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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

77 acting

3 crew

Popularity

0.7

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
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
★ 10.0
Hell Below
Hell Below
1933 • as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
★ 6.0
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
The Man Who Came to Dinner
★ 7.1
Two Girls and a Sailor
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 • as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
★ 5.8
Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 • as 'Spike'
★ 6.3
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Blondie of the Follies
Blondie of the Follies
1932 • as Jimmy
★ 6.3
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962 • as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
★ 6.0
On an Island with You
On an Island with You
1948 • as Buckley
★ 5.9
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 • as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
★ 5.3
It Happened in Brooklyn
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 • as Nick Lombardi
★ 5.9
Start Cheering
Start Cheering
1938 • as Willie Gumbatz
★ 6.9
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade
1932 • as Self
★ 6.5
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
It's Showtime
It's Showtime
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Music for Millions
Music for Millions
1944 • as Andrews
★ 6.6
Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party
1934 • as Jimmy Durante
★ 5.6
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 • as (archive footage)
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 • as Jimmy Clayton
★ 6.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 • as Self
★ 6.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 • as Jefferson Twitchel
★ 6.4
What! No Beer?
What! No Beer?
1933 • as Jimmy Potts
★ 5.7
Pepe
Pepe
1960 • as Jimmy Durante
★ 6.4
The Wet Parade
The Wet Parade
1932 • as Abe Shilling
★ 6.2
The All-Star Christmas Show
★ 6.0
The Great Rupert
The Great Rupert
1950 • as Mr. Louie Amendola
★ 5.7
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 • as Self (archive footage)
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
1961 • as The man with the large nose
★ 6.4
The Cuban Love Song
The Cuban Love Song
1931 • as O.O. Jones
★ 4.8
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now
1941 • as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
★ 4.4
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
This Time for Keeps
This Time for Keeps
1947 • as Ferdi Farro
★ 5.8
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Plumber in Love
Plumber in Love
1932 • as Tony
★ 9.0
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
The Milkman
The Milkman
1950 • as Breezy Albright
★ 7.0
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Carnival
Carnival
1935 • as Fingers
★ 8.0
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Phantom President
The Phantom President
1932 • as Curly
★ 6.5
Beau James
Beau James
1957 • as Jimmy Durante
★ 5.4
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
★ 6.0
Meet the Baron
Meet the Baron
1933 • as Joe McGoo
★ 5.3
Melody Ranch
Melody Ranch
1940 • as Cornelius J. Courtney
★ 6.2
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals
1934 • as Happy McGillicuddy
★ 5.4
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966 • as Humpty Dumpty
★ 6.2
Roadhouse Nights
Roadhouse Nights
1930 • as Daffy (as Durante)
★ 6.0
The March of Time
The March of Time
1930 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Passionate Plumber
The Passionate Plumber
1932 • as Julius J. McCracken
★ 6.0
Speak Easily
Speak Easily
1932 • as James
★ 5.8
Broadway to Hollywood
Broadway to Hollywood
1933 • as Jimmy
★ 5.0
Strictly Dynamite
Strictly Dynamite
1934 • as Moxie
★ 6.5
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Student Tour
Student Tour
1934 • as Hank Merman
★ 6.7
Palooka
Palooka
1934 • as Knobby Walsh
★ 3.6
Give a Man a Job
★ 4.5
The Christmas Party
The Christmas Party
1931 • as Santa Claus (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Land Without Music
Land Without Music
1936 • as Jonah J. Whistler
★ 6.5
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