Jimmy Durante

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

Born

Feb 09, 1893

New York City, New York, USA

Died

Jan 29, 1980

Known For

Acting

Movies

77 acting

3 crew

Popularity

0.6

movie

Known For

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Smiler Grogan

Frosty the Snowman

1969

as Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

as Banjo

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 • as Smiler Grogan

★ 7.0

Start Cheering

1938 • as Willie Gumbatz

★ 6.9

Frosty the Snowman

1969 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.9

Hell Below

1933 • as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook

★ 6.0

That's Entertainment! III

1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

1934 • as Self

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944 • as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp

★ 5.8

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932 • as Self

★ 10.0

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934 • as Self

That's Entertainment!

1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Vaudeville

1997 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.0

The Movie Orgy

1968 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 • as Banjo

★ 7.1

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

movie

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as (archive footage)

Hollywood on Parade

1932 • as Self

★ 6.5

What! No Beer?

1933 • as Jimmy Potts

★ 5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.3

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019 • as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

★ 5.3

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 • as Self

★ 6.0

It's Showtime

1976 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 • as Jefferson Twitchel

★ 6.4

Blondie of the Follies

1932 • as Jimmy

★ 6.3

On an Island with You

1948 • as Buckley

★ 5.9

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970 • as Self (archive footage)

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 • as 'Spike'

★ 6.3

Hollywood Party

1934 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 5.6

Pepe

1960 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 6.4

The Wet Parade

1932 • as Abe Shilling

★ 6.2

Billy Rose's Jumbo

1962 • as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

★ 6.0

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 • as Nick Lombardi

★ 5.9

The Great Rupert

1950 • as Mr. Louie Amendola

★ 5.7

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 • as (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 • as (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Plumber in Love

1932 • as Tony

★ 9.0

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

2002 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

This Time for Keeps

1947 • as Ferdi Farro

★ 5.8

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Little Miss Broadway

1938 • as Jimmy Clayton

★ 6.5

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 • as Self

★ 6.0

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1966 • as Humpty Dumpty

★ 6.2

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

The Last Judgment

1961 • as The man with the large nose

★ 6.4

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

1997 • as Self (Archival Footage)

★ 7.7

The Cuban Love Song

1931 • as O.O. Jones

★ 4.8

Meet the Baron

1933 • as Joe McGoo

★ 5.3

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.0

George White's Scandals

1934 • as Happy McGillicuddy

★ 5.4

You're in the Army Now

1941 • as Homer "Jeeper" Smith

★ 4.4

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962 • as Self - Host

★ 7.0

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Murder at N.B.C.

1966

The Passionate Plumber

1932 • as Julius J. McCracken

★ 6.0

Music for Millions

1944 • as Andrews

★ 6.6

Speak Easily

1932 • as James

★ 5.8

Beau James

1957 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 5.4

Melody Ranch

1940 • as Cornelius J. Courtney

★ 6.2

The March of Time

1930 • as Self

★ 7.0

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Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Student Tour

1934 • as Hank Merman

★ 6.7

Carnival

1935 • as Fingers

★ 8.0

Palooka

1934 • as Knobby Walsh

★ 3.6

movie

Sunday Showcase

1959

The Phantom President

1932 • as Curly

★ 6.5

Roadhouse Nights

1930 • as Daffy (as Durante)

★ 6.0

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

2011 • as Himself

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

1931 • as Schnozzle

★ 6.0

Broadway to Hollywood

1933 • as Jimmy

★ 5.0

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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

2017 • as Self

The Milkman

1950 • as Breezy Albright

★ 7.0

The Christmas Party

1931 • as Santa Claus (uncredited)

★ 5.4

Strictly Dynamite

1934 • as Moxie

★ 6.5

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 • as Self

★ 6.0

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001 • as Self (archive footage)

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

1959 • as Self

Give a Man a Job

1933

★ 4.5

Land Without Music

1936 • as Jonah J. Whistler

★ 6.5

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Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

1933 • as Self