Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 23 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector...
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 23 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector...
Known For
White Christmas
as Phil Davis
The Court Jester
as Hubert Hawkins
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Walter Mitty
Cast Credits
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
Skokie
as Max Feldman
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
as Self - Host
Peter Pan
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
Pinocchio
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Ragpicker
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Ernest Klenk
On the Double
as Pfc. Ernie Williams
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
The Five Pennies
as Red Nichols
Me and the Colonel
as S.L. Jacobowsky
Merry Andrew
as Andrew Larabee
The Court Jester
as Hubert Hawkins
White Christmas
as Phil Davis
Knock on Wood
as Jerry Morgan
Hans Christian Andersen
as Hans Christian Andersen
On the Riviera
as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
The Inspector General
as Georgi
Task Force
as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
A Song Is Born
as Hobart Frisbee
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Walter Mitty
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Burleigh Sullivan
Wonder Man
as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
Up in Arms
as Danny Weems
Night Shift
as Danny Kaye
Money on Your Life
as Nikolai Nikolaevich