It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963
As Smiler Grogan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jimmy Durante
Born
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 (77)
Two Girls and a Sailor1944
As Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
TMDb 5.8 / 10
That's Entertainment!1974
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Frosty the Snowman1969
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019
As Self - Comedian (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
That's Entertainment! III1994
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Movie Orgy1968
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Vaudeville1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man Who Came to Dinner1941
As Banjo
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pepe1960
As Jimmy Durante
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Billy Rose's Jumbo1962
As Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alice Through the Looking Glass1966
As Humpty Dumpty
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976
As Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Party1934
As Jimmy Durante
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song2002
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
On an Island with You1948
As Buckley
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Last Judgment1961
As The man with the large nose
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blondie of the Follies1932
As Jimmy
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults1997
As Self (Archival Footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Showbiz Goes to War1982
As (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Wet Parade1932
As Abe Shilling
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sally, Irene and Mary1938
As Jefferson Twitchel
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Milkman1950
As Breezy Albright
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It Happened in Brooklyn1947
As Nick Lombardi
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Murder at N.B.C.
Murder at N.B.C.1966
Two Sisters from Boston1946
As 'Spike'
TMDb 6.3 / 10
This Time for Keeps1947
As Ferdi Farro
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Start Cheering1938
As Willie Gumbatz
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 12001
As Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime1976
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
You're in the Army Now1941
As Homer "Jeeper" Smith
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)1936
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Breakdowns of 19421942
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The All-Star Christmas Show1958
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hollywood on Parade No. B-101934
As Self
Little Miss Broadway1938
As Jimmy Clayton
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Brasileiros em Hollywood1970
As Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's2000
As Self (archive footage)
Melody Ranch1940
As Cornelius J. Courtney
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Speak Easily1932
As James
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Cuban Love Song1931
As O.O. Jones
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Great Rupert1950
As Mr. Louie Amendola
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Beau James1957
As Jimmy Durante
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter2011
As Himself
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers1962
As Self - Host
TMDb 7.0 / 10
George White's Scandals1934
As Happy McGillicuddy
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Broadway to Hollywood1933
As Jimmy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hell Below1933
As Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hollywood on Parade No. A-31932
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala2017
As Self
Music for Millions1944
As Andrews
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Meet the Baron1933
As Joe McGoo
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Hollywood on Parade No. B-91934
As Self
Student Tour1934
As Hank Merman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford1931
As Schnozzle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Carnival1935
As Fingers
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Palooka1934
As Knobby Walsh
TMDb 3.6 / 10
What! No Beer?1933
As Jimmy Potts
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Sunday Showcase
Sunday Showcase1959
The Passionate Plumber1932
As Julius J. McCracken
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show1959
As Self
The March of Time1930
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Strictly Dynamite1934
As Moxie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hollywood on Parade1932
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Phantom President1932
As Curly
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Christmas Party1931
As Santa Claus (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Plumber in Love1932
As Tony
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Roadhouse Nights1930
As Daffy (as Durante)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Land Without Music1936
As Jonah J. Whistler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Give a Man a Job1933
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
Prohibition Newsreel No. 71933
As Self
Filmography and biography: TMDb