Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 09, 1893
Died
Jan 29, 1980
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
97 titles
Jimmy Durante
Biography
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".
Known For
Filmography
Frosty the evil snowman
Music
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Himself
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
The Don Knotts Show
Self
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Frosty the Snowman
Narrator (voice)
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
Self
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Theme Song Performance
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Mothers-in-Law
Jimmy Durante
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Humpty Dumpty
Murder at N.B.C.
The Hollywood Palace
Self
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Smiler Grogan
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
The Lucy Show
Jimmy Durante
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self - Host
The Last Judgment
The man with the large nose
Pepe
Jimmy Durante
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Self
Sunday Showcase
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Beau James
Jimmy Durante
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self - Host
Summer Playhouse
The Oscars
Self
The Milkman
Breezy Albright
Four Star Revue
Host