Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
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Jimmy Durante

Actor 1893-02-09 New York City, New York, USA

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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Smiler Grogan

Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the Snowman

1969 · Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 · Banjo

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 · Self

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show

1962 · Jimmy Durante

Pepe

Pepe

1960 · Jimmy Durante

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

1961 · The man with the large nose

The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert

1950 · Mr. Louie Amendola

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950 · Self - Mystery Guest

Speak Easily

Speak Easily

1932 · James

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Billy Rose's Jumbo

1962 · Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

It Happened in Brooklyn

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 · Nick Lombardi

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Self (archive footage)

On an Island with You

On an Island with You

1948 · Buckley

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938 · Jimmy Clayton

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971 · TV