Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 17, 1904
Died
Nov 21, 1986
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
53 titles
Jerry Colonna
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
Known For
Filmography
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Joys
Self
Dinah!
Self
The Monkees
Dr. Mann
The Road to Hong Kong
Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Doc
Pinocchio
Ringmaster
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Jerry Colonna
Music Land
Narrator (archive footage)
Climax!
Stan
Ellis in Freedomland
The Waste-away (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare (voice)
Operation Wonderland
Self
Kentucky Jubilee
Jerry Harris
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Brave Engineer
Narrator
What's My Line?
Self
Road to Rio
Jerry Colonna
Casey at the Bat
Narrator
Make Mine Music
Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Road to Utopia
Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
Dr. Greengrass
G.I. Journal
Self
Atlantic City
The Professor
Musical Movieland
The Texas Tornado
Stars on Horseback
Ice Capades Revue
Theophilus J. Twitchell
Priorities on Parade
Jeep Jackson
True to the Army
Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
Star Spangled Rhythm
Jerry Colonna
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Self (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
Colonna
Sis Hopkins
Professor
You're the One
Dr. Colonna
Melody and Moonlight
Abner Kellogg
Comin' Round the Mountain
Argyle Phifft
Road to Singapore
Achilles Bombanassa
Naughty but Nice
Allie Gray
Sweepstakes Winner
Nick, the Chef
Swingtime in the Movies
The Texas Tornado
Garden of the Moon
Musician
Valley of the Giants
Saloon Singer
Little Miss Broadway
Band Member
Port of Seven Seas
Arab Rug Dealer