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)
Joys (1976)
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII (2025)
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Make Mine Music (1946)
as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Sis Hopkins (1941)
as Professor
Rosalie (1937)
as Joseph
Naughty but Nice (1939)
as Allie Gray
Valley of the Giants (1938)
as Saloon Singer
Ice Capades Revue (1942)
as Theophilus J. Twitchell
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Jerry Colonna
Melody and Moonlight (1940)
as Abner Kellogg
Ellis in Freedomland (1952)
as The Waste-away (voice)
Port of Seven Seas (1938)
as Arab Rug Dealer
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
as Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Road to Singapore (1940)
as Achilles Bombanassa
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Road to Rio (1947)
as Jerry Colonna
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
as Nick, the Chef
G.I. Journal (1944)
as Self
Music Land (1955)
as Narrator (archive footage)
Casey at the Bat (1946)
as Narrator
Garden of the Moon (1938)
as Musician
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Argyle Phifft
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Jerry Colonna
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Band Member
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1977)
as Self
Pinocchio (1957)
as Ringmaster
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
as The Texas Tornado
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Dr. Greengrass
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
as Doc
Ice-Capades (1941)
as Colonna
You're the One (1941)
as Dr. Colonna
Priorities on Parade (1942)
as Jeep Jackson
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941)
as Self (uncredited)
Musical Movieland (1944)
as The Texas Tornado
The Brave Engineer (1950)
as Narrator
Stars on Horseback (1943)
Actor
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
True to the Army (1942)
as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
Song Hits on Parade (1936)
Actor
Atlantic City (1944)
as The Professor
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
as Jerry Harris
The Star Reporter (1938)
as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
Operation Wonderland (1951)
as Self