'Spike' 1946
Music for Millions Andrews 1944
Two Girls and a Sailor Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp 1944
Breakdowns of 1942 Self 1942
You're in the Army Now Homer "Jeeper" Smith 1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner Banjo 1941
Melody Ranch Cornelius J. Courtney 1940
Little Miss Broadway Jimmy Clayton 1938
Sally, Irene and Mary Jefferson Twitchel 1938
Start Cheering Willie Gumbatz 1938
Land Without Music Jonah J. Whistler 1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) Self 1936
Carnival Fingers 1935
Student Tour Hank Merman 1934
Hollywood Party Jimmy Durante 1934
Strictly Dynamite Moxie 1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 Self 1934
George White's Scandals Happy McGillicuddy 1934
Palooka Knobby Walsh 1934
Meet the Baron Joe McGoo 1933
Broadway to Hollywood Jimmy 1933
Hell Below Ptomaine' - Ships Cook 1933
What! No Beer? Jimmy Potts 1933
Give a Man a Job 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 Self 1932
The Phantom President Curly Cooney 1932
Blondie of the Follies Jimmy 1932
Speak Easily James 1932
Hollywood on Parade Self 1932
The Wet Parade Abe Shilling 1932
The Passionate Plumber Julius J. McCracken 1932
The Christmas Party Santa Claus (uncredited) 1931
The Cuban Love Song O.O. Jones 1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford Schnozzle 1931
The March of Time Self 1930
Roadhouse Nights Daffy (as Durante) 1930
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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour <blank> <mt>
The Lucy Show Jimmy Durante <mt>
The Hollywood Palace Self - Singer <mt>
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters <blank> <mt>
Summer Playhouse <blank> <mt>
The Oscars Self <mt>
Four Star Revue Host <mt>
The Ed Sullivan Show Self <mt>
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The Pearl Bailey Show Self <mt>
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest <mt>
The Mothers-in-Law Jimmy Durante <mt>
The Bob Hope Show Self <mt>
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self - Cameo <mt>
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