Jimmy Durante
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1893
- Died
- January 29, 1980
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Frosty the evil snowman 2021
Music
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
- JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala 2017
as Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter 2011
as Himself
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004
as (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song 2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 2001
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville 1997
as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults 1997
as Self (Archival Footage)
That's Entertainment! III 1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies 1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War 1982
as (archive footage)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy 1976
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime 1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! 1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brasileiros em Hollywood 1970
as Self (archive footage)
Frosty the Snowman 1969
as Narrator (voice), Theme Song Performance
Monte Carlo or Bust! 1969
Theme Song Performance
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1966
as Humpty Dumpty
- Murder at N.B.C.
Murder at N.B.C. 1966
Actor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
as Smiler Grogan
Billy Rose's Jumbo 1962
as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers 1962
as Self - Host
The Last Judgment 1961
as The man with the large nose
Pepe 1960
as Jimmy Durante
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show 1959
as Self
- Sunday Showcase
Sunday Showcase 1959
Actor
The All-Star Christmas Show 1958
as Self
Beau James 1957
as Jimmy Durante
The Milkman 1950
as Breezy Albright
The Great Rupert 1950
as Mr. Louie Amendola
On an Island with You 1948
as Buckley
This Time for Keeps 1947
as Ferdi Farro
It Happened in Brooklyn 1947
as Nick Lombardi
Two Sisters from Boston 1946
as 'Spike'
Music for Millions 1944
as Andrews
Two Girls and a Sailor 1944
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
Breakdowns of 1942 1942
as Self
You're in the Army Now 1941
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941
as Banjo
Melody Ranch 1940
as Cornelius J. Courtney
Little Miss Broadway 1938
as Jimmy Clayton
Sally, Irene and Mary 1938
as Jefferson Twitchel
Start Cheering 1938
as Willie Gumbatz
Land Without Music 1936
as Jonah J. Whistler
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936
as Self
Carnival 1935
as Fingers
Student Tour 1934
as Hank Merman
Hollywood Party 1934
as Jimmy Durante
Strictly Dynamite 1934
as Moxie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 1934
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 1934
as Self
George White's Scandals 1934
as Happy McGillicuddy
Palooka 1934
as Knobby Walsh
Meet the Baron 1933
as Joe McGoo
Broadway to Hollywood 1933
as Jimmy
Hell Below 1933
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
What! No Beer? 1933
as Jimmy Potts
Give a Man a Job 1933
Actor
- Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7 1933
as Self
Plumber in Love 1932
as Tony
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 1932
as Self
The Phantom President 1932
as Curly
Blondie of the Follies 1932
as Jimmy
Speak Easily 1932
as James
Hollywood on Parade 1932
as Self
The Wet Parade 1932
as Abe Shilling
The Passionate Plumber 1932
as Julius J. McCracken
The Christmas Party 1931
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
The Cuban Love Song 1931
as O.O. Jones
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford 1931
as Schnozzle
The March of Time 1930
as Self
Roadhouse Nights 1930
as Daffy (as Durante)
Credits from TMDB.