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Eddie Cantor (1892–1964)

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Singer, songwriter ("Merrily We Roll Along"), comedian, author and actor, educated in public schools. He made his first public appearance in Vaudeville in 1907 at New York's Clinton Music Hall, then became a member of the Gus Edwards Gang, later touring vaudeville with Lila Lee as the team Cantor & Lee... See full bio »

Born:

Israel Iskowitz
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 72) in Beverly Hills, California, USA
Groucho Marx, George Jessel, Milton Berle, Eddie Canto, and Buddy Lestor, 1953. W. C. Fields & Earl Carroll, Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor, 1939. Still of Eddie Cantor in Thank Your Lucky Stars Ethel Merman, Eddie Cantor, KID MILLIONS, United Artists, 1934, **I.V. W. C. Fields & Earl Carroll, Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor, 1939.
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2010 Lost Boys: The Thirst (video) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
2007-2009 The Angry Video Game Nerd (TV series)
– Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle (2009) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (2007) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "Okay, Toots" - uncredited, "Mandy" - uncredited, "Build a Little Home" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary) (writer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em" - uncredited / performer: "Oh, Gee, Georgie!" - uncredited, "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em" - uncredited, "Makin' Whoopee" - uncredited)
 
2005 Cinderella Man (performer: "Cheer Up, Smile, Nertz" 1931)
 
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1996 Space Jam (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1994 Bullets Over Broadway (performer: "Ma He's Making Eyes At Me")
 
1993 Animaniacs (TV series)
– Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (1993) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– Roll Over, Beethoven/The Cat and the Fiddle (1993) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– H.M.S. Yakko/Slappy Goes Walnuts/Yakko's Universe Song (1993) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty-Night Toon (1993) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
1991 Curly Sue (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1991 Rover Dangerfield (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
– Who Bopped Bugs Bunny? (1990) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– Animaniacs! (1990) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
– Gang Busters (1990) (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG")
 
1990 Men Don't Leave (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG")
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (performer: "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" 1931)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1967 Bonnie and Clyde (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You" - uncredited / performer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) (performer: "About a Quarter to Nine" - uncredited, "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited, "April Showers" - uncredited, "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" - uncredited, "Liza All the Clouds'll Roll Away" - uncredited, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" - uncredited, "Swanee" - uncredited, "Sonny Boy" - uncredited, "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You" - uncredited)
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers (performer: "Ma He's Making Eyes at Me" - uncredited)
 
1948 If You Knew Susie (performer: "If You Knew Susie" 1925, "What Do I Want with Money" 1948, "My, How the Time Goes By" 1948, "Sextette" 1835 - uncredited)
 
1947 Big Time Revue (short) (writer: "I'll Have Vanilla" - uncredited)
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen (performer: "We're Having a Baby" 1941)
 
1944 Show Business (performer: "The Curse of an Aching Heart", "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad", "Dinah", "Sextette", "Makin' Whoopee", "I Don't Want to Get Well", "Alabamy Bound")
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (performer: "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" 1931 - uncredited, "We're Staying Home Tonight" 1943 - uncredited / "London Bridge Is Falling Down" - uncredited)
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers (performer: "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" 1940 - uncredited / "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (short) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town (performer: "Laugh Your Way Through Life" 1937 - uncredited, "Swing Is Here to Sway" 1937 - uncredited, "Vote for Honest Abe" 1937 - uncredited, "Pennies from Heaven" 1936 - uncredited, "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited)
 
1936 Strike Me Pink (performer: "First You Have Me High Then You Have Me Low" 1935 - uncredited, "The Lady Dances" 1935 - uncredited, "Calabash Pipe" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Billboard Frolics (short) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
 
1935 Devil Dogs of the Air (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
1934 Kid Millions (performer: "When My Ship Comes In" 1934 - uncredited, "Mandy" 1918 - uncredited, "Okay, Toots" 1934 - uncredited, "Let My People Go" - uncredited, "Ice Cream Fantasy" 1934 - uncredited, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" 1867 - uncredited)
 
1933 Roman Scandals (performer: "Build a Little Home" 1933 - uncredited, "Keep Young and Beautiful" 1933 - uncredited, "Put a Tax on Love" 1933 - uncredited, "All of Me" 1931 - uncredited, "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited, "Kickin' the Gong Around" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1932 The Kid from Spain (performer: "In the Moonlight" 1932 - uncredited, "Look What You've Done" 1932 - uncredited, "What a Perfect Combination" 1932 - uncredited, "La Paloma" / "What a Perfect Combination" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1931 Palmy Days (music: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" 1931 - uncredited / lyrics: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" 1931 - uncredited / performer: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" 1931 - uncredited, "Yes, Yes My Baby Said Yes, Yes" 1931 - uncredited, "Falling in Love Again" 1930 - uncredited, "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited / "Yes, Yes My Baby Said Yes, Yes" 1931 - uncredited, "The Wedding March" 1843 - uncredited)
 
1930 Whoopee! (performer: "Makin' Whoopee" 1928 - uncredited, "A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine" 1930 - uncredited, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" 1930 - uncredited, "Ol' Man River" 1927 - uncredited / "Makin' Waffles" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Insurance (short) (writer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses" - uncredited / performer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses" - uncredited)
 
1930 Getting a Ticket (short) (performer: "My Wife Is on a Diet" - uncredited)
 
1929 A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (short) (performer: "I Faw Down an' Go Boom", "If I Give Up the Saxophone", "Eddie Cantor's Automobile Horn Song")
 
1929 Finding His Voice (documentary short) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
1923 A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (short) (writer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em" 1923 - uncredited / performer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em" 1923 - uncredited, "Oh, Gee, Georgie!" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (21 titles)
1956 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Morris Sizeman
– Sizeman and Son (1956) … Morris Sizeman
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– George Has a Birthday (1956)
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story
Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1953 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Eddie Cantor
– Fred Allen Show (1953) … Eddie Cantor
 
1948 If You Knew Susie
Sam Parker
 
1947 Meet Mr. Mischief (short)
Face on Station Program Poster (uncredited)
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Eddie Cantor
 
1944 Show Business
Eddie Martin
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Eddie Cantor / Joe Simpson
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers
Gilbert Jordan Thompson
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
Ali Baba
 
1936 Strike Me Pink
Eddie Pink
 
1934 Kid Millions
Eddie Wilson Jr.
 
1933 Roman Scandals
Eddie aka Oedipus
 
1932 The Kid from Spain
Eddie Williams
 
1931 Palmy Days
Eddie Simpson
 
1930 Whoopee!
Henry Williams
 
1930 Insurance (short)
Sidney B. Zwieback
 
1929 That Party in Person (short)
 
1927 Special Delivery
Eddie, The Mail Carrier
 
1926 Kid Boots
Samuel (Kid) Boots
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
 
1931 Palmy Days (story and dialogue)
 
1931 Mr. Lemon of Orange (dialogue)
 
1930 Caught Short (book "Caught Short")
 
1927 Special Delivery (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1948 If You Knew Susie (producer)
 
1944 Show Business (producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story (singing voice: Keefe Brasselle)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
1959 Startime (TV series)
Himself
– George Burns in the Big Time (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee (1959) … Himself
 
1959 You Asked for It (TV series)
Himself
– Backstage Broadway (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself - guest
– Premiere (1957) … Himself - guest
 
1952-1957 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 2 June 1957 (1957) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 27 January 1952 (1952) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Tribute Recipient
– At Sixty-Five (1957) … Himself - Tribute Recipient
 
1956 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
– Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) … Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
 
1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.4 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Himself
– The Louella Parsons Story (1956) … Himself
 
1954-1956 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.8 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #6.10 (1954) … Himself
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
Himself / Host / Occasional Lead Player / …
– And Now from the Audience (1955) … Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
– Strange Little Stranger (1955) … Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
– The Hollywood Story (1955) … Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
– The Marine Went to Town (1955) … Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
– Romance Wrecker (1955) … Himself - Host
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1952-1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.21 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #6.13 (1952) … Himself
 
1950-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself / Himself - Cameo Appearance / …
– Episode #4.32 (1954) … Himself - Host
– Episode #4.26 (1954) … Himself - Host
– Episode #4.24 (1954) … Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #4.23 (1954) … Himself - Host
– Episode #4.18 (1954) … Himself - Host
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1953 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Eddie Cantor (1953) … Himself
– Dinah Shore (1953) … Himself
 
1953 Be What You Want (TV movie)
Himself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers
Himself, Eddie Cantor
 
1952 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 July 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1951-1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1952 (1952) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes (documentary short)
Himself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (short)
Himself - Speaker
 
1948 The Friendship Train (documentary short)
Himself
 
1946 American Creed (short)
Himself
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows (short)
Himself - The Eddie Cantor Program
 
1937 The March of Time Volume IV, Issue 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/II Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 3 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (short)
Himself, at Premiere
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Getting a Ticket (short)
Himself, Eddie Cantor
 
1929 Glorifying the American Girl
Himself - Appearance in Revue Scenes
 
1929 A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (short)
Himself
 
1923 A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (short)
Himself
 
1922 Starland Review No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 The Starland Review (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2005 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
1996-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Legends of Comedy (TV documentary)
 
1988 The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself - with Shirley Temple
 
1984 The Great Standups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1979 The 31st Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1941 Minstrel Days (short)
Himself: edited from 'Roman Scandals'
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast
Himself - Opening Montage (uncredited)
 

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Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (1918). Musical revue. Music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Based on material by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Interpolations by: Irving Berlin and Victor Jacobi. Musical Direction by Frank Darling. Featuring songs with lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Arthur Jackson, Harry Ruby, Eddie Cantor, Sidney D Mitchell and Edgar Leslie. Featuring songs by Buddy G. DeSylva, Arthur Jackson, Harry Ruby, Eddie Cantor, Archie Gottler and Edgar Leslie. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to the Globe Theatre from 10/7/1918 to close): 18 Jun 1918- unknown (151 performances). Cast: Marie Ahearn, Miss Allo, Florence Atkinson, Miss Baker, Helen Barnes, Miss. Baron, Miss Barrett, Leonard Barton, Miss Bell, Dorothy Betts, John Blue, Miss. Blue, Katherine Brady, Alma Braham, Jay Brennan, Eddie Cantor, Frank Carter, Viola Clarens, Lew Cody, Florence Cripps, Mr. Davis, Rose Dolores, Doris Eaton, Sylvia Ellias, Carolyn Erwin, Miss Evans, The Fairbanks Twins, Miss Farnworth, Gladys Feldman, W.C. Fields, Miss Fiore, Joe Frisco, Pauline Hall, Minnie Harrison, Edith Hawes, Annette Herbert, Mr. Hicks, Clay Hill, Miss. Jordan, Harry Kelly, Allyn King, Charlotte LaGrande, Nancy Larned, Kay Laurell, Dorothy Leeds, Miss Leisy, Helen Lloyd, Lillian Lorraine, Miss Mack, Martha Mansfield, Miss Masso, Miss Mathewes, Lillian McKenzie, Muriel Miles, Miss. D. Miller, Marilyn Miller, Gus Minton, Miss Morton, Irene Nilson, Olive Osborne, Peter Ostrander, Bee Palmer, Ann Pennington, Kathryn Perry, Miss Pompan, Miss Poole, Miss Reed, Miss Reynolds, Dorothy Richardson, Mildred Richardson, Billie Ritchie, Miss Robinson, Will Rogers, Julia Ross, Miles Rubins, Theresa Rubins, Miss Savage, Bert Savoy, Mildred Shelly, Heloise Sheppard, Mr. Smith, Miss Swayne, Miss Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Miss Thropp, Miss Ullman, Lottie Vernon, Mr. Vickers, Agnes Virginia, Marie Wallace, Miss Walsh, Hazel Washburn, Mary Washburn, Martha Wood, Mr. Young, Addison Young, Carol Young, Virginia Young, Gladys Zielian. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | See more »

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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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[commenting about losing most of his money in the 1929 stock market crash] Well, folks, they got me in the market just like they got everybody else. In fact, they're not calling it the stock market any more. They're calling it the stuck market. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Marilyn Cantor Baker, Marjorie Cantor, Natalie Cantor Metzger, Edna Cantor McHugh and Janet Cantor Gari See more »

Nickname:

The Apostle of Pep See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius