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
(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)
(1988)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1976)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (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)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self - Host
(1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
(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 Milkman
as Breezy Albright
(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
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(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)
(1936)
Land Without Music
as Jonah J. Whistler
(1935)
Carnival
as Fingers
(1934)
George White's Scandals
as Happy McGillicuddy
(1934)
Palooka
as Knobby Walsh
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Jimmy Durante
(1934)
Student Tour
as Hank Merman
(1934)
Strictly Dynamite
as Moxie
(1934)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as Self
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Jimmy
(1933)
What! No Beer?
as Jimmy Potts
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Joe McGoo
(1933)
Hell Below
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
(1933)
(1933)
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
as Self
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
(1932)
Speak Easily
as James
(1932)
The Phantom President
as Curly
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
(1932)
The Passionate Plumber
as Julius J. McCracken
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Abe Shilling
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
as Jimmy
(1931)
The Cuban Love Song
as O.O. Jones
(1931)
The Christmas Party
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
(1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Schnozzle
(1930)
The March of Time
as Self
(1930)
Roadhouse Nights
as Daffy (as Durante)
Crew
(1969)
Frosty the Snowman
Theme Song Performance
(1969)
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Theme Song Performance