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".
Filmography
all 91
Movies 72
self 41
TV Shows 19
Voice 1
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
It's Showtime (1976)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
The Mothers-in-Law (1967)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
The Last Judgment (1961)
Pepe (1960)
Beau James (1957)
The Milkman (1950)
Four Star Revue (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Great Rupert (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
This Time for Keeps (1947)
It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You're in the Army Now (1941)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Start Cheering (1938)
Land Without Music (1936)
Carnival (1935)
Student Tour (1934)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
George White's Scandals (1934)
Palooka (1934)
Meet the Baron (1933)
Hell Below (1933)
What! No Beer? (1933)
Plumber in love (1932)
Speak Easily (1932)
The Wet Parade (1932)
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
The Christmas Party (1931)
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-02-10
Deathday1980-01-29 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States
RelationshipsJeanne Olsen (1921 - 1943), Margie Little (1960 - 1980)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJames Francis Durante, The Schnoz , Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante, Durante, Джимми Дюранте, Джимми Дуранте
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Peabody Awards
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