Jerry Colonna
Age: 82 | From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1904-09-17 17:23:27
Death: 1986-11-21 17:23:27
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Climax!
(1954) Stan
Alice in Wonderland
(1951) March Hare (voice)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(1956) Self
Dinah!
(1974) Self
Make Mine Music
(1946) Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
(1996) Self (archive footage)
Little Miss Broadway
(1938) Band MemberActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1976 | Self | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| 1966 | Dr. Mann | |
| 1962 | Man Looking For a Match (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Doc | |
| 1956 | Self | |
| Jerry Colonna | ||
| 1955 | Narrator (archive footage) | |
| 1954 | Stan | |
| 1952 | The Waste-away (voice) | |
| 1951 | March Hare (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Jerry Harris | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1946 | Narrator | |
| Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice) | ||
| Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited) | ||
| 1945 | Dr. Greengrass | |
| 1944 | The Professor | |
| The Texas Tornado | ||
| 1943 | N/A | |
| 1942 | Theophilus J. Twitchell | |
| Jeep Jackson | ||
| Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill | ||
| Jerry Colonna | ||
| 1941 | Himself | |
| Colonna | ||
| Professor | ||
| 1940 | Abner Kellogg | |
| N/A | ||
| Achilles Bombanassa | ||
| 1939 | Allie Gray | |
| Nick, the Chef | ||
| 1938 | The Texas Tornado | |
| Musician | ||
| Saloon Singer | ||
| Band Member | ||
| Arab Rug Dealer | ||
| Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra | ||
| 1937 | Joseph | |
| 1936 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
