Danny Kaye left school at the age of 13 to work in the so-called Borscht Belt of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains. It was there he learned the basics of show biz. From there he went through a series of jobs in and out of the business. In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in "Straw Hat Revue,"...See full bio »
1961On the Double
(performer: "Darlin' Meggie" 1961, "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag And Smile, Smile, Smile" 1915 - uncredited, "When the Saints Go Marching In" - uncredited, "Coctails for Two" 1934 - uncredited)
1959The Five Pennies
(performer: "The Five Pennies" 1959, "Follow the Leader" 1959, "Lullaby in Ragtime" 1959, "When the Saints Go Marching In" 1896, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1862 - uncredited, " Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 - uncredited, "The Music Goes Round and Round" 1935 - uncredited, "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited, "Largo al factotum" 1816 - uncredited, "Schnitzelbank" - uncredited / "Lullaby in Ragtime" 1959, "Carnival of Venice" ca 1829 - uncredited)
1958Merry Andrew
(performer: "Chin Up, Stout Fellow" 1958 - uncredited, "Everything Is Tickety Boo" 1958 - uncredited, "The Pipes of Pan" 1958 - uncredited, "Salud" 1958 - uncredited, "The Square of the Hypotenuse" 1958 - uncredited, "You Can't Always Have What You Want" 1958 - uncredited)
1955The Court Jester
(performer: "The Maladjusted Jester", "Life Could Not Better Be", "Outfox the Fox", "I'll Take You Dreaming", "My Heart Knows a Love Song", "Life Could Not Better Be Reprise")
1954White Christmas
(performer: "The Old Man", "Hi Hup", "Heat Wave", "Blue Skies", "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing", "Snow", "Minstrel Show", "Mandy", "Choreography", "Gee! I Wish I Was Back in the Army" / "White Christmas", "Sisters")
1954Knock on Wood
(performer: "Knock on Wood" 1953 - uncredited, "All About You" 1953 - uncredited, "Monahan O'Han" 1953 - uncredited, "End of Spring" 1953 - uncredited)
1952Hans Christian Andersen
(performer: "The King's New Clothes" 1952 - uncredited, "Inchworm" 1952 - uncredited, "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" 1952 - uncredited, "Wonderful Copenhagen" 1952 - uncredited, "Thumbelina" 1952 - uncredited, "Dream Ballet" 1952 - uncredited, "The Ugly Duckling" 1952 - uncredited, "Anywhere I Wander" 1952 - uncredited, "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" 1952 - uncredited, "No Two People" 1952 - uncredited)
1951On the Riviera
(performer: "On the Riviera", "Chica Chica Boom Chic" - uncredited, "Ballin' the Jack" 1913 - uncredited)
1949The Inspector General
(performer: "The Medicine Show" 1949 - uncredited, "The Inspector General" 1949 - uncredited, "Soliloquy for Three Heads" 1949 - uncredited, "Happy Times" 1949 - uncredited, "Gypsy Drinking Song" 1949 - uncredited, "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" 1780? - uncredited)
1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(performer: "Symphony For an Unstrung Tongue The Little Fiddle" 1947, "Anatole of Paris" 1947)
You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway. [on being an overnight film success in the 1940s]
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Trivia:
Kaye's daughter Dena has revealed that his birth certificate indicates that he was born in 1911, not 1913 as Kaye had publicly claimed, and that no one in the family knows why he made this alteration to his age.
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