Actor

Jimmy Durante

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Movies: 70Series: 12Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 34745

IMDb ID: nm0002051

Known for: Acting

Born: February 9, 1893

Died: January 29, 1980

Age: 86

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 2019

Years active: 90

Average TMDB rating: 6.66

Wikidata: Q471023

Also known as

James Francis Durante • The Schnoz • Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante • Durante • Джимми Дюранте • Джимми Дуранте

Other jobs

Theme Song Performance (2)

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Biography

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".