Danny Kaye

Also Credited As:

David Daniel Kaminsky
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Biography

Gifted, energetic and immensely charismatic comedic entertainer who honed his skills as a rapid-fire patter singer, a comedian and a master of fractured foreign accents and mimicry on the "Borscht Belt" circuit of Catskill resorts and in vaudeville, before moving to Broadway and films in the early 1940s. With clever songs and special material tailored to showcase his comedic gifts and light sweet voice written by Sylvia Fine (whom he married …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

January 18, 1913

LATEST CREDITS

Me and the Colonel

S L Jacobowsky

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty

The Man From the Diner's Club

Ernie Klenk

The Kid From Brooklyn

Actor

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Sassafrass/Antoine/Colonel Bunny

The Five Pennies

Loring "Red" Nichols

The Court Jester

Hawkins

The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford

Host

Merry Andrew

Andrew Larabee

Skokie

Max Feldman

On the Double

Pfc Ernest Williams/Gen Sir Lawrence Mackenzie-Smith

Knock on Wood

Jerry

Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

Host

White Christmas

Phil Davis

The Bob Hope Special (10/18/78)

Actor

Pinocchio

Gepetto

Peter Pan

Captain Hook/Mr Darling

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

Award Recipient

Musical Comedy Tonight

Actor

Operation Entertainment

guest

CBS: On the Air

Co-host

Entertaining the Troops

Himself

The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Ragpicker

The Pied Piper

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The Night of 100 Stars II

Actor