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Overview
Date of Birth:
18 January
1913
,
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Date of Death:
3 March
1987
, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mini Biography:
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Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations
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US TV Schedule:
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as:
Actor
,
Soundtrack
,
Music Department
,
Self
,
Archive Footage
Actor:
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
"The Cosby Show"
.... Dr. Burns (1 episode, 1986)
-
The Dentist
(1986)
TV episode
.... Dr. Burns
"The Twilight Zone"
.... Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour") (1 episode, 1985)
... aka The New Twilight Zone (Australia)
-
Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour
(1985)
TV episode
.... Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
Skokie
(1981) (TV) .... Max Feldman
... aka Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (UK)
Musical Comedy Tonight II
(1981) (TV)
... aka Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight II (USA: complete title)
"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
.... Captain Hook (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
-
Peter Pan
(1976)
TV episode
....
Captain Hook
Pinocchio
(1976) (TV) ....
Geppetto
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
(1972) (TV) .... Marmaduke
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
(1971) (TV) (voice) .... Seymour S. Sassafras/Antoine/Col. Wellington B. Bunny
The Madwoman of Chaillot
(1969) .... The Ragpicker
"The Danny Kaye Show"
(1 episode, 1966)
-
Episode dated 26 January 1966
(1966)
TV episode
The Man from the Diners' Club
(1963) .... Ernest Klenk
On the Double
(1961) .... Pfc. Ernie Williams
The Millionairess
(1960) (uncredited) .... Tommy True
The Five Pennies
(1959) .... 'Red' Nichols
Me and the Colonel
(1958) .... S.L. Jacobowsky
Merry Andrew
(1958) .... Andrew Larabee
The Court Jester
(1955) ....
Hubert Hawkins
White Christmas
(1954) ....
Phil Davis
... aka Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Australia)
Knock on Wood
(1954) .... Jerry Morgan/Papa Morgan
Hans Christian Andersen
(1952) ....
Hans Christian Andersen
On the Riviera
(1951) ....
Jack Martin
/
Henri Duran
The Inspector General
(1949) ....
Georgi
A Song Is Born
(1948) .... Professor Hobart Frisbee
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947) ....
Walter Mitty
The Kid from Brooklyn
(1946) ....
Burleigh Hubert Sullivan
Wonder Man
(1945) ....
Edwin Dingle
/
Buzzy Bellew
Up in Arms
(1944) .... Danny Weems
Autumn Laughter
(1938) (TV)
Money on Your Life
(1938) .... Russian
Cupid Takes a Holiday
(1938) .... Nikolai Nikolaevich (bride-seeker)
Getting an Eyeful
(1938) .... Russian
Dime a Dance
(1937) .... Eddie
... aka Happyland
Moon Over Manhattan
(1935)
Soundtrack:
2000s
1990s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
Katherine Jenkins: A Girl from Neath
(2008) (TV) (performer: "Thumbelina" (uncredited))
Fallout 3
(2008) (VG) (performer: "Civilization")
"Nip/Tuck"
(1 episode, 2008)
-
August Walden
(2008)
TV episode
(performer: "Ugly Duckling")
The Man Who Drove with Mandela
(1998) (performer: "Life Could Not Better Be", "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)")
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
(1971) (TV) (performer: "If I Could Only Get Back to Yesterday", "In the Puzzle of Life")
"The Danny Kaye Show"
(2 episodes, 1966)
-
Episode dated 5 October 1966
(1966)
TV episode
(performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited), "Mood Indigo" (uncredited), "Where or When" (uncredited), "September in the Rain" (uncredited), "New Sun in the Sky" (uncredited), "Great Day" (uncredited), "Happy Days Are Here Again" (uncredited), "We Like Each Other Fine") ("Hello, Dolly!" (uncredited))
-
Episode dated 5 January 1966
(1966)
TV episode
(performer: "Let's Talk it Over")
On the Double
(1961) (performer: "Coctails for Two")
The Five Pennies
(1959) (performer: "The Five Pennies", "Follow the Leader", "Lullaby in Ragtime", "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", "Carnival of Venice", "Indiana", "The Music Goes 'Round and Around", "Jingle Bells", "Largo al factotum", "Schnitzelbank")
Merry Andrew
(1958) (performer: "Chin Up, Stout Fellow" (1958) (uncredited), "Everything Is Tickety Boo" (1958) (uncredited), "The Pipes of Pan" (1958) (uncredited), "Salud" (1958) (uncredited), "The Square of the Hypotenuse" (1958) (uncredited), "You Can't Always Have What You Want" (1958) (uncredited))
The Court Jester
(1955) (performer: "Life Could Not Better Be", "Outfox the Fox", "I'll Take You Dreaming", "My Heart Knows a Love Song")
