Jimmy Durante

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

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 Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

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

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

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Murder at N.B.C.

    Murder at N.B.C.

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

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

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

  • Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the Snowman

  • Hell Below

    Hell Below

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

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

  • Student Tour

    Student Tour

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Beau James

    Beau James

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Palooka

    Palooka

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

  • Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

  • Pepe

    Pepe

  • Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

  • Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to Hollywood

  • The Don Knotts Show

    The Don Knotts Show

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened in Brooklyn

  • Music for Millions

    Music for Millions

  • On an Island with You

    On an Island with You

  • Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • Start Cheering

    Start Cheering

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

  • George White's Scandals

    George White's Scandals

  • The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

  • The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

  • Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

  • Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

  • Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

  • The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

  • This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

  • Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

  • Two Girls and a Sailor

    Two Girls and a Sailor

  • The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

  • That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

  • Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

  • Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

  • The Passionate Plumber

    The Passionate Plumber

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

  • The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Love Song

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • What! No Beer?

    What! No Beer?

  • The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

  • The Wet Parade

    The Wet Parade

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene and Mary

  • The Jerry Lewis Show

    The Jerry Lewis Show

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

  • Four Star Revue

    Four Star Revue

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

  • Land Without Music

    Land Without Music

  • The March of Time

    The March of Time

  • Give a Man a Job

    Give a Man a Job

  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    The All-Star Christmas Show

  • Prohibition Newsreel No. 7

    Prohibition Newsreel No. 7