Jerry Colonna
Birthday
1904/09/17
Day of death
1986/11/21 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Gerardo Luigi Colonna
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and f...Read more
Acting
(1946) Make Mine Music
as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
(1951) Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare (voice)
(1938) The Star Reporter
as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
(1950) The Brave Engineer
as Narrator
(1988) Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Casey at the Bat
as Narrator
(1941) Sis Hopkins
as Professor
(1944) Atlantic City
as The Professor
(1952) Ellis in Freedomland
as The Waste-away (voice)
(1977) Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
as Self
(1951) Kentucky Jubilee
as Jerry Harris
(1937) Rosalie
as Joseph
(1938) Swingtime in the Movies
as The Texas Tornado
(1938) Little Miss Broadway
as Band Member
(1941) Ice-Capades
as Colonna
(1942) Star Spangled Rhythm
as Jerry Colonna
(1936) Song Hits on Parade
as ---
(1938) Garden of the Moon
as Musician
(1939) Naughty But Nice
as Allie Gray
(1940) Road to Singapore
as Achilles Bombanassa
(1945) It's in the Bag!
as Dr. Greengrass
(2002) Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Port of Seven Seas
as Arab Rug Dealer
(1944) Musical Movieland
as The Texas Tornado
(1938) Valley of the Giants
as Saloon Singer
(1942) Ice Capades Revue
as Theophilus J. Twitchell
(1940) Melody and Moonlight
as Abner Kellogg
(1956) Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Jerry Colonna
(1958) Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Doc
(1957) Pinocchio
as Ringmaster
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Himself
(1996) Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Joys
as Self
(1942) True to the Army
as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
(1942) Priorities on Parade
as Jeep Jackson
(2017) This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) Comin' Round the Mountain
as Argyle Phifft
(1939) Sweepstakes Winner
as Nick, the Chef
(1962) The Road to Hong Kong
as Man Looking For a Match (uncredited)
(1943) Stars on Horseback
as ---
(1946) Road to Utopia
as Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited)
(1955) Music Land
as Narrator (archive footage)
(1951) Operation Wonderland
as Self
(1944) G.I. Journal
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1966) The Monkees
as Dr. Mann
(1954) Climax!
as Stan
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1956) The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest