What was Jimmy Durante famous for?
Jimmy Durante has: Played Daffy in "Roadhouse Nights" in 1930.
Played himself in "The March of Time" in 1930. Played O.O. Jones in
"The Cuban Love Song" in 1931. Played Schnozzle in "New Adventures
of Get Rich Quick Wallingford" in 1931. Played Santa Claus in "The
Christmas Party" in 1931. Played himself in "Hollywood on Parade
No. A-3" in 1932. Played McCracken in "The Passionate Plumber" in
1932. Played Curly Cooney in "The Phantom President" in 1932.
Played himself in "Hollywood on Parade" in 1932. Played Tony in "Le
plombier amoureux" in 1932. Played James in "Speak Easily" in 1932.
Played Jimmy in "Blondie of the Follies" in 1932. Played Abe
Shilling in "The Wet Parade" in 1932. Played himself in "Hollywood
on Parade No. A-9" in 1933. Played Jimmy - Hollywood Character in
"Broadway to Hollywood" in 1933. Played himself in "Give a Man a
Job" in 1933. Played himself in "Hollywood on Parade No. B-9" in
1934. Played Knobby Walsh in "Palooka" in 1934. Played himself in
"Hollywood on Parade No. B-6" in 1934. Played Hank Merman - Trainer
of the Crew in "Student Tour" in 1934. Played Moxie in "Strictly
Dynamite" in 1934. Played Fingers in "Carnival" in 1935. Played
himself in "Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 6" in 1935. Played
Jonah J. Whistler in "Land Without Music" in 1936. Played Willie
Gumbatz in "Start Cheering" in 1938. Played Jefferson Twitchel in
"Sally, Irene and Mary" in 1938. Played Cornelius J. Courtney in
"Melody Ranch" in 1940. Played Banjo in "The Man Who Came to
Dinner" in 1942. Played Billy Kipp in "Two Girls and a Sailor" in
1944. Played Andrews in "Music for Millions" in 1944. Played Ferdi
Farro in "This Time for Keeps" in 1947. Played Nick Lombardi in "It
Happened in Brooklyn" in 1947. Played himself in "The Perry Como
Show" in 1948. Played Himself, Singer in "Toast of the Town" in
1948. Played Himself - Singer in "Toast of the Town" in 1948.
Played Buckley in "On an Island with You" in 1948. Played himself
in "Toast of the Town" in 1948. Played himself in "Some of the
Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership" in 1949.
Played Himself - Guest Vaudeville Acts in "Four Star Revue" in
1950. Played himself in "Four Star Revue" in 1950. Played Himself -
Host in "Four Star Revue" in 1950. Played Himself - Special Guest
in "Four Star Revue" in 1950. Played Himself - Comic Actor in "The
Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1950. Played Himself - Guest Comic in "Four
Star Revue" in 1950. Played Himself - Host in "The Colgate Comedy
Hour" in 1950. Played Himself (Guest Host, 1950-1955) in "The
Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1950. Played Breezy Albright in "The
Milkman" in 1950. Played Himself - Cameo in "Four Star Revue" in
1950. Played himself in "The Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1950. Played
Mr. Louie Amendola in "The Great Rupert" in 1950. Played himself in
"The Bob Hope Show" in 1952. Played himself in "The Jackie Gleason
Show" in 1952. Played himself in "Screen Snapshots: Memories of
Famous Hollywood Comedians" in 1952. Played himself in "This Is
Your Life" in 1952. Played Uncle Jimmy Durante in "Make Room for
Daddy" in 1953. Played Himself - Host in "Max Liebman Presents:
Spotlight" in 1954. Played himself in "The Jimmy Durante Show" in
1954. Played Mimmy Banister in "Summer Playhouse" in 1954. Played
himself in "Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere" in 1955. Played
himself in "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" in 1956. Played himself in
"The Steve Allen Show" in 1956. Played himself in "The Walter
Winchell Show" in 1956. Played himself in "The Heart of Show
Business" in 1957. Played himself in "Club Oasis" in 1957. Played
Jimmy Durante in "Beau James" in 1957. Played himself in "The Frank
Sinatra Show" in 1957. Played himself in "The Garry Moore Show" in
1958. Played himself in "The Milton Berle Show" in 1958. Played
himself in "Sunday Showcase" in 1959. Played himself in "Bing
Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes" in 1959. Played himself
in "Pepe" in 1960. Played himself in "The Mike Douglas Show" in
1961. Played The man with the large nose in "Il giudizio
universale" in 1961. Played himself in "The DuPont Show of the
Week" in 1961. Played himself in "Bobby Darin and Friends" in 1961.
Played himself in "The Lucy Show" in 1962. Played himself in "At
This Very Moment" in 1962. Played Himself - Host in "The New March
of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers" in 1962. Played himself in
"The Merv Griffin Show" in 1962. Played Himself - Presenter in "The
14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" in 1962. Played himself in
"Hollywood and the Stars" in 1963. Played himself in "The Jerry
Lewis Show" in 1963. Performed in "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler
Theatre" in 1963. Played Himself - Host in "The Hollywood Palace"
in 1964. Played himself in "The Hollywood Palace" in 1964. Played
Himself - Singer in "The Hollywood Palace" in 1964. Played himself
in "Hollywood My Home Town" in 1965. Played Himself - Co-Presenter:
Documentary Awards in "The 37th Annual Academy Awards" in 1965.
Played Humpty Dumpty in "Alice Through the Looking Glass" in 1966.
Played himself in "The Joey Bishop Show" in 1967. Played himself in
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1967. Played himself in "The
Mothers-In-Law" in 1967. Played Himself - Co-Host in "The Kraft
Music Hall" in 1967. Played himself in "The Don Rickles Show" in
1968. Played Himself - Guest in "The Andy Williams Show" in 1969.
Played himself in "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters" in
1969. Played Himself - Host in "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon
Sisters" in 1969. Played Narrator in "Frosty the Snowman" in 1969.
Played himself in "The Andy Williams Show" in 1969. Performed in
"Howdy" in 1970. Played himself in "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour"
in 1971. Played himself in "The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards"
in 1971. Played himself in "The Pearl Bailey Show" in 1971. Played
himself in "Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals" in 1974. Played
himself in "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" in 1975. Played himself
in "The 53rd Annual Academy Awards" in 1981. Performed in "Showbiz
Goes to War" in 1982. Played himself in "American Masters" in 1985.
Played himself in "Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50
Years with NBC" in 1988. Performed in "Legends of Comedy" in 1992.
Played himself in "American Justice: Target - Mafia" in 1993.
Played himself in "Entertaining the Troops" in 1994. Played himself
in "Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television" in 1996. Played himself
in "Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film
Vaults" in 1997. Played himself in "The Rat Pack" in 1999. Played
himself in "The Nightclub Years" in 2001. Played himself in
"Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song" in 2001. Played himself in
"Christmas from Hollywood" in 2003. Played Jimmy in "Checking Out:
Grand Hotel" in 2004. Performed in "Broadway: The American Musical"
in 2004. Performed in "Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen" in
2007. Played himself in "11th Annual the Kennedy Center Mark Twain
Prize for American Humor: George Carlin" in 2008. Played himself in
"1929: The Great Crash" in 2009.
