Jimmy Durante

Biography

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
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Personal Info

Id

34745

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • James Francis Durante
  • The Schnoz
  • Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante
  • Durante
  • Джимми Дюранте
  • Джимми Дуранте
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    Known For

    Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of t

    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Or

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

    It's a Mad,

    Palooka

    Palooka

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who

    Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the S

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's

    Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

    On an Island with You

    On an Island

    Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss

    This Time for Keeps

    This Time fo

    The Great Rupert

    The Great Ru

    It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened

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    Showbiz Goes

    Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Ni

    Two Girls and a Sailor

    Two Girls an

    What! No Beer?

    What! No Bee

    The Passionate Plumber

    The Passiona

    Pepe

    Pepe

    Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to

    The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Lo

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    Happy Birthd

    Start Cheering

    Start Cheeri

    The March of Time

    The March of

    The Wet Parade

    The Wet Para

    The Milkman

    The Milkman

    George White's Scandals

    George White

    Meet the Baron

    Meet the Bar

    The Phantom President

    The Phantom

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    Give a Man a

    Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dyn

    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Pa

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Throug

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    Hollywood on

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    Land Without

    Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

    Music for Millions

    Music for Mi

    Hell Below

    Hell Below

    Student Tour

    Student Tour

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    Don Knotts:

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    New Adventur

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene

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    Going Hollyw

    Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters

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    The Christma

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    The New Marc

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    Hollywood on

    That's Entertainment!

    That's Enter

    Beau James

    Beau James

    Carnival

    Carnival

    You're in the Army Now

    You're in th

    The Last Judgment

    The Last Jud

    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Enter

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    Hollywood Mu

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Enter

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    Marlene Diet

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    And the Osca

    It's Showtime

    It's Showtim

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    The Best of

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    The Frank Si

    Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns o

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls D

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    2019

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    asSelf - Comedian (archive footage)

    2017

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    asSelf

    2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2011

    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    asHimself

    2004

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    as(archive footage)

    2002

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2001

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

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2000

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1997

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

    asSelf (Archival Footage)

    1994

    That's Entertainment! III

    as(archive footage)

    1988

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

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1984

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    as(archive footage)

    1982

    Showbiz Goes to War

    as(archive footage)

    1976

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    as(archive footage)

    1976

    It's Showtime

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1974

    That's Entertainment!

    as(archive footage)

    1969

    Frosty the Snowman

    asNarrator (voice)

    1968

    The Movie Orgy

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1966

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    asHumpty Dumpty

    1966

    Murder at N.B.C.

    as

    1963

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

    asSmiler Grogan

    1962

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    asAnthony ('Pop') Wonder

    1962

    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    asSelf - Host

    1961

    The Last Judgment

    asThe man with the large nose

    1960

    Pepe

    asJimmy Durante

    1959

    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    asSelf

    1957

    Beau James

    asJimmy Durante

    1950

    The Milkman

    asBreezy Albright

    1950

    The Great Rupert

    asMr. Louie Amendola

    1948

    On an Island with You

    asBuckley

    1947

    This Time for Keeps

    asFerdi Farro

    1947

    It Happened in Brooklyn

    asNick Lombardi

    1946

    Two Sisters from Boston

    as'Spike'

    1944

    Music for Millions

    asAndrews

    1944

    Two Girls and a Sailor

    asBilly Kipp / Julian Kipp

    1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    asSelf

    1941

    You're in the Army Now

    asHomer "Jeeper" Smith

    1941

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    asBanjo

    1940

    Melody Ranch

    asCornelius J. Courtney

    1938

    Little Miss Broadway

    asJimmy Clayton

    1938

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    asJefferson Twitchel

    1938

    Start Cheering

    asWillie Gumbatz

    1936

    Land Without Music

    asJonah J. Whistler

    1936

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    asSelf

    1935

    Carnival

    asFingers

    1934

    Student Tour

    asHank Merman

    1934

    Hollywood Party

    asJimmy Durante

    1934

    Strictly Dynamite

    asMoxie

    1934

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    asSelf

    1934

    George White's Scandals

    asHappy McGillicuddy

    1934

    Palooka

    asKnobby Walsh

    1933

    Meet the Baron

    asJoe McGoo

    1933

    Broadway to Hollywood

    asJimmy

    1933

    Hell Below

    asPtomaine' - Ships Cook

    1933

    What! No Beer?

    asJimmy Potts

    1933

    Give a Man a Job

    as

    1933

    Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

    asSelf

    1932

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    asSelf

    1932

    The Phantom President

    asCurly

    1932

    Blondie of the Follies

    asJimmy

    1932

    Speak Easily

    asJames

    1932

    Hollywood on Parade

    asSelf

    1932

    The Wet Parade

    asAbe Shilling

    1932

    The Passionate Plumber

    asJulius J. McCracken

    1931

    The Christmas Party

    asSanta Claus (uncredited)

    1931

    The Cuban Love Song

    asO.O. Jones

    1931

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    asSchnozzle

    1930

    The March of Time

    asSelf

    1930

    Roadhouse Nights

    asDaffy (as Durante)

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