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". Date of Birth 10 February 1893, New York City, New York Date of Death 29 January 1980, Santa Monica, California (pneumonia)
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Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Humpty Dumpty | 1966-11-06 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self - Host | 1962-01-06 |
Movie | Billy Rose's Jumbo | Anthony ('Pop') Wonder | 1962-12-06 |
Movie | The Last Judgment | The man with the large nose | 1961-10-26 |
Movie | Pepe | Jimmy Durante | 1960-12-21 |
Movie | Beau James | Jimmy Durante | 1957-06-07 |
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Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | The Great Rupert | Mr. Louie Amendola | 1950-03-01 |
Series | Four Star Revue | Host | 1950-10-04 |
Movie | The Milkman | Breezy Albright | 1950-10-17 |
Movie | On an Island with You | Buckley | 1948-05-03 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | It Happened in Brooklyn | Nick Lombardi | 1947-03-13 |
Movie | This Time for Keeps | Ferdi Farro | 1947-10-17 |
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Movie | Two Girls and a Sailor | Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp | 1944-06-14 |
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Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | You're in the Army Now | Homer "Jeeper" Smith | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Banjo | 1941-12-24 |
Movie | Melody Ranch | Cornelius J. Courtney | 1940-09-15 |
Movie | Start Cheering | Willie Gumbatz | 1938-03-03 |
Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Jimmy Clayton | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | Sally, Irene and Mary | Jefferson Twitchel | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Land Without Music | Jonah J. Whistler | 1936-10-07 |
Movie | Carnival | Fingers | 1935-02-15 |
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Movie | Palooka | Knobby Walsh | 1934-01-26 |
Movie | Student Tour | Hank Merman | 1934-10-05 |
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Movie | Strictly Dynamite | Moxie | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | Hollywood Party | Jimmy Durante | 1934-05-24 |
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Movie | What! No Beer? | Jimmy Potts | 1933-02-10 |
Movie | Meet the Baron | Joe McGoo | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | Hell Below | Ptomaine' - Ships Cook | 1933-06-08 |
Movie | Broadway to Hollywood | Jimmy | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | The Wet Parade | Abe Shilling | 1932-03-26 |
Movie | The Passionate Plumber | Julius J. McCracken | 1932-02-06 |
Movie | Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
Movie | Speak Easily | James | 1932-08-13 |
Movie | The Phantom President | Curly Cooney | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | Blondie of the Follies | Jimmy | 1932-09-01 |
Movie | New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford | Schnozzle | 1931-10-03 |
Movie | The Christmas Party | Santa Claus (uncredited) | 1931-12-17 |
Movie | The Cuban Love Song | O.O. Jones | 1931-11-18 |
Movie | Roadhouse Nights | Daffy (as Durante) | 1930-02-15 |
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