Jimmy Durante

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-09

Day of death

1980-01-29 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 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".

Known For

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • The Don Knotts Show

    The Don Knotts Show

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

  • Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

  • The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Love Song

  • Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to Hollywood

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

  • George White's Scandals

    George White's Scandals

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

  • Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

  • Music for Millions

    Music for Millions

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

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

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

  • Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

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

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

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

  • Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

  • Palooka

    Palooka

  • Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

  • What! No Beer?

    What! No Beer?

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

  • On an Island with You

    On an Island with You

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

  • Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

  • The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

  • This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

  • Pepe

    Pepe

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the Snowman

  • The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • The Passionate Plumber

    The Passionate Plumber

  • Student Tour

    Student Tour

  • Beau James

    Beau James

  • Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Hell Below

    Hell Below

  • The Wet Parade

    The Wet Parade

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

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

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • The Jerry Lewis Show

    The Jerry Lewis Show

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

  • Murder at N.B.C.

    Murder at N.B.C.

  • Start Cheering

    Start Cheering

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Four Star Revue

    Four Star Revue

  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

  • Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene and Mary

  • Two Girls and a Sailor

    Two Girls and a Sailor

  • Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

  • It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened in Brooklyn

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

  • Land Without Music

    Land Without Music

  • You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

  • Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

  • Give a Man a Job

    Give a Man a Job

  • JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

  • The March of Time

    The March of Time

  • Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

    Prohibition Newsreel No. 7