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Jimmy Durante

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1893-02-10

Deathday: 1980-01-29 (86 years old)

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".

Filmography

all 87

Movies 69

self 39

Jimmy Durante

Biography

Filmography

all 87

Movies 69

self 39

TV Shows 18

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala (2017)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter (2011)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 years of Laughter Volume 1 (2001)

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

It's Showtime (1976)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971)

The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)

The Don Knotts Show (1970)

Frosty the Snowman (1969)

Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (1969)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

The Mothers-in-Law (1967)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)

The Hollywood Palace (1964)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

The Lucy Show (1962)

President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962)

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)

The Last Judgment (1961)

Pepe (1960)

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show (1959)

NBC Sunday Showcase (1959)

Beau James (1957)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

The Jimmy Durante Show (1954)

Summer Playhouse (1954)

The Oscars (1953)

The Milkman (1950)

Four Star Revue (1950)

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

The Great Rupert (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

On an Island with You (1948)

This Time for Keeps (1947)

It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Music for Millions (1944)

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)

You're in the Army Now (1941)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Melody Ranch (1940)

Little Miss Broadway (1938)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)

Start Cheering (1938)

Land Without Music (1936)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)

Carnival (1935)

Student Tour (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934)

George White's Scandals (1934)

Palooka (1934)

Meet the Baron (1933)

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

Hell Below (1933)

What! No Beer? (1933)

Give a Man a Job (1933)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1893-02-10

Deathday
1980-01-29 (86 years old)

Birth Place
Manhattan, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
James Francis Durante, The Schnoz , Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante, Durante, Джимми Дюранте, Джимми Дуранте

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Peabody Awards