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The Danny Kaye Show Music Department

(1963-1967)

The Court Jester Hubert Hawkins

(1955)

White Christmas Phil Davis

(1954)

The Five Pennies 'Red' Nichols

(1959)

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Actor (33 credits)

1986 The Cosby Show (TV Series)
Dr. Burns

- The Dentist (1986) ... Dr. Burns

1985 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")

- Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985) ... Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")

1981 Skokie (TV Movie)
Max Feldman

1976 Pinocchio (TV Movie)
Geppetto / Boris Stroganoff

1976 Peter Pan (TV Movie)
Captain Hook / Mr. Darling

1972 The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (TV Movie)
Marmaduke (voice)

1971 Here Comes Peter Cottontail (TV Movie)
Seymour S. Sassafras / Antoine / Col. Wellington B. Bunny (voice)

1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series)
Guest Performer

- Guest Starring Danny Kaye (1970) ... Guest Performer

1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Ragpicker

1964 The Lucy Show (TV Series)
Danny Kaye

- Lucy Meets Danny Kaye (1964) ... Danny Kaye

1963 The Man from the Diners' Club
Ernest Klenk

1961 On the Double
Pfc. Ernie Williams

1959 The Five Pennies
'Red' Nichols

1958 Me and the Colonel
S.L. Jacobowsky

1958 Merry Andrew
Andrew Larabee

1955 The Court Jester
Hubert Hawkins

1954 White Christmas
Phil Davis

1954 Knock on Wood
Jerry Morgan / Papa Morgan / Clarence

1952 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen

1951 On the Riviera
Jack Martin / Henri Duran

1949 The Inspector General
Georgi

1949 Task Force
Officer at the Dance (uncredited)

1949 It's a Great Feeling
Danny Kaye (uncredited)

1948 A Song Is Born
Professor Hobart Frisbee

1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty

1946 The Kid from Brooklyn
Burleigh Sullivan

1945 Wonder Man
Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

1944 Up in Arms
Danny Weems

1938 Autumn Laughter (TV Movie)

1938 Money on Your Life (Short)
Nikolai Nikolayevich

1938 Cupid Takes a Holiday (Short)
Nikolai Nikolaevich

1938 Getting an Eyeful (Short)
Nikolai Nikolaevich

1937 Dime a Dance (Short)
Eddie

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Director (1 credit)

1955 Assignment Children (Short documentary) (uncredited)

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Music department (1 credit)

1963 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) (composer: theme "Rendezvous in May")

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Soundtrack (30 credits)

2021 Them (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Day 1 (2021) ... (performer: "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)")

2015 Fallout 4 (Video Game) (performer: "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)")

2014 While We're Young (performer: "The Inch Worm")

2009 So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Top 10 Perform (2009) ... (performer: "Choreography")

2008 Katherine Jenkins: A Girl from Neath (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Thumbelina" - uncredited)

2008 Fallout 3 (Video Game) (performer: "Civilization")

2008 Nip/Tuck (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- August Walden (2008) ... (performer: "Ugly Duckling")

1998 The Man Who Drove with Mandela (Documentary) (performer: "Life Could Not Better Be", "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)")

1991 Motormouth (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #4.7 (1991) ... (performer: "Wonderful Copenhagen" - uncredited)

1984 Hotel in Kopenhagen (TV Movie) (performer: "Wonderful Copenhagen" - uncredited)

1981 Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic (1981) ... (performer: "La Gazza Ladra: Overture" (excerpt), "The Nutcracker: Overture Miniature", "The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance", "The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance")

1978 The Muppet Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Danny Kaye (1978) ... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek", "Inchworm" - uncredited)

1975 An Evening with John Denver (TV Special) (performer: "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Sunshine on My Shoulder", "Take Me Home Country Roads", "Grandma's Feather Bed")

1972 The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (TV Movie) (performer: "Come Along With Me", "Clothes Make the Man", "A Tailor's Tailor", "Creation", "All You Need is Money to Be Rich", "Clothes Make the Man (Reprise)", "Come Along With Me (Reprise)")

1971 Here Comes Peter Cottontail (TV Movie) (performer: "The Easter Bunny Never Sleeps", "If I Could Only Get Back to Yesterday", "When You Can't Get It All Together, Improvise", "In the Puzzle of Life")

1963-1967 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) (performer - 66 episodes)

- Episode #4.29 (1967) ... (performer: "Walking on New Grass", "Tall Hope", "Down by the Old Mill Stream")

- Roddy McDowall, Blossom Dearie (1967) ... (performer: "Great Big Ball", "Lonesome Road", "Wee Huey")

- Episode #4.24 (1967) ... (performer: "Red Rose Rag", "My Gal's a Hightoned Lady", "High Society", "Yankee Doodle Blues", "Ain't Misbehavin'")

- Episode #4.23 (1967) ... (performer: "A Fellow Needs a Girl")

- Episode #4.22 (1967) ... (performer: "There's Always Potato", "Who Can I Turn To?")

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1961 On 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))

1959 The Five Pennies ("Lullaby in Ragtime" (1959), "Carnival of Venice" (ca 1829), uncredited) / (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))

1958 Merry Andrew (performer: "Chin Up, Stout Fellow" (1958), "Everything Is Tickety Boo" (1958), "The Pipes of Pan" (1958), "Salud" (1958), "The Square of the Hypotenuse" (1958), "You Can't Always Have What You Want" (1958) - uncredited)

1955 The 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)")

1954 White Christmas ("White Christmas", "Sisters", uncredited) / (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", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" - uncredited)

1954 Knock on Wood (performer: "Knock on Wood" (1953), "All About You" (1953), "Monahan O'Han" (1953), "End of Spring" (1953) - uncredited)

1953 L'oeil en coulisses (performer: "C'est si bon" - uncredited)

1952 Hans Christian Andersen (performer: "The King's New Clothes", "Inchworm", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen", "Wonderful Copenhagen", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen (Reprise #1)", "Thumbelina", "Dream Ballet", "The Ugly Duckling", "Anywhere I Wander", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen (Reprise #2)", "Fantasy Wedding Sequence", "No Two People" - uncredited)

1951 On the Riviera (performer: "On the Riviera", "Rhythm of a New Romance", "Popo the Puppet", "Happy Ending", "Chica Chica Boom Chic" (uncredited), "Ballin' the Jack" (1913) (uncredited))

1949 The Inspector General (performer: "The Medicine Show" (1949), "The Inspector General" (1949), "Soliloquy for Three Heads" (1949), "Happy Times" (1949), "Gypsy Drinking Song" (1949), "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" (1780?) - uncredited)

1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (performer: "The Words and Music for" "Symphony for Unstrung Tongue", "The Words and Music for" "Anatole of Paris")

1946 The Kid from Brooklyn (performer: "Pavlova" (1939))

1945 Wonder Man (performer: "Bali Boogie" (1945), "Otchi Tchorniya Number" (1945), "Opera Number" (1945))

1944 Up in Arms (performer: "Theater Lobby Number", "Melody in 4-F")

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Producer (1 credit)

1955 The Court Jester (executive producer - uncredited)

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Self (86 credits)

1986 The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Nominee

1986 Auf los geht's los (TV Series)
Self

- The Final Show (1986) ... Self

1986 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary)
Self - Presenter

- 11ème nuit des Césars (1986) ... Self - Presenter

1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV Special)
Self

1984 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special)
Self - Honoree

1983 Kaikenmaailman ajanviete (TV Movie)
Self

1962-1983 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Entertainer / Self - guest appearance

- Episode dated 22 December 1983 (1983) ... Self - Entertainer

- From Las Vegas with guests Danny Kaye, Sandler & Young, Jack Carter, B.S. Pully, the Nicholas Brothers (1969) ... Self

- Danny Kaye, Peggy Cass, Monti Rock III, Dizzy Dean, Marty Brill, Dorothy Morrison (1969) ... Self

- Danny Kaye, Dolores Wilson, Shelley Berman, Peter Cook, Gene Krupa (1962) ... Self - guest appearance

- Danny Kaye, Milt Kamen, Millie Vernon, Gene Krupa (1962) ... Self

1983 The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1982 EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (TV Special)
Self - Host

1982 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Self - Host

- Epcot Center: The Opening Celebration (1982) ... Self - Host

1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Jean Hersholt Award Recipient

1981 Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series)
Self

- An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic (1981) ... Self

1981 Musical Comedy Tonight II (TV Special)
Self

1980 Royal Variety Performance (TV Special)
Self

1980 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 7 September 1980 (1980) ... Self

1980 Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1980 Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary (TV Special)
Self - Host

1979 Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - 109th Edition (TV Movie)
Self - Host

1979 The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member

1966-1979 Gala de l'Unicef (TV Series)
Self

- Le don d'une chanson gala de l'unicef 1979 (1979) ... Self

- Gala de l'Unicef 1971 (1971) ... Self

- Gala de l'Unicef 1966 (1966) ... Self

1978 The Muppet Show (TV Series)
Self - Special Guest Star

- Danny Kaye (1978) ... Self - Special Guest Star

1978 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Self

- Charo, Howard Cosell, Joe DiMaggio, Reggie Jackson, Danny Kaye, Billy Martin, Steve Martin, Glen Campbell, Cheryl Tiegs, The Muppets, Tommy Davis, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale (1978) ... Self

1978 Bob Hope's Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series (TV Special)
Self

1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1978 CBS: On the Air (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Co-Host

- Episode #1.4 (1978) ... Self - Co-Host

1977 This Week in Baseball (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 9 August 1977 (1977) ... Self - Interviewee

1958-1977 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Earl Mountbatten (1977) ... Self

- Noel Purcell (1958) ... Self

1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1976 Iltalintu (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 27 November 1976 (1976) ... Self - Guest

1976 Paul Anka für UNICEF in München (Die Zugaben) (TV Movie)
Self

1976 The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1975 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV Series)
Self - Host

- Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera (1975) ... Self - Host

1975 An Evening with John Denver (TV Special)
Self

1975 The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (TV Special)
Self

1973-1974 AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series)
Self - Audience Member / Self - Host

- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (1974) ... Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (1973) ... Self - Host

1973 Taratata (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 4 October 1973 (1973) ... Self

1973 Russell Harty Plus (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 19 September 1973 (1973) ... Self

1973 The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV Movie)
Self

1973 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #3.1 (1973) ... Self

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Danny Kaye (1971) ... Self - Guest

1971 M-show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 16 November 1971 (1971) ... Self - Guest

1971 Grand Amphi (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 14 November 1971 (1971) ... Self

1971 Children of the World (TV Movie)
Self - Host

1971 Fight of the Century (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member

1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.110 (1971) ... Self

- Episode #2.43 (1969) ... Self

1952-1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self - Singer / Self

- SALUTE TO RICHARD RODGERS broadcast from the Hollywood Bowl (1970) ... Self - Singer

- Episode #6.13 (1952) ... Self

1970 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Movie)
Self

1962-1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 22 May 1970 (1970) ... Self

- Danny Kaye, Dave Astor, Kay Armen (1962) ... Self

1969 The Mike Douglas Christmas Special (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

1969 Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Danny Kaye (1969) ... Self

1969 Neues aus der Welt des Films (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 6 November 1969 (1969) ... Self

1969 Dee Time (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.7 (1969) ... Self

1969 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Singer / Dancer / Actor

- Episode #9.34 (1969) ... Self - Singer / Dancer / Actor

1968 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 31 October 1968 (1968) ... Self

1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1968 British Pathé News (TV Series)
Self

- Royal Film Performance 1968: "Romeo and Juliet" by Franco Zeffirelli. London (1968) ... Self

1967 Tienerklanken (TV Series)
Self

- Ontmoeting met Danny Kaye (1967) ... Self

1963-1967 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series)
Self - Host / Drunk / Peeping Fred / ...

- Episode #4.29 (1967) ... Self - Host

- Episode #4.28 (1967) ... Self - Host

- Episode #4.27 (1967) ... Self - Host

- Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 (1967) ... Self - Host

- Roddy McDowall, Blossom Dearie (1967) ... Self - Host

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1960-1966 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist

- Connecticut Senator Abraham E. Ribicoff & Danny Kaye (1966) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Danny Kaye, Yves Saint-Laurent & Bette Davis (1965) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Danny Kaye (2) (1963) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Louella Parsons (2) (1961) ... Self - Panelist

- Danny Kaye (1960) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1966 The John Gary Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.1 (1966) ... Self

1966 An Evening with Carol Channing (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

1965 Salute to Stan Laurel (TV Special documentary)
Self

1964 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.8 (1964) ... Self

1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
Self

- Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations (1964) ... Self

1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (TV Movie)
Self

1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.52 (1962) ... Self

- Episode #3.46 (1962) ... Self

1962 The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball (TV Special)
Self

1962 The Andy Williams Show (TV Series)
Self - Cameo appearance

- Betty Grable, Lawrence Welk (1962) ... Self - Cameo appearance

1961 The Danny Kaye Special (TV Special)
Self - Host

1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) ... Self

1961 CBS Reports (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Secret Life of Danny Kaye (1961) ... Self

1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1960 An Hour with Danny Kaye (TV Special)
Self

1958 The All-Star Christmas Show (TV Special)
Self

1956-1957 See It Now (TV Series documentary)
Self - Guest

- The Secret Life of Danny Kaye 2 (1957) ... Self - Guest

- The Secret Life of Danny Kaye (1956) ... Self - Guest

1956 Danny Kaye als Unicef-Sonderbotschafter (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1956 Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (Documentary short)
Self

1955 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special)
Self

1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (Documentary short)
Self

1955 Assignment Children (Short documentary)
Self - Narrator

1952 24th Annual Academy Awards
Self - Host

1949 Bernard Shaw's Village (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1948 Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (Short)
Self

1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 3: Out of This World Series (Short)
Self

1944 I Am an American (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1942/I Night Shift (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (67 credits)

2022 Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (TV Series)

