1893Born, New York City
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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,…
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldSmiler Grogan
Frosty the SnowmanNarrator (voice)
The Man Who Came to DinnerBanjo
That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)
Monte Carlo or Bust!Theme Song Performance2021Frosty the evil snowmanMusicMovie
2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel(archive footage)Movie
1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)Movie
1982Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)Movie
1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy(archive footage)Movie
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Movie
1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour1 episodeShow
1969Frosty the SnowmanNarrator (voice) · Theme Song PerformanceMovie
1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Theme Song PerformanceMovie
1967The Mothers-in-LawJimmy Durante · 1 episodeShow
1966Alice Through the Looking GlassHumpty DumptyMovie
1966Murder at N.B.C.Movie
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldSmiler GroganMovie
1962Billy Rose's JumboAnthony ('Pop') WonderMovie
1962The Lucy ShowJimmy Durante · 1 episodeShow
1961The Last JudgmentThe man with the large noseMovie
1960PepeJimmy DuranteMovie
1959Sunday ShowcaseMovie
1957Beau JamesJimmy DuranteMovie
1954Summer Playhouse1 episodeShow
1950The MilkmanBreezy AlbrightMovie
1950Four Star RevueHost · 1 episodeShow
1950The Great RupertMr. Louie AmendolaMovie
1948On an Island with YouBuckleyMovie
1947This Time for KeepsFerdi FarroMovie
1947It Happened in BrooklynNick LombardiMovie
1946Two Sisters from Boston'Spike'Movie
1944Music for MillionsAndrewsMovie
1944Two Girls and a SailorBilly Kipp / Julian KippMovie
1941You're in the Army NowHomer "Jeeper" SmithMovie
1941The Man Who Came to DinnerBanjoMovie
1940Melody RanchCornelius J. CourtneyMovie
1938Little Miss BroadwayJimmy ClaytonMovie
1938Sally, Irene and MaryJefferson TwitchelMovie
1938Start CheeringWillie GumbatzMovie
1936Land Without MusicJonah J. WhistlerMovie
1935CarnivalFingersMovie
1934Student TourHank MermanMovie
1934Hollywood PartyJimmy DuranteMovie
1934Strictly DynamiteMoxieMovie
1934George White's ScandalsHappy McGillicuddyMovie
1934PalookaKnobby WalshMovie
1933Meet the BaronJoe McGooMovie
1933Broadway to HollywoodJimmyMovie
1933Hell BelowPtomaine' - Ships CookMovie
1933What! No Beer?Jimmy PottsMovie
1933Give a Man a JobMovie
1932Plumber in LoveTonyMovie
1932The Phantom PresidentCurlyMovie
1932Blondie of the FolliesJimmyMovie
1932Speak EasilyJamesMovie
1932The Wet ParadeAbe ShillingMovie
1932The Passionate PlumberJulius J. McCrackenMovie
1931The Christmas PartySanta Claus (uncredited)Movie
1931The Cuban Love SongO.O. JonesMovie
1931New Adventures of Get Rich Quick WallingfordSchnozzleMovie
1930Roadhouse NightsDaffy (as Durante)Movie
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