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:
Interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, USA.
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