Jimmy Durante
Birthday
1893/02/09
Day of death
1980/01/29 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
James Francis Durante, The Schnoz , Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante, Durante, Джимми Дюранте, Джимми Дуранте
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 1...Read more
Acting
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) Blondie of the Follies
as Jimmy
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Smiler Grogan
(1934) Palooka
as Knobby Walsh
(1941) The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Banjo
(1969) Frosty the Snowman
as Narrator (voice)
(1962) Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
(1932) Speak Easily
as James
(1948) On an Island with You
as Buckley
(1938) Little Miss Broadway
as Jimmy Clayton
(1947) This Time for Keeps
as Ferdi Farro
(1950) The Great Rupert
as Mr. Louie Amendola
(1947) It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nick Lombardi
(1982) Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1930) Roadhouse Nights
as Daffy (as Durante)
(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
(1932) The Passionate Plumber
as Julius J. McCracken
(1933) What! No Beer?
as Jimmy Potts
(1960) Pepe
as Jimmy Durante
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as Jimmy
(1931) The Cuban Love Song
as O.O. Jones
(1988) Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Start Cheering
as Willie Gumbatz
(1930) The March of Time
as Self
(1932) The Wet Parade
as Abe Shilling
(1950) The Milkman
as Breezy Albright
(1934) George White's Scandals
as Happy McGillicuddy
(1933) Meet the Baron
as Joe McGoo
(1932) The Phantom President
as Curly
(1933) Give a Man a Job
as ---
(1934) Strictly Dynamite
as Moxie
(1934) Hollywood Party
as Jimmy Durante
(1966) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Humpty Dumpty
(1932) Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
(1936) Land Without Music
as Jonah J. Whistler
(1940) Melody Ranch
as Cornelius J. Courtney
(1944) Music for Millions
as Andrews
(1933) Hell Below
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
(1934) Student Tour
as Hank Merman
(2011) Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Himself
(2004) Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as (archive footage)
(1931) New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Schnozzle
(1938) Sally, Irene and Mary
as Jefferson Twitchel
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1946) Two Sisters from Boston
as 'Spike'
(1931) The Christmas Party
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self - Host
(1932) Hollywood on Parade
as Self
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1957) Beau James
as Jimmy Durante
(1935) Carnival
as Fingers
(1941) You're in the Army Now
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
(1961) The Last Judgment
as The man with the large nose
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1934) Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as Self
(2000) Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(2002) Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1936) Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
as Self
(2017) JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(2024) The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along
as ---
(1966) Murder at N.B.C.
as ---
(2019) Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
(1933) Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
as Self
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1971) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Jimmy Durante
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1970) The Don Knotts Show
as Self
(1969) Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
as Self
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1954) Summer Playhouse
as ---
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self - Host
(1950) Four Star Revue
as Host
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1971) The Pearl Bailey Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Cameo
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1967) The Mothers-in-Law
as Jimmy Durante
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self (uncredited)
(1963) The Jerry Lewis Show
as Self