Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 9, 1893
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self |
| 1970 | The Don Knotts Show | Self |
| 1969 | Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters | Self |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Jimmy Durante |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer |
| 1963 | The Jerry Lewis Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Jimmy Durante |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self |
| 1954 | Summer Playhouse | |
| 1954 | The Jimmy Durante Show | Self - Host |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | Four Star Revue | Host |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Cameo |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |