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".
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".
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Filmography (Movies)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Character:Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Release Date:27/02/2019
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Character:Self
Release Date:23/05/2017
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/04/2011
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:03/02/2004
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/2002
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/02/2001
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2000
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Character:Self (Archival Footage)
Release Date:18/11/1997
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
It's Showtime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/1974
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1970
Frosty the Snowman
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/12/1969
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:Humpty Dumpty
Release Date:06/11/1966
Murder at N.B.C.
Character:
Release Date:19/10/1966
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character:Smiler Grogan
Release Date:07/11/1963
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Character:Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
Release Date:06/12/1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:06/01/1962
The Last Judgment
Character:The man with the large nose
Release Date:26/10/1961
Pepe
Character:Jimmy Durante
Release Date:21/12/1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1958
Beau James
Character:Jimmy Durante
Release Date:07/06/1957
The Milkman
Character:Breezy Albright
Release Date:17/10/1950
The Great Rupert
Character:Mr. Louie Amendola
Release Date:01/03/1950
On an Island with You
Character:Buckley
Release Date:03/05/1948
This Time for Keeps
Character:Ferdi Farro
Release Date:17/10/1947
It Happened in Brooklyn
Character:Nick Lombardi
Release Date:13/03/1947
Two Sisters from Boston
Character:'Spike'
Release Date:06/06/1946
Music for Millions
Character:Andrews
Release Date:18/12/1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
Character:Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
Release Date:14/06/1944
Breakdowns of 1942
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1942
You're in the Army Now
Character:Homer "Jeeper" Smith
Release Date:25/12/1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character:Banjo
Release Date:24/12/1941
Melody Ranch
Character:Cornelius J. Courtney
Release Date:15/09/1940
Little Miss Broadway
Character:Jimmy Clayton
Release Date:29/07/1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
Character:Jefferson Twitchel
Release Date:04/03/1938
Start Cheering
Character:Willie Gumbatz
Release Date:03/03/1938
Land Without Music
Character:Jonah J. Whistler
Release Date:07/10/1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1936
Carnival
Character:Fingers
Release Date:15/02/1935
Student Tour
Character:Hank Merman
Release Date:05/10/1934
Hollywood Party
Character:Jimmy Durante
Release Date:24/05/1934
Strictly Dynamite
Character:Moxie
Release Date:11/05/1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Character:Self
Release Date:28/04/1934
George White's Scandals
Character:Happy McGillicuddy
Release Date:15/03/1934
Palooka
Character:Knobby Walsh
Release Date:26/01/1934
Meet the Baron
Character:Joe McGoo
Release Date:20/10/1933
Broadway to Hollywood
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:15/09/1933
Hell Below
Character:Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
Release Date:08/06/1933
What! No Beer?
Character:Jimmy Potts
Release Date:10/02/1933
Give a Man a Job
Character:
Release Date:31/01/1933
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Character:Self
Release Date:20/10/1932
The Phantom President
Character:Curly
Release Date:23/09/1932
Blondie of the Follies
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:01/09/1932
Speak Easily
Character:James
Release Date:13/08/1932
Hollywood on Parade
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1932
The Wet Parade
Character:Abe Shilling
Release Date:26/03/1932
The Passionate Plumber
Character:Julius J. McCracken
Release Date:06/02/1932
The Christmas Party
Character:Santa Claus (uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1931
The Cuban Love Song
Character:O.O. Jones
Release Date:18/11/1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Character:Schnozzle
Release Date:03/10/1931
The March of Time
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1930
Roadhouse Nights
Character:Daffy (as Durante)
Release Date:15/02/1930
Television Appearances
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Character:
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character:Self
The Don Knotts Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
Character:Self
The Mothers-in-Law
Character:Jimmy Durante
The Hollywood Palace
Character:Self
The Jerry Lewis Show
Character:Self
The Lucy Show
Character:Jimmy Durante
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
Character:Self - Host
Summer Playhouse
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
Four Star Revue
Character:Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self - Cameo
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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