1893-02-09 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".
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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Comedian (archive footage) | 2019-02-27 |
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self | 2017-05-23 |
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Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter | Himself | 2011-04-09 |
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel | (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-03-21 |
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The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2001-02-22 |
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Hollywood Musicals of the 40's | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-01 |
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self (Archival Footage) | 1997-11-18 |
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Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-27 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-05-16 |
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-09-19 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | 1976-10-29 |
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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1970-01-01 |
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Frosty the Snowman | Narrator (voice) | 1969-12-07 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass | Humpty Dumpty | 1966-11-06 |
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Murder at N.B.C. | 1966-10-19 | |
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Smiler Grogan | 1963-11-07 |
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self - Host | 1962-01-06 |
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Billy Rose's Jumbo | Anthony ('Pop') Wonder | 1962-12-06 |
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Il giudizio universale | The man with the large nose | 1961-10-26 |
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Pepe | Jimmy Durante | 1960-12-21 |
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The Frank Sinatra Timex Show | Self | 1959-10-19 |
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The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | 1958-12-01 |
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Beau James | Jimmy Durante | 1957-06-07 |
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The Milkman | Breezy Albright | 1950-10-17 |
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The Great Rupert | Mr. Louie Amendola | 1950-03-01 |
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On an Island with You | Buckley | 1948-05-03 |
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This Time for Keeps | Ferdi Farro | 1947-10-17 |
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It Happened in Brooklyn | Nick Lombardi | 1947-03-13 |
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Two Sisters from Boston | 'Spike' | 1946-06-06 |
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Music for Millions | Andrews | 1944-12-18 |
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Two Girls and a Sailor | Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp | 1944-06-14 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Banjo | 1941-12-24 |
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You're in the Army Now | Homer "Jeeper" Smith | 1941-12-25 |
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Melody Ranch | Cornelius J. Courtney | 1940-09-15 |
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Start Cheering | Willie Gumbatz | 1938-03-03 |
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Little Miss Broadway | Jimmy Clayton | 1938-07-29 |
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Sally, Irene and Mary | Jefferson Twitchel | 1938-03-04 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Land Without Music | Jonah J. Whistler | 1936-10-07 |
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Carnival | Fingers | 1935-02-15 |
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Student Tour | Hank Merman | 1934-10-05 |
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Palooka | Knobby Walsh | 1934-01-26 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 | Self | 1934-04-28 |
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Hollywood Party | Jimmy Durante | 1934-05-24 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Self | 1934-04-26 |
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George White's Scandals | Happy McGillicuddy | 1934-03-15 |
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Strictly Dynamite | Moxie | 1934-05-11 |
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Prohibition Newsreel No. 7 | Self | 1933-01-01 |
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Hell Below | Ptomaine' - Ships Cook | 1933-06-08 |
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Broadway to Hollywood | Jimmy | 1933-09-15 |
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What! No Beer? | Jimmy Potts | 1933-02-10 |
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Meet the Baron | Joe McGoo | 1933-10-20 |
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Give a Man a Job | 1933-01-31 | |
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Le Plombier amoureux | Tony | 1932-12-30 |
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Speak Easily | James | 1932-08-13 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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The Passionate Plumber | Julius J. McCracken | 1932-02-06 |
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The Wet Parade | Abe Shilling | 1932-03-26 |
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Blondie of the Follies | Jimmy | 1932-09-01 |
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The Phantom President | Curly | 1932-09-23 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self | 1932-10-20 |
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The Christmas Party | Santa Claus (uncredited) | 1931-12-17 |
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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Schnozzle | 1931-10-03 |
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The Cuban Love Song | O.O. Jones | 1931-11-18 |
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Roadhouse Nights | Daffy (as Durante) | 1930-02-15 |
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The March of Time | Self | 1930-09-01 |
