Cliff Nazarro
Born: 1904-01-31 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died: 1961-02-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
Cliff Nazarro (January 31, 1904 – February 18, 1961) was an American double-talk comedian of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in films such as You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Swivel Tongue, In Old Colorado (1941) as Nosey Haskins, and Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942) as Barney Google. Nazarro was the voice of Warner Bros. Cartoons' cartoon character Egghead. He made a few commercial recordings, including a 1932 date as vocalist with swing band Roane's Pennsylvanians and a 1942 comic recitation, "News of the World". He made several uncredited appearances on the Jack Benny Program during the 1930s and early 1940s. [biography (edited) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
1949
- Curtain Razor as Various (voice) (uncredited)
1946
- Blue Skies as Cliff - Piano Player (uncredited)
- Gentleman Joe Palooka as First Character
- Ding Dong Williams as Zing
- 'Neath Canadian Skies as Wilbur Wiggins
1944
- Trocadero as Himself
- Swing Hostess as Bobo
- I'm from Arkansas as Willie Childs
1943
- Stars on Horseback
- Shantytown as Shortcake
- Two Saplings
1942
- Blondie Goes to College as Professor Mixwell
- Pardon My Stripes as Nutsy
- Call of the Canyon as Pete Murphy
- Hillbilly Blitzkrieg as Barney Google
- Cinderella Goes To A Party as Prince
1941
- World Premiere as Peters
- You'll Never Get Rich as Swivel Tongue
- In Old Colorado as Nosey Haskins
- Dive Bomber as Corps Man
- New York Town as Burt's Companion (uncredited)
- Mr. Dynamite as Doubletalker
- Sailors on Leave as Mike
- Melody for Three as Mortimer Effington, Sound Effects Demonstrator (uncredited)
- Rookies on Parade as Joe Martin
- The Night of January 16th as Gas Station Attendant
- Porky's Preview as Various (voice) (uncredited)
- Farm Frolics as Eddie Cantor Horse (voice) (uncredited)
1940
- Arise, My Love as Botzelberg
- Paunch 'n' Judy as Various
1939
- King of the Turf as 1st Tout
- Forged Passport as 'Shakespeare'
- Sniffles and the Bookworm as Various (voice) (uncredited)
- Believe It or Else as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1938
- Stablemates as Cliff
- Outside of Paradise as Cliff
- A-Lad-In Bagdad as Aladdin (voice)
- Cinderella Meets Fella as Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
- Count Me Out as Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
- The Penguin Parade as M.C. (voice)
- Snowtime
1937
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Tubby Wells (uncredited)
- Behind the Mike as Messenger Boy
- The Singing Buckaroo as Gabby
1936
- Romance Rides the Range as 'Shorty'
1935
- Billboard Frolics as Eddie Camphor