Jimmy Durante
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
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Himself
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Himself
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Humpty Dumpty
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Humpty Dumpty
Murder at N.B.C.
Murder at N.B.C.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Smiler Grogan
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Smiler Grogan
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self - Host
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self - Host
Pepe
as Jimmy Durante
Pepe
as Jimmy Durante
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Beau James
as Jimmy Durante
Beau James
as Jimmy Durante
The Milkman
as Breezy Albright
The Milkman
as Breezy Albright
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Louie Amendola
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Louie Amendola
On an Island with You
as Buckley
On an Island with You
as Buckley
This Time for Keeps
as Ferdi Farro
This Time for Keeps
as Ferdi Farro
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nick Lombardi
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nick Lombardi
Two Sisters from Boston
as 'Spike'
Two Sisters from Boston
as 'Spike'
Music for Millions
as Andrews
Music for Millions
as Andrews
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
You're in the Army Now
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
You're in the Army Now
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Banjo
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Banjo
Melody Ranch
as Cornelius J. Courtney
Melody Ranch
as Cornelius J. Courtney
Little Miss Broadway
as Jimmy Clayton
Little Miss Broadway
as Jimmy Clayton
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Jefferson Twitchel
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Jefferson Twitchel
Start Cheering
as Willie Gumbatz
Start Cheering
as Willie Gumbatz
Land Without Music
as Jonah J. Whistler
Land Without Music
as Jonah J. Whistler
Carnival
as Fingers
Carnival
as Fingers
Student Tour
as Hank Merman
Student Tour
as Hank Merman
Hollywood Party
as Jimmy Durante
Hollywood Party
as Jimmy Durante
George White's Scandals
as Happy McGillicuddy
George White's Scandals
as Happy McGillicuddy
Palooka
as Knobby Walsh
Palooka
as Knobby Walsh
Meet the Baron
as Joe McGoo
Meet the Baron
as Joe McGoo
Broadway to Hollywood
as Jimmy
Broadway to Hollywood
as Jimmy
Hell Below
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
Hell Below
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
What! No Beer?
as Jimmy Potts
What! No Beer?
as Jimmy Potts
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
as Self
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
as Self
Plumber in love
as Tony
Plumber in love
as Tony
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
The Phantom President
as Curly
The Phantom President
as Curly
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
The Wet Parade
as Abe Shilling
The Wet Parade
as Abe Shilling
The Passionate Plumber
as Julius J. McCracken
The Passionate Plumber
as Julius J. McCracken
The Christmas Party
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
The Christmas Party
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
The Cuban Love Song
as O.O. Jones
The Cuban Love Song
as O.O. Jones
The March of Time
as Self
The March of Time
as Self
Roadhouse Nights
as Daffy (as Durante)
Roadhouse Nights
as Daffy (as Durante)