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Biography

Born in 1893, Jimmy Durante began his career in vaudeville, his raspy voice and comical facial features garnered him a likability for his humor…more

Born

New York City, N.Y.

Birth Name

James Francis Durante

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- All-Star Revue
  Host/Performer
  - S 1: Ep 1 16/4/52
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Himself/Host
  - S 1: Ep 14 December 26, 1969
    12/26/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 December 19, 1969
    12/19/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 December 12, 1969
    12/12/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 December 5, 1969
    12/5/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 November 28, 1969
    11/28/69
  - + 11 More Credits
- Frosty the Snowman
  Narrator (voice
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 7 November 7, 1969
    11/7/69
  - S 1: Ep 6 October 31, 1969
    10/31/69
  - S 1: Ep 5 October 24, 1969
    10/24/69
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 17, 1969
    10/17/69
  - S 1: Ep 3 October 10, 1969
    10/10/69
  - + 3 More Credits
- Club Oasis
  Himself/Host
  - S 1: Ep 10 March 1, 1958
    3/1/58
  - S 1: Ep 3 October 26, 1957
    10/26/57
- The Jimmy Durante Show
  Host/Performer
  - S 2: Ep 32 6/23/1956
    6/23/56
  - S 2: Ep 31 6/16/1956
    6/16/56
  - S 2: Ep 30 6/2/1956
    6/2/56
  - S 2: Ep 29 5/26/1956
    5/26/56
  - S 2: Ep 28 5/19/1956
    5/19/56
  - + 41 More Credits
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 31 5/9/1954
    5/9/54
  - S 4: Ep 27 4/11/1954
    4/11/54
  - S 4: Ep 24 3/14/1954
    3/14/54
  - S 4: Ep 19 2/7/1954
    2/7/54
  - S 4: Ep 14 1/3/1954
    1/3/54
  - + 3 More Credits
- Four Star Revue
  Host/Performer
  - S 3: Ep 32 April 11, 1953
    4/11/53
  - S 3: Ep 27 March 7, 1953
    3/7/53
  - S 3: Ep 22 January 31, 1953
    1/31/53
  - S 3: Ep 18 January 3, 1953
    1/3/53
  - S 3: Ep 15 December 13, 1952
    12/13/52
  - + 19 More Credits
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, on tape
  - S 7: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)
    2/7/70
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, host
  - S 6: Ep 14 Host: Jimmy Durante / Marvin Gaye
    1/11/69
  - S 6: Ep 11 Host: Jimmy Durante / Ethel Merman / Sugar Ray Robinson
    12/14/68
  - S 6: Ep 2 Host: Jimmy Durante / Joey Heatherton
    10/5/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Host: Jimmy Durante / The Temptations
    2/17/68
  - S 5: Ep 12 Host: Jimmy Durante / Ethel Merman / Grass Roots
    12/5/67
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Hollywood Palace
  Host
  - S 5: Ep 26 Host: Jimmy Durante / Liza Minnelli
    3/30/68
  - S 5: Ep 15 Host: Jimmy Durante / Anissa Jones
    12/26/67
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby / Peggy Lee
    1/13/68
  - S 5: Ep 1 Host: Bing Crosby / The Association
    9/5/67
  - S 4: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby / Edie Adams
    1/14/67
  - S 2: Ep 30 Host: Louis Armstrong
    5/1/65
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 4 October 2, 1966: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Connie Francis, Jimmy Durante, Gwen Verdon
    10/2/66
  - S 19: Ep 31 April 17, 1966: The Animals, Petula Clark, Jimmy Durante, Myron Cohen
    4/17/66
  - S 18: Ep 7 Jimmy Durante / Nipsey Russell / Jean Paul Vignon
    11/8/64
  - S 17: Ep 1 September 29, 1963: Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra Jr., Helen Forrest, The Pied Pipers, Tommy Dorsey Band
    9/29/63
  - S 16: Ep 21 From Las Vegas: Jimmy Durante; Eddie Jackson; Sonny King
    2/24/63
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (44)

Role
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 5 Show 24 - Jimmy Durante, Gilbert O'Sullivan
    10/13/72
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 188 July 3, 1972
    7/3/72
  - S 9: Ep 183 June 26, 1972
    6/26/72
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Cameo
  - S 2: Ep 9 Show 9 - Carroll O'Connor
    1/10/72
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Special Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Show 1 - Series Premiere with Jimmy Durante
    8/1/71
- Pearl Bailey Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 March 6, 1971
    3/6/71
- The Don Knotts Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 December 15, 1970
    12/15/70
- Christopher Closeup
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 From Star to Star
- The Andy Williams Show (1969)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 November 15, 1969
    11/15/69
  - S 2: Ep 11 November 28, 1970
    11/28/70
  - S 1: Ep 14 January 3, 1970
    1/3/70
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 2 October 13, 1969
    10/13/69
  - S 20: Ep 1 September 22, 1969
    9/22/69
  - S 19: Ep 8 March 19, 1969
    3/19/69
  - S 18: Ep 1 September 20, 1967
    9/20/67
  - S 17: Ep 2 October 19, 1966
    10/19/66
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 21 Every In-Law Wants to Get Into the Act
    3/2/69
- Kraft Music Hall
  Co-host
  - S 11: Ep 17 Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing....Also!
    2/26/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 99 January 18, 1968
    1/18/68
  - S 10: Ep 117 February 8, 1972
    2/8/72
  - S 9: Ep 128 March 3, 1971
    3/3/71
  - S 8: Ep 100 January 16, 1970
    1/16/70
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 13 Season 2, Episode 13
    11/26/67
  - S 1: Ep 7 Season 1, Episode 7
    3/19/67
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 33 May 31, 1967
    5/31/67
- TV SPECIAL
  Humpty Dumpty
  - S 1: Ep 3 Alice Through The Looking Glass
    11/6/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 Murder at N.B.C.
    10/19/66
- The Lucy Show
  Himself (as Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Durante)
  - S 4: Ep 20 Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere
    2/7/66
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 Show 64: October 28, 1965 Jack E. Leonard (guest host), Manfred Mann, The Toys; Dinah Lee
    10/28/65
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 18: Ep 19 Jimmy Durante tribute / Leslie Uggams / Jean Carroll
    2/7/65
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 16: Ep 22 EPISODE #749
    1/31/65
  - S 14: Ep 33 EPISODE #659
    4/14/63
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1963)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Premiere Episode
    9/21/63
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, on film
  - S 16: Ep 38 15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper
    6/23/63
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 23 May 22, 1963
    5/22/63
  - S 13: Ep 21 February 22, 1961
    2/22/61
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Beauty of a Woman
    4/1/62
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Himself (on film)
  - S 1: Ep 1 Laughter USA
    9/17/61
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, audience bow
  - S 14: Ep 18 Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka
    2/12/61
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 28 April 19, 1960
    4/19/60
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 15 Jimmy Durante; Peggy Lee; Bobby Di Neri
    1/18/60
- Sunday Showcase
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Jimmy Durante Show: Give My Regards To Broadway
    12/6/59
- The Frank Sinatra Show
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
    10/15/59
- Kraft Music Hall
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Jimmy Durante / Peggy Sands
    11/12/58
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 October 12, 1958
    10/12/58
  - S 2: Ep 6 December 1, 1957
    12/1/57
- The Eddie Fisher Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 January 7, 1958
    1/7/58
- TV SPECIAL
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Standard Oil 75th Anniversary Show
    10/13/57
- Texaco Star Theater
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 8 2/21/1956
    2/21/56
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Cameo
  - S 5: Ep 26 5/8/1955
    5/8/55
  - S 1: Ep 31 4/8/1951
    4/8/51
- Max Liebman Presents
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 7 Spotlight
    12/5/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 17 1/24/1954
    1/24/54
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 13 12/27/1953
    12/27/53
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 33 April 18, 1953
    4/18/53
- Four Star Revue
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 27 March 8, 1952
    3/8/52
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 29 3/25/1951
    3/25/51
- Four Star Revue
  Cameo
  - S 1: Ep 10 December 6, 1950
    12/6/50
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 April 8, 1951
    4/8/51

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Trivia
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- Jimmy's famous voice was the inspiration for the dog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons.
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- Jimmy was married to Margie Little on December 14th,1960 until his death on January 1980 and before that he was married to Jeanne Olsen on June 19th, 1921 until her death on February 14th,1943. He and Margie Little adopted a little girl and named her Cecilia or CeCe for short.
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- Jimmy is 5'7" tall.
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Quotes
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- Jimmy: (ad-libbing with Bob Hope) When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler!
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- Jimmy: Be nice to 'em going up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.
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- Jimmy: Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!
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