- Basil Rathbone on 'The Court Jester' (1955 Film) (2022)

2022 George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series documentary)
Self

2021 The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World (TV Special documentary)
Self

2021 Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on 'The Court Jester' (Video documentary short)
Hubert Hawkins

2020 The Windsors: A Royal Dynasty (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Young Queen (2020) ... Self

2015 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2015 Trumbo
Self (uncredited)

2015 Compression (TV Series documentary)

- Compression On the Riviera de Walter Lang (2015)

1996-2014 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Bing Crosby Rediscovered (2014) ... Self

- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001) ... Self

- Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter (1996) ... Self

2014 Nightcrawler
Hubert Hawkins (uncredited)

2014 The Sixties (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Danny Kaye Show

- When Television Came of Age (2014) ... Self - Danny Kaye Show

2014 And the Oscar Goes to... (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2014 Glasgow: Big Night Out (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2013 The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll (Documentary)
Self

2013 When Comedy Went to School (Documentary)
Self

2012 The Golden Girls Return from Space Mountain (Video short)

2012 Some Jerk with a Camera (TV Series)
Self

- Thirty Years of EPCOT Part Two: The 1980s (2012) ... Self (uncredited)

- Thirty Years of Epcot Part One: Concept and Opening (2012) ... Self (uncredited)

2012 When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962 World's Fair (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2011 Reagan (Documentary)
Self

2010 100 Years of the London Palladium (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2008 Banda sonora (TV Series)
Phil Davis

- Episode #4.15 (2008) ... Phil Davis (uncredited)

2008 Med lisens til å sende (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Kulturelle øyeblikk (2008) ... Self

2008 Hollywood contra Franco (Documentary)
Self

2007 Viihteen 50 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.22 (2007) ... Self

2007 Ein Leben wie im Flug (TV Movie)
Self

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Putting It Together: 1980-Present (2004) ... Self

2004 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
Hubert Hawkins

- Doctor's Orders (2004) ... Hubert Hawkins (uncredited)

2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years (Video documentary short)

2001 Det går en kjempe gjennom landet (TV Special documentary)
Self

2000 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney (Video documentary short)
Phil Davis (uncredited)

2000 One of the Hollywood Ten
Self (uncredited)

1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

1999 Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1997 Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (TV Movie documentary)
Phil Davis (uncredited)

1997 The Fifties (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self (concerned about HUAC) (uncredited)

1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (Documentary)
Self

1997 Sports on the Silver Screen (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV Movie documentary)
Self - in March on Washington D.C. (uncredited)

1996 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (1996) ... Self

1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Act One: The Variety Years (1994) ... Self

1994 Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool (TV Movie documentary)

1992 Roxette: How Do You Do! (Music Video)
Danny Kaye

1990 Stars and Stripes (Documentary)
Self

1988 Entertaining the Troops (Documentary)
Self

1987 Le grand échiquier (TV Series)
Self

- Mireille Mathieu (1987) ... Self

1986 Classic Comedy Teams (Video documentary)
Self (segment "Hope and Crosby")

1985 Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (Video documentary)
Self

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Archival footage from 'White Christmas'

1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV Movie documentary)

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actor - 'The Court Jester' & 'The Inspector General' (uncredited)

1981 Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1979 The Hollywood Clowns (Video documentary)

1977 Lørdagshjørnet (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Danny Kaye (1977) ... Self - Actor

1976 Songs for After a War (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1976 Hollywood on Trial (Documentary)
Self

1976 M*A*S*H (TV Series)
Self

- Deluge (1976) ... Self (uncredited)

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Self

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Self

1963 The Sound of Laughter (Documentary)
Nikolai Nikolayevich

1960 Lifetime of Comedy

1959 Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (TV Series)
Excerpt from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

- K (1959) ... Excerpt from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1953-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Phil Davis / Hans Christian Anderson

- Final Show of the Colgate Comedy Hour (1955) ... Phil Davis

- Eddie Cantor host: guests Danny Kaye, Connie Russell, Tom D'Andrea, Sharon Baird, Hal March (1953) ... Hans Christian Anderson

1954 Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (Short)
Self

1950 Moments in Music (Documentary short)
Self - edited from: Up in Arms (uncredited)

1944 The Birth of a Star (Short)
Nicolai Nicolaiovich, clips from 3 shorts

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Stage: Appeared (as "Russell Paxton") in "Lady in the Dark" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Moss Hart (also director). Music by / music orchestrated by / vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Production Design / Lighting design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner... See more »

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Height:

5' 11" (1.8 m)

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Sylvia Fine (his death) (1 child)

Parents:

Clar Kaminski | Jacob Kaminski

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While appearing in the musical "Two By Two" (1970-1971), he tore ligaments and played the role of Noah in a wheelchair since he did not use understudies. See more »

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