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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-01-18 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Danny Kaye

Biography:

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His best known performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs.

Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and — perhaps his most accomplished performance — The Court Jester (1956). His films were extremely popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and children's favorites such as The Inch Worm and The Ugly Duckling. He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his many years of work with the organization.

Known For

Acting

2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)

2000

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's as Self (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Phil Davis (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)

1993

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone as Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")

1984

The Cosby Show as Dr. Burns

1982

Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)

1981

Skokie as Max Feldman

1980

1979

The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)

1978

1977

1976

Pinocchio as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
Peter Pan as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star

1973

1972

1971

Here Comes Peter Cottontail as Seymour S. Sassafras/Colonel Wellington B. Bunny/Antoine (voice)

1969

The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Ragpicker

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1965

1963

The Sound of Laughter as Nikolai Nikolayevich
The Danny Kaye Show as Self - Host

1962

The Lucy Show as Danny Kaye

1961

On the Double as Pfc. Ernie Williams

1960

Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)

1959

The Five Pennies as Red Nichols

1958

Merry Andrew as Andrew Larabee
Me and the Colonel as S.L. Jacobowsky

1955

The Court Jester as Hubert Hawkins
Assignment Children as Self/Narrator

1954

White Christmas as Phil Davis
Knock on Wood as Jerry Morgan

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

Hans Christian Andersen as Hans Christian Andersen

1951

On the Riviera as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Captain Hook

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

It's a Great Feeling as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
Task Force as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)

1948

A Song Is Born as Hobart Frisbee

1947

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn as Burleigh Sullivan

1945

Wonder Man as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

1944

Up in Arms as Danny Weems
I Am an American as Self (uncredited)

1942

Night Shift as Danny Kaye

1938

Money on Your Life as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Getting an Eyeful as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Cupid Takes a Holiday as Nikolai Nikolaevich

1937

Dime a Dance as Eddie

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