8.0
8.0
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Colonna
Acting
Born:September 17, 1904
Died:November 21, 1986(aged 82)
Birthplace:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
Filmography (42 movies)
7.5
7.5
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996
as Self (archive footage)
7.3
7.3
Operation Wonderland
1951
as Self
7.2
7.2
Alice in Wonderland
1951
as March Hare (voice)
6.7
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Road to Singapore
1940
as Achilles Bombanassa
6.2
6.2
Naughty But Nice
1939
as Allie Gray
6.2
6.2
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Musician
6.2
6.2
Casey at the Bat
1946
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Sis Hopkins
1941
as Professor
6.0
6.0
Musical Movieland
1944
as The Texas Tornado
6.0
6.0
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Jerry Colonna
6.0
6.0
The Brave Engineer
1950
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Music Land
1955
as Narrator (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Saloon Singer
5.9
5.9
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
as The Texas Tornado
5.8
5.8
Make Mine Music
1946
as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
5.7
5.7
It's in the Bag!
1945
as Dr. Greengrass
5.7
5.7
Ice Capades Revue
1942
as Theophilus J. Twitchell
5.5
5.5
Rosalie
1937
as Joseph
5.5
5.5
Ice-Capades
1941
as Colonna
5.0
5.0
Melody and Moonlight
1940
as Abner Kellogg
5.0
5.0
Atlantic City
1944
as The Professor
5.0
5.0
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
as Jerry Harris
4.5
4.5
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Doc
4.3
4.3
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Jerry Colonna
4.0
4.0
Stars on Horseback
1943
4.0
4.0
Joys
1976
as Self
3.7
3.7
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
as Nick, the Chef
1.0
1.0
You're the One
1941
as Dr. Colonna
Ellis in Freedomland
1952
as The Waste-away (voice)
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Argyle Phifft
Priorities on Parade
1942
as Jeep Jackson
Pinocchio
1957
as Ringmaster
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Himself
True to the Army
1942
as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
The Star Reporter
1938
as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
Song Hits on Parade
1936
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002
as Self (archive footage)
G.I. Journal
1944
as Self
Port of Seven Seas
1938
as Arab Rug Dealer
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