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Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
Also known as: Schnozzola, James Francis Durante
Acting
Born:February 9, 1893
Died:January 29, 1980(aged 86)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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 (62 movies)
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8.0
The Milkman
1950
as Breezy Albright
7.0
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Start Cheering
1938
as Willie Gumbatz
7.0
7.0
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as Self - Host
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7.0
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
as Self (Archival Footage)
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7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as (archive footage)
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6.9
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
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6.9
Frosty the Snowman
1969
as Narrator (voice)
6.9
6.9
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Banjo
6.5
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Jimmy Clayton
6.4
6.4
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
The Last Judgment
1961
as The man with the large nose
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6.3
Pepe
1960
as Jimmy Durante
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6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
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6.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966
as Humpty Dumpty
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6.0
Blondie of the Follies
1932
as Jimmy
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Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as 'Spike'
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The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Julius J. McCracken
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6.0
Land Without Music
1936
as Jonah J. Whistler
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6.0
Music for Millions
1944
as Andrews
6.0
6.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Jefferson Twitchel
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
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6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
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5.9
Hell Below
1933
as Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
5.8
5.8
The Wet Parade
1932
as Abe Shilling
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5.8
Hollywood Party
1934
as Jimmy Durante
5.8
5.8
Melody Ranch
1940
as Cornelius J. Courtney
5.8
5.8
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
5.7
5.7
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
5.6
5.6
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
as Nick Lombardi
5.6
5.6
Speak Easily
1932
as James
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5.6
The Great Rupert
1950
as Mr. Louie Amendola
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5.6
On an Island with You
1948
as Buckley
5.5
5.5
What! No Beer?
1933
as Jimmy Potts
5.5
5.5
The Phantom President
1932
as Curly
5.3
5.3
Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Moxie
5.2
5.2
This Time for Keeps
1947
as Ferdi Farro
5.0
5.0
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
as Schnozzle
5.0
5.0
Student Tour
1934
as Hank Merman
5.0
5.0
George White's Scandals
1934
as Happy McGillicuddy
4.9
4.9
The Christmas Party
1931
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Jimmy
4.5
4.5
Beau James
1957
as Jimmy Durante
4.5
4.5
Roadhouse Nights
1930
as Daffy (as Durante)
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4.3
The Cuban Love Song
1931
as O.O. Jones
4.2
4.2
Meet the Baron
1933
as Joe McGoo
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4.0
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Homer "Jeeper" Smith
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3.0
Palooka
1934
as Knobby Walsh
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3.0
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
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2.0
Give a Man a Job
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
Prohibition Newsreel No. 7
1933
as Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017
as Self
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011
as Himself
The March of Time
1930
as Self
Carnival
1935
as Fingers
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934
as Self
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