Jimmy Durante
Born February 09, 1893 (Age: 133)
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New York City, New York, USA
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".
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".
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Filmography
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 110
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 109
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
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as Self (Archival Footage)
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Age: 104
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 101
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
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as
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Age: 95
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 95
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 83
That's Entertainment!
1974
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 81
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
Frosty the Snowman
1969
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 76
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Murder at N.B.C.
1966
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as
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Age: 73
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
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as Smiler Grogan
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Age: 70
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
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as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
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Age: 69
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
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as Self - Host
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Age: 68
The Last Judgment
1961
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as The man with the large nose
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Age: 68
Pepe
1960
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as Jimmy Durante
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Age: 67
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
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as Self
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Age: 66
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Milkman
1950
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as Breezy Albright
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Age: 57
The Great Rupert
1950
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as Mr. Louie Amendola
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Age: 57
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
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as Self
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Age: 49
You're in the Army Now
1941
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as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
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Age: 48
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
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as Banjo
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Age: 48
Plumber in love
1932
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as Tony
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Age: 39
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Phantom President
1932
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as Curly
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Age: 39
Blondie of the Follies
1932
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as Jimmy
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Age: 39
Speak Easily
1932
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as James
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Age: 39
Hollywood on Parade
1932
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Wet Parade
1932
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as Abe Shilling
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Age: 39
The Passionate Plumber
1932
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as Julius J. McCracken
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Age: 38
The Christmas Party
1931
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as Santa Claus (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Cuban Love Song
1931
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as O.O. Jones
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Age: 38
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
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as Schnozzle
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Age: 38
The March of Time
1930
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as Self
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Age: 37
Roadhouse Nights
1930
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as Daffy (as Durante)
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Age: 37