Jerry Colonna
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
Known for
Credits
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
as March Hare (voice)
Make Mine Music (1946)
as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
Rosalie (1937)
as Joseph
Road to Rio (1947)
as Jerry Colonna
Road to Singapore (1940)
as Achilles Bombanassa
Joys (1976)
as Self
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
as The Texas Tornado
Sis Hopkins (1941)
as Professor
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Port of Seven Seas (1938)
as Arab Rug Dealer
Valley of the Giants (1938)
as Saloon Singer
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Jerry Colonna
Music Land (1955)
as Narrator (archive footage)
Naughty But Nice (1939)
as Allie Gray
Musical Movieland (1944)
as The Texas Tornado
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Jerry Colonna
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1977)
as Self
G.I. Journal (1944)
as Self
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
as Doc
Atlantic City (1944)
as The Professor
Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
as Jerry Harris
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Dr. Greengrass
Ice Capades Revue (1942)
as Theophilus J. Twitchell
Ice-Capades (1941)
as Colonna
Ellis in Freedomland (1952)
as The Waste-away (voice)
Garden of the Moon (1938)
as Musician
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Band Member
Stars on Horseback (1943)
Actor
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Argyle Phifft
True to the Army (1942)
as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
The Brave Engineer (1950)
as Narrator
You're the One (1941)
as Dr. Colonna
Melody and Moonlight (1940)
as Abner Kellogg
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941)
as Self (uncredited)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
as Nick, the Chef
Priorities on Parade (1942)
as Jeep Jackson
Casey at the Bat (1946)
as Narrator
Song Hits on Parade (1936)
Actor
Operation Wonderland (1951)
as Self
Pinocchio (1957)
as Ringmaster
The Star Reporter (1938)
as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra