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Jimmy Durante

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 1

Born

Feb 09, 1893

New York City, New York, USA

Died

Jan 29, 1980

Known For

Acting

Movies

76 acting

3 crew

Popularity

0.6

Known For

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 as Smiler Grogan
★ 7.0
Frosty the Snowman
Frosty the Snowman
1969 as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.9
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Student Tour
Student Tour
1934 as Hank Merman
★ 6.7
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Pepe
Pepe
1960 as Jimmy Durante
★ 6.3
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
★ 10.0
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 as Cornelius J. Courtney
★ 6.2
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
1961 as The man with the large nose
★ 6.5
Carnival
Carnival
1935 as Fingers
★ 8.0
Start Cheering
Start Cheering
1938 as Willie Gumbatz
★ 6.9
The Man Who Came to Dinner
★ 7.0
Beau James
Beau James
1957 as Jimmy Durante
★ 5.4
Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 as Self
★ 6.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 as Jefferson Twitchel
★ 6.8
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966 as Humpty Dumpty
★ 6.2
The Cuban Love Song
The Cuban Love Song
1931 as O.O. Jones
★ 4.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Speak Easily
Speak Easily
1932 as James
★ 5.7
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962 as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
★ 6.0
Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party
1934 as Jimmy Durante
★ 5.7
Blondie of the Follies
Blondie of the Follies
1932 as Jimmy
★ 6.3
Plumber in love
Plumber in love
1932 as Tony
★ 9.0
Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 as 'Spike'
★ 6.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
★ 6.0
Two Girls and a Sailor
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
★ 5.8
It's Showtime
It's Showtime
1976 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Hell Below
Hell Below
1933 as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
★ 6.0
The Great Rupert
The Great Rupert
1950 as Mr. Louie Amendola
★ 5.8
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The March of Time
The March of Time
1930 as Self
★ 7.0
On an Island with You
On an Island with You
1948 as Buckley
★ 5.9
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 as Self (archive footage)
This Time for Keeps
This Time for Keeps
1947 as Ferdi Farro
★ 5.8
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Milkman
The Milkman
1950 as Breezy Albright
★ 8.0
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000 as Self (archive footage)
movie
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
movie
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 as Jimmy Clayton
★ 6.5
The Phantom President
The Phantom President
1932 as Curly
★ 6.4
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
1997 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Broadway to Hollywood
Broadway to Hollywood
1933 as Jimmy
★ 5.0
It Happened in Brooklyn
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 as Nick Lombardi
★ 5.9
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
★ 6.0
Strictly Dynamite
Strictly Dynamite
1934 as Moxie
★ 6.5
The Passionate Plumber
The Passionate Plumber
1932 as Julius J. McCracken
★ 6.1
Music for Millions
Music for Millions
1944 as Andrews
★ 6.7
The Wet Parade
The Wet Parade
1932 as Abe Shilling
★ 6.2
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
1941 as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
★ 4.4
Meet the Baron
Meet the Baron
1933 as Joe McGoo
★ 5.0
What! No Beer?
What! No Beer?
1933 as Jimmy Potts
★ 5.7
Land Without Music
Land Without Music
1936 as Jonah J. Whistler
★ 6.5
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade
1932 as Self
★ 6.5
The Christmas Party
The Christmas Party
1931 as Santa Claus (uncredited)
★ 5.3
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals
1934 as Happy McGillicuddy
★ 5.4
Palooka
Palooka
1934 as Knobby Walsh
★ 3.6
Roadhouse Nights
Roadhouse Nights
1930 as Daffy (as Durante)
★ 6.0
movie
Give a Man a Job
★ 4.5