Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

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...

Known For

Cast Credits

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

Frosty the Snowman

as Narrator (voice)

Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

The Last Judgment

as The man with the large nose

Pepe

as Jimmy Durante

Beau James

as Jimmy Durante

The Milkman

as Breezy Albright

The Great Rupert

as Mr. Louie Amendola

This Time for Keeps

as Ferdi Farro

It Happened in Brooklyn

as Nick Lombardi

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp

You're in the Army Now

as Homer "Jeeper" Smith

Melody Ranch

as Cornelius J. Courtney

Little Miss Broadway

as Jimmy Clayton

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Jefferson Twitchel

Start Cheering

as Willie Gumbatz

Land Without Music

as Jonah J. Whistler

Carnival

as Fingers

Student Tour

as Hank Merman

Hollywood Party

as Jimmy Durante

George White's Scandals

as Happy McGillicuddy

Crew Credits

Frosty the Snowman

Theme Song Performance

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Theme Song Performance