Danny Kaye
Birthday: 1911-01-18 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADanny 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.
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as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Phil Davis (archive footage)
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as Max Feldman
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as Self - Host
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
as Self
as Ernest Klenk
as Self - Host
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as Pfc. Ernie Williams
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as Red Nichols
as Andrew Larabee
