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", "...
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Blondie of the Follies
As Jimmy
The Movie Orgy
As Self (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
As Smiler Grogan
Palooka
As Knobby Walsh
The Man Who Came to Dinner
As Banjo
Frosty the Snowman
As Narrator (voice)
Billy Rose's Jumbo
As Anthony ('Pop') Wonder
Speak Easily
As James
On an Island with You
As Buckley
Little Miss Broadway
As Jimmy Clayton
This Time for Keeps
As Ferdi Farro
The Great Rupert
As Mr. Louie Amendola
It Happened in Brooklyn
As Nick Lombardi
Showbiz Goes to War
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Roadhouse Nights
As Daffy (as Durante)
Two Girls and a Sailor
As Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp
What! No Beer?
As Jimmy Potts
The Passionate Plumber
As Julius J. McCracken
Pepe
As Jimmy Durante
Broadway to Hollywood
As Jimmy
The Cuban Love Song
As O.O. Jones
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
As Self (archive footage)
Start Cheering
As Willie Gumbatz
The March of Time
As Self
The Wet Parade
As Abe Shilling
The Milkman
As Breezy Albright
George White's Scandals
As Happy McGillicuddy
Meet the Baron
As Joe McGoo
The Phantom President
As Curly
Give a Man a Job
Strictly Dynamite
As Moxie
Hollywood Party
As Jimmy Durante
Alice Through the Looking Glass
As Humpty Dumpty
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
As Self
Land Without Music
As Jonah J. Whistler
Melody Ranch
As Cornelius J. Courtney
Music for Millions
As Andrews
Hell Below
As Ptomaine' - Ships Cook
Student Tour
As Hank Merman
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
As Himself
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
As Schnozzle
Sally, Irene and Mary
As Jefferson Twitchel
Going Hollywood: The '30s
As (archive footage)
Two Sisters from Boston
As 'Spike'
The Christmas Party
As Santa Claus (uncredited)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
As Self - Host
Hollywood on Parade
As Self
That's Entertainment!
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Beau James
As Jimmy Durante
Carnival
As Fingers
You're in the Army Now
As Homer "Jeeper" Smith
The Last Judgment
As The man with the large nose
That's Entertainment! III
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
As Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
As Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
As Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
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Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
As Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
As Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
As Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
As Self (archive footage)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
As Self
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
As Self
Breakdowns of 1942
As Self
The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along
Murder at N.B.C.
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
As Self - Comedian (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
As Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
The Lucy Show
As Jimmy Durante
The Hollywood Palace
As Self - Singer
The Don Knotts Show
As Self
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
As Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
As Self
The Steve Allen Show
As Self
The Oscars
As Self
Summer Playhouse
The Jimmy Durante Show
As Self - Host
Four Star Revue
As Host
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
As Self
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
As Self
The Mothers-in-Law
As Jimmy Durante