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

1.1

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Known For

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

1963

as Smiler Grogan

Frosty the Snowman

1969

as Narrator (voice)

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

1963 • as Smiler Grogan

★ 7.0

Start Cheering

1938 • as Willie Gumbatz

★ 6.9

Blondie of the Follies

1932 • as Jimmy

★ 6.3

Frosty the Snowman

1969 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 6.9

Vaudeville

1997 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.0

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944 • as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp

★ 5.8

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 • as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Party

1934 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 5.6

The Movie Orgy

1968 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

On an Island with You

1948 • as Buckley

★ 5.9

That's Entertainment!

1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.4

That's Entertainment! III

1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.1

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

It's Showtime

1976 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5

The Last Judgment

1961 • as The man with the large nose

★ 6.4

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970 • as Self (archive footage)

Pepe

1960 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 6.4

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 • as Banjo

★ 7.1

Billy Rose's Jumbo

1962 • as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

★ 6.0

The Great Rupert

1950 • as Mr. Louie Amendola

★ 5.7

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

Music for Millions

1944 • as Andrews

★ 6.7

The Wet Parade

1932 • as Abe Shilling

★ 6.2

Beau James

1957 • as Jimmy Durante

★ 5.4

Hell Below

1933 • as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook

★ 6.0

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019 • as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

★ 5.3

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.3

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 • as (archive footage)

★ 10.0

The Phantom President

1932 • as Curly

★ 6.5

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Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.0

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958 • as Self

★ 6.0

Breakdowns of 1942

1942 • as Self

★ 6.0

Little Miss Broadway

1938 • as Jimmy Clayton

★ 6.5

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Sunday Showcase

1959

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 • as 'Spike'

★ 6.3

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1966 • as Humpty Dumpty

★ 6.2

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 • as Nick Lombardi

★ 5.9

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

What! No Beer?

1933 • as Jimmy Potts

★ 5.7

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 • as (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Speak Easily

1932 • as James

★ 5.8

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

1934 • as Self

George White's Scandals

1934 • as Happy McGillicuddy

★ 5.4

Melody Ranch

1940 • as Cornelius J. Courtney

★ 6.2

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

2002 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Broadway to Hollywood

1933 • as Jimmy

★ 5.0

The Milkman

1950 • as Breezy Albright

★ 7.0

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 • as Jefferson Twitchel

★ 6.8

Carnival

1935 • as Fingers

★ 8.0

The Passionate Plumber

1932 • as Julius J. McCracken

★ 6.0

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

Plumber in Love

1932 • as Tony

★ 9.0

This Time for Keeps

1947 • as Ferdi Farro

★ 5.8

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962 • as Self - Host

★ 7.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936 • as Self

★ 6.0

Palooka

1934 • as Knobby Walsh

★ 3.6

Student Tour

1934 • as Hank Merman

★ 6.7

The Cuban Love Song

1931 • as O.O. Jones

★ 4.8

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Murder at N.B.C.

1966

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

1959 • as Self

Meet the Baron

1933 • as Joe McGoo

★ 5.3

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)

Roadhouse Nights

1930 • as Daffy (as Durante)

★ 6.0

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934 • as Self

Strictly Dynamite

1934 • as Moxie

★ 6.5

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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

2017 • as Self

You're in the Army Now

1941 • as Homer "Jeeper" Smith

★ 4.4

Hollywood on Parade

1932 • as Self

★ 6.5

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

2011 • as Himself

The Christmas Party

1931 • as Santa Claus (uncredited)

★ 5.4

Land Without Music

1936 • as Jonah J. Whistler

★ 6.5

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

1931 • as Schnozzle

★ 6.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932 • as Self

★ 10.0

The March of Time

1930 • as Self

★ 7.0

Give a Man a Job

1933

★ 4.5

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Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

1933 • as Self