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Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Birthday: 1911-01-18 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His best known performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), and — perhaps his most accomplished performance — The Court Jester (1956). His films were extremely popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and children's favorites such as The Inch Worm and The Ugly Duckling. He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his many 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

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

as    Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

as    Self (archive footage)

1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as    Phil Davis (archive footage)

1981
Skokie

as    Max Feldman

1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II

as    Self

1980
1976
Pinocchio

as    Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto

1976
Peter Pan

as    Captain Hook / Mr. Darling

1972
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes

as    Self / Marmaduke (voice)

1971
Here Comes Peter Cottontail

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

1965
Salute to Stan Laurel

as    Self

1963
The Man from the Diners' Club

as    Ernest Klenk

1963
The Danny Kaye Show

as    Self - Host

1963
Danny Kaye Christmas Show

as    Self - Host

1961
On the Double

as    Pfc. Ernie Williams

1960
Lifetime of Comedy

as    (archive footage)

1959
The Five Pennies

as    Red Nichols

1958
Merry Andrew

as    Andrew Larabee

1958
Me and the Colonel

as    S.L. Jacobowsky

1955
The Court Jester

as    Hubert Hawkins

1955
Assignment Children

as    Self/Narrator

1954
Knock on Wood

as    Jerry Morgan

1954
White Christmas

as    Phil Davis

1952
Hans Christian Andersen

as    Hans Christian Andersen