Jimmy Durante

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

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

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Hell Below

    Hell Below

  • Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • Beau James

    Beau James

  • The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

  • Start Cheering

    Start Cheering

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the Snowman

  • The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

  • Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene and Mary

  • Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • The Wet Parade

    The Wet Parade

  • The Don Knotts Show

    The Don Knotts Show

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

  • What! No Beer?

    What! No Beer?

  • Two Girls and a Sailor

    Two Girls and a Sailor

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Pepe

    Pepe

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

  • Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

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

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

  • The Jerry Lewis Show

    The Jerry Lewis Show

  • It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened in Brooklyn

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Palooka

    Palooka

  • Student Tour

    Student Tour

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • On an Island with You

    On an Island with You

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    The All-Star Christmas Show

  • The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

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

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

  • Plumber in love

    Plumber in love

  • Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

  • Murder at N.B.C.

    Murder at N.B.C.

  • Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

  • The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

  • The Passionate Plumber

    The Passionate Plumber

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • Music for Millions

    Music for Millions

  • Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

  • Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Four Star Revue

    Four Star Revue

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

  • Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

  • Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to Hollywood

  • Land Without Music

    Land Without Music

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

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

  • The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Love Song

  • The March of Time

    The March of Time

  • Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Brasileiros em Hollywood

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

  • This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

  • Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

  • George White's Scandals

    George White's Scandals

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

  • Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

  • Give a Man a Job

    Give a Man a Job

  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

  • Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

    Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

  • JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala