Danny Kaye (1911–1987) |
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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," but it was the stage production of the musical "...
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Died:(age 76) in Los Angeles, California, USA |
Alan Ruck draws connections between his breakout role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and his recent work on the Emmy-nominated "Succession."
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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
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)
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)
1972
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
(TV Movie) (performer: "Come Along", "Clothes Make the Man", "A Tailor's Tailor", "Creation", "All You Need is Money to Be Rich")
1971
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
(TV Movie) (performer: "If I Could Only Get Back to Yesterday", "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?")
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)
1952
Hans Christian Andersen
(performer: "The King's New Clothes" (1952), "Inchworm" (1952), "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" (1952), "Wonderful Copenhagen" (1952), "Thumbelina" (1952), "Dream Ballet" (1952), "The Ugly Duckling" (1952), "Anywhere I Wander" (1952), "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" (1952), "No Two People" (1952) - 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")
1945
Wonder Man
(performer: "Bali Boogie" (1945), "Otchi Tchorniya Number" (1945), "Opera Number" (1945))
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Other Works:
CD: "Andrews Sisters Christmas". See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 5 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 10 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Height:
5' 11" (1.8 m)
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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] See more »Trivia:
Interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY. See more »Trademark:
Able to tongue twist faster than anyone else See more »Star Sign:
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