Danny Kaye
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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.
Known for
Credits
White Christmas (1954)
as Phil Davis
The Court Jester (1955)
as Hubert Hawkins
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Walter Mitty
A Song Is Born (1948)
as Hobart Frisbee
That's Dancing! (1985)
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
as Hans Christian Andersen
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Ragpicker
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Merry Andrew (1958)
as Andrew Larabee
Up in Arms (1944)
as Danny Weems
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Knock on Wood (1954)
as Jerry Morgan
Night Shift (1942)
as Danny Kaye
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Five Pennies (1959)
as Red Nichols
Task Force (1949)
as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
Wonder Man (1945)
as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Burleigh Sullivan
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
as Ernest Klenk
Pinocchio (1976)
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
Skokie (1981)
as Max Feldman
On the Riviera (1951)
as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
Assignment Children (1955)
as Self - Narrator
Me and the Colonel (1958)
as S.L. Jacobowsky
The Inspector General (1949)
as Georgi
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Pan (1976)
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
On the Double (1961)
as Ernie Williams
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (1982)
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic (1981)
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
as (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
as Phil Davis (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Songs for After a War (1976)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary (1980)
as Self - Host
Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
as Self
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter (1963)
as Nikolai Nikolayevich
The Emperor's New Clothes (1972)
as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
as Self
A Portrait of Danny Kaye (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Dime a Dance (1937)
as Eddie
I Am an American (1944)
as Self (uncredited)
An Evening with John Denver (1975)
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney (2000)
as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Money on Your Life (1938)
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Cupid Takes a Holiday (1938)
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Getting an Eyeful (1938)
as Nikolai Nikolaevich