Jimmy Durante
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-02-09
Day of Death
1980-01-29 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Jimmy Durante
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
Acting
(2019)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
(2017)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Himself
(2004)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as (archive footage)
(2002)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2001)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
(1976)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1969)
Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Humpty Dumpty
(1966)
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Smiler Grogan
(1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
(1962)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self - Host
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as The man with the large nose
(1960)
Pepe
as Jimmy Durante
(1959)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
(1957)
Beau James
as Jimmy Durante
(1950)
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Louie Amendola
(1950)
The Milkman
as Breezy Albright
(1948)
On an Island with You
as Buckley
(1947)
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nick Lombardi
(1947)
This Time for Keeps
as Ferdi Farro
(1946)
Two Sisters from Boston
as 'Spike'
(1944)
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
(1944)
Music for Millions
as Andrews
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Banjo
(1941)
You're in the Army Now
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Cornelius J. Courtney
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Jimmy Clayton
(1938)
Start Cheering
as Willie Gumbatz
(1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Jefferson Twitchel
(1936)
(1936)
Land Without Music
as Jonah J. Whistler
(1935)
Carnival
as Fingers
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Jimmy Durante
(1934)
Palooka
as Knobby Walsh
(1934)
Student Tour
as Hank Merman
(1934)
Strictly Dynamite
as Moxie
(1934)
George White's Scandals
as Happy McGillicuddy
(1934)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as Self
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Joe McGoo
(1933)
What! No Beer?
as Jimmy Potts
(1933)
Hell Below
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Jimmy
(1933)
(1933)
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
as Self
(1932)
Speak Easily
as James
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Abe Shilling
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
as Jimmy
(1932)
The Passionate Plumber
as Julius J. McCracken
(1932)
The Phantom President
as Curly
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
(1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Schnozzle
(1931)
The Cuban Love Song
as O.O. Jones
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
(1930)
Roadhouse Nights
as Daffy (as Durante)
(1930)
The March of Time
as Self
Crew
(1969)
Frosty the Snowman
Theme Song Performance