Danny Kaye
Age: 76 | From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1911-01-18 19:19:02
Death: 1987-03-03 19:19:02
Aliases: David Daniel Kaminsky
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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), 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Oscars
(1953) Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014) Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
(1971) Narrator
Peter Pan
(1976) Captain Hook / Mr Darling
Hans Christian Andersen
(1952) Hans Christian Andersen
Auf los geht's los
(1977) himself
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
(1997) Self (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
(2015) Himself (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2000 | Phil Davis (uncredited/archive footage) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1993 | Himself | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Dr. Burns | |
| 1982 | Archive Footage | |
| 1981 | Max Feldman | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | Archive Footage | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| 1977 | himself | |
| 1976 | Captain Hook / Mr Darling | |
| Self - Special Guest Star | ||
| Geppetto / Boris Stroganoff | ||
| 1973 | Self | |
| 1972 | Marmaduke | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| 1969 | The Ragpicker | |
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Himself | |
| 1963 | Self - Host | |
| Ernest Klenk | ||
| 1962 | Danny Kaye | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Pfc. Ernie Williams | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Red Nichols | |
| 1958 | S.L. Jacobowsky | |
| Andrew Larabee | ||
| 1955 | Hubert Hawkins | |
| 1954 | Phil Davis | |
| Jerry Morgan | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen | |
| 1951 | Captain Hook | |
| Jack Martin / Henri Duran | ||
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1949 | Georgi | |
| Danny Kaye (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1948 | Professor Hobart Frisbee | |
| Self | ||
| 1947 | Walter Mitty | |
| 1946 | Burleigh Sullivan | |
| 1945 | Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew | |
| 1944 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Danny Weems | ||
| 1942 | Danny Kaye | |
| 1938 | Nikolai Nikolaevich | |
| Nikolai Nikolaevich | ||
| Nikolai Nikolaevich | ||
| 1937 | Eddie | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
