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Jimmy Durante
Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 9, 1893Died January 29, 1980 (86 years)
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".
Filmography
| 1997 | Judy Garland's Hollywood · as Cast |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1991 | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' · as Smiler Grogan |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Frosty the Snowman · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Humpty Dumpty |
| 1963 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Smiler Grogan |
| 1962 | Billy Rose's Jumbo · as Anthony ('pop') Wonder |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment · as The Man With The Large Nose |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Uncle Jimmy Durante |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Milkman · as Breezy Albright |
| 1950 | Four Star Revue (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1950 | The Great Rupert · as Mr. Louie Amendola |
| 1948 | On an Island with You · as Buckley |
| 1947 | This Time for Keeps · as Ferdi Farro |
| 1947 | It Happened in Brooklyn · as Nick Lombardi |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston · as 'spike' |
| 1944 | Music for Millions · as Andrews |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor · as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp |
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now · as Homer "jeeper" Smith |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Banjo |
| 1940 | Melody Ranch · as Cornelius J. Courtney |
| 1938 | Little Miss Broadway · as Jimmy Clayton |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary · as Jefferson Twitchel |
| 1938 | Start Cheering · as Willie Gumbatz |
| 1936 | Forbidden Music · as Jonah J. Whistler |
| 1935 | Carnival · as Fingers |
| 1934 | Student Tour · as Hank Merman |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite · as Moxie |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals · as Happy Mcgillicuddy |
| 1934 | Palooka · as Knobby Walsh |
| 1933 | Meet the Baron · as Joe Mcgoo |
| 1933 | Broadway to Hollywood · as Jimmy |
| 1933 | Hell Below · as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook |
| 1933 | What-No Beer? · as Jimmy Potts |
| 1932 | Le plombier amoureux · as Tony |
| 1932 | The Phantom President · as Curly |
| 1932 | Blondie of the Follies · as Jimmy |
| 1932 | Speak Easily · as James |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade · as Abe Shilling |
| 1932 | The Passionate Plumber · as Julius J. Mccracken |
| 1931 | The Cuban Love Song · as O.o. Jones |
| 1931 | New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford · as Schnozzle |
| 1930 | Roadhouse Nights · as Daffy (as Durante) |