Danny Kaye
Born: 1911-01-18 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1987-03-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2017
- À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
2007
- A Portrait of Danny Kaye as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
2000
- Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
- 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Phil Davis (archive footage)
1993
- The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years as Self (archive footage)
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- That's Dancing! as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
1984
- The Cosby Show as Dr. Burns
1982
- Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration as Self
1981
- Skokie as Max Feldman
- Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
- An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic as Self
1980
- Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary as Self - Host
1979
- The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1977
- Auf los geht's los as Self
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- Live from Lincoln Center as Self
- Peter Pan as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
- Pinocchio as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- Songs for After a War as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975
- An Evening with John Denver as Self
1973
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- The Emperor's New Clothes as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
1969
- The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Ragpicker
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1965
- Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self - Host
- The Man from the Diners' Club as Ernest Klenk
- The Sound of Laughter as Nikolai Nikolayevich
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Lucy Show as Danny Kaye
1961
- The DuPont Show of the Week as Self
- 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
- The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- Me and the Colonel as S.L. Jacobowsky
1955
- The Court Jester as Hubert Hawkins
- Assignment Children as Self - Narrator
1954
- White Christmas as Phil Davis
- Knock on Wood as Jerry Morgan
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Hans Christian Andersen as Hans Christian Andersen
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Hook
- On the Riviera as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Moments in Music as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
- It's a Great Feeling as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
- The Inspector General as Georgi
- Task Force as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
- Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- A Song Is Born as Hobart Frisbee
1947
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Walter Mitty
1946
- The Kid from Brooklyn as Burleigh Sullivan
1945
- Wonder Man as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
1944
- Up in Arms as Danny Weems
- I Am an American as Self (uncredited)
1942
- Night Shift as Danny Kaye
1938
- Cupid Takes a Holiday as Nikolai Nikolaevich
- Money on Your Life as Nikolai Nikolaevich
- Getting an Eyeful as Nikolai Nikolaevich
1937
- Dime a Dance as Eddie