Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

1893-02-09

THE 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

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies

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

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

Palooka

Palooka

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the Snowman

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Speak Easily

Speak Easily

On an Island with You

On an Island with You

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

This Time for Keeps

This Time for Keeps

The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert

It Happened in Brooklyn

It Happened in Brooklyn

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

Roadhouse Nights

Roadhouse Nights

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

The Passionate Plumber

The Passionate Plumber

What! No Beer?

What! No Beer?

Pepe

Pepe

Broadway to Hollywood

Broadway to Hollywood

The Cuban Love Song

The Cuban Love Song

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

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

Start Cheering

Start Cheering

The March of Time

The March of Time

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

The Milkman

The Milkman

George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals

Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

The Phantom President

The Phantom President

Give a Man a Job

Give a Man a Job

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Land Without Music

Land Without Music

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch

Music for Millions

Music for Millions

Hell Below

Hell Below

Student Tour

Student Tour

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

The Christmas Party

The Christmas Party

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

Hollywood on Parade

Hollywood on Parade

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

Beau James

Beau James

Carnival

Carnival

You're in the Army Now

You're in the Army Now

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

It's Showtime

It's Showtime

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

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

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along

The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along

Murder at N.B.C.

Murder at N.B.C.

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast