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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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) | 1988-05-16 |
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | 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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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) | 1974-06-21 |
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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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Billy Rose's Jumbo | Anthony ('Pop') Wonder | 1962-12-06 |
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self - Host | 1962-01-06 |
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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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It Happened in Brooklyn | Nick Lombardi | 1947-03-13 |
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This Time for Keeps | Ferdi Farro | 1947-10-17 |
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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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You're in the Army Now | Homer "Jeeper" Smith | 1941-12-25 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Banjo | 1941-12-24 |
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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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Strictly Dynamite | Moxie | 1934-05-11 |
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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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Student Tour | Hank Merman | 1934-10-05 |
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George White's Scandals | Happy McGillicuddy | 1934-03-15 |
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Palooka | Knobby Walsh | 1934-01-26 |
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What! No Beer? | Jimmy Potts | 1933-02-10 |
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Prohibition Newsreel No. 7 | Self | 1933-01-01 |
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Broadway to Hollywood | Jimmy | 1933-09-15 |
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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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Hell Below | Ptomaine' - Ships Cook | 1933-06-08 |
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Blondie of the Follies | Jimmy | 1932-09-01 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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Speak Easily | James | 1932-08-13 |
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The Passionate Plumber | Julius J. McCracken | 1932-02-06 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 | Self | 1932-10-20 |
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The Wet Parade | Abe Shilling | 1932-03-26 |
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The Phantom President | Curly | 1932-09-23 |
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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Schnozzle | 1931-10-03 |
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The Christmas Party | Santa Claus (uncredited) | 1931-12-17 |
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The Cuban Love Song | O.O. Jones | 1931-11-18 |
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The March of Time | Self | 1930-09-01 |
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Roadhouse Nights | Daffy (as Durante) | 1930-02-15 |
