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Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

ActingBorn January 18, 1911Died March 3, 1987 (age 76)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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 General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2024
Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015Movie
2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012Movie
2007
A Portrait of Danny Kaye

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as Phil Davis (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1993Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")

TV
1985Movie
1985
That's Dancing!

as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)

Movie
1985Movie
1984
The Cosby Show

as Dr. Burns

TV
1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Movie
1981
Skokie

as Max Feldman

Movie
1979
The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

Movie
1977TV
1976
Peter Pan

as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling

Movie
1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

TV
1976
Pinocchio

as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto

Movie
1976
Songs for After a War

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1972
The Emperor's New Clothes

as Self / Marmaduke (voice)

Movie
1972TV
1971TV
1971
Here Comes Peter Cottontail

as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)

Movie
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Ragpicker

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1965Movie
1963
The Sound of Laughter

as Nikolai Nikolayevich

Movie
1963
The Danny Kaye Show

as Self - Host

TV
1963Movie
1962
The Lucy Show

as Danny Kaye

TV
1961
On the Double

as Pfc. Ernie Williams

Movie
1960
Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Movie
1959
The Five Pennies

as Red Nichols

Movie
1958
Me and the Colonel

as S.L. Jacobowsky

Movie
1958
Merry Andrew

as Andrew Larabee

Movie
1955
The Court Jester

as Hubert Hawkins

Movie
1955
Assignment Children

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1954
White Christmas

as Phil Davis

Movie
1954
Knock on Wood

as Jerry Morgan

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Hans Christian Andersen

as Hans Christian Andersen

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Captain Hook

TV
1951
On the Riviera

as Jack Martin / Henri Duran

Movie
1950Movie
1950TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1949Movie
1949Movie
1949
Task Force

as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)

Movie
1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Danny Kaye (uncredited)

Movie
1949TV
1948
A Song Is Born

as Hobart Frisbee

Movie
1947Movie
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn

as Burleigh Sullivan

Movie
1945
Wonder Man

as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

Movie
1944
I Am an American

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Up in Arms

as Danny Weems

Movie
1942
Night Shift

as Danny Kaye

Movie
1938
Money on Your Life

as Nikolai Nikolaevich

Movie
1938
Cupid Takes a Holiday

as Nikolai Nikolaevich

Movie
1938
Getting an Eyeful

as Nikolai Nikolaevich

Movie
1937
Dime a Dance

as Eddie

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 18, 1911
Day of DeathMarch 3, 1987
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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