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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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | Self | 2017-05-23 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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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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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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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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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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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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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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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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Two Girls and a Sailor | Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp | 1944-06-14 |
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Music for Millions | Andrews | 1944-12-18 |
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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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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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Start Cheering | Willie Gumbatz | 1938-03-03 |
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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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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 | Self | 1934-04-28 |
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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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Strictly Dynamite | Moxie | 1934-05-11 |
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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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Hell Below | Ptomaine' - Ships Cook | 1933-06-08 |
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Give a Man a Job | 1933-01-31 | |
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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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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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Speak Easily | James | 1932-08-13 |
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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 Cooney | 1932-09-23 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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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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The Christmas Party | Santa Claus (uncredited) | 1931-12-17 |
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The March of Time | Self | 1930-09-01 |
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Roadhouse Nights | Daffy (as Durante) | 1930-02-15 |
