Danny Kaye
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 January 1911 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 3 March 1987
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.
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- 2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
- 2017À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
- 2007A Portrait of Danny Kaye as Self (archive footage)
- 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Phil Davis (archive footage)
- 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985That's Dancing! as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
- 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration as Self
- 1981Skokie as Max Feldman
- 1981An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic as Self
- 1981Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
- 1980Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary as Self - Host
- 1979The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1976Peter Pan as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
- 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- 1976Pinocchio as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
- 1976Songs for After a War as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1975An Evening with John Denver as Self
- 1972The Emperor's New Clothes as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
- 1971Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Ragpicker
- 1965Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
- 1963The Sound of Laughter as Nikolai Nikolayevich
- 1963The Man from the Diners' Club as Ernest Klenk
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1961On the Double as Ernie Williams
- 1960Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)
- 1959The Five Pennies as Red Nichols
- 1958The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- 1958Me and the Colonel as S.L. Jacobowsky
- 1958Merry Andrew as Andrew Larabee
- 1955The Court Jester as Hubert Hawkins
- 1955Assignment Children as Self - Narrator
- 1954White Christmas as Phil Davis
- 1954Knock on Wood as Jerry Morgan
- 1952Hans Christian Andersen as Hans Christian Andersen
- 1951On the Riviera as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
- 1950Moments in Music as Self
- 1949Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
- 1949The Inspector General as Georgi
- 1949Task Force as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
- 1949It's a Great Feeling as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
- 1948A Song Is Born as Hobart Frisbee
- 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Walter Mitty
- 1946The Kid from Brooklyn as Burleigh Sullivan
- 1945Wonder Man as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
- 1944I Am an American as Self (uncredited)
- 1944Up in Arms as Danny Weems
- 1942Night Shift as Danny Kaye
- 1938Money on Your Life as Nikolai Nikolaevich
- 1938Cupid Takes a Holiday as Nikolai Nikolaevich
- 1938Getting an Eyeful as Nikolai Nikolaevich
- 1937Dime a Dance as Eddie