White Christmas
(1954) (performer: "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing", "Mandy", "Geee! I Wish I Was Back in the Army", "Snow", "Choreography", "The Old Man", "Blue Skies", "Heat Wave") ("White Christmas", "Sisters")
... aka Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Australia)
Hans Christian Andersen
(1952) (performer: "The King's New Clothes", "Inchworm", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen", "Wonderful Copenhagen", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" (reprise), "Dream Ballet", "The Ugly Duckling", "Anywhere I Wander", "I'm Hans Christian Andersen (reprise)", "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" and "No Two People", "The Ugly Ducking / Wonderful Copenhagen / The King's New Clothes / Thumbelina / I'm Hans Christian Andersen")
On the Riviera
(1951) (performer: "Ballin' the Jack")
The Inspector General
(1949) (performer: "The Medicine Show" (1949) (uncredited), "The Inspector General" (1949) (uncredited), "Soliloquy for Three Heads" (1949) (uncredited), "Happy Times" (1949) (uncredited), "Gypsy Drinking Song" (1949) (uncredited), "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" (1780?) (uncredited))
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947) (performer: "Anatole of Paris", "Symphony For an Unstrung Tongue (The Little Fiddle)")
The Kid from Brooklyn
(1946) (performer: "Pavlova")
Book Revue
(1946) (performer: "Carolina in the Morning" (uncredited), "La Cucaracha" (uncredited))
... aka Book Review
Wonder Man
(1945) (performer: "Bali Boogie")
Music Department:
"The Danny Kaye Show"
(1963)
TV series
(composer: theme "Rendezvous in May") (unknown episodes)
Self:
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
"Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years"
(1999)
TV mini-series
.... Himself
"Auf los geht's los"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
-
The Final Show
(1986)
TV episode
.... Himself
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration
(1982) (TV) .... Host
"Disneyland"
.... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1982)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
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Epcot Center: The Opening Celebration
(1982)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
The 54th Annual Academy Awards
(1982) (TV) .... Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient
"Live from Lincoln Center"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1981)
... aka Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center (USA: alternative title)
-
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
(1981)
TV episode
.... Himself
An Evening with Danny Kaye
(1981) (TV) .... Conductor
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
(1980) (TV) .... Himself
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972
(1980) (TV) .... Himself
"The Muppet Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1978)
-
Episode #3.16
(1978)
TV episode
.... Himself
Bob Hope's Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series
(1978) (TV) .... Himself
Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend
(1978) (TV) .... Himself
"CBS: On the Air"
(1978)
TV mini-series
.... Co-host - part IV
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
(1976) (TV) .... Himself
The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(1976) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Special Program Awards
"The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People"
.... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1975)
-
Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera
(1975)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford
(1973) (TV) .... Host
"V.I.P.-Schaukel"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
-
Episode #3.1
(1973)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Dick Cavett Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
-
Danny Kaye
(1971)
TV episode
.... Himself
Fight of the Century
(1971) (TV) .... Himself - Audience Member
... aka Ali-Frazier I (USA: informal title)
"Toast of the Town"
.... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1952-1970)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
-
Episode #24.10
(1970)
TV episode
.... Himself - Singer
-
Episode #6.13
(1952)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
-
Episode dated 22 May 1970
(1970)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
.... Himself - Guest Performer (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Laugh-In
-
Episode #3.24
(1970)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest Performer
"The David Frost Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
-
Episode #2.43
(1969)
TV episode
.... Himself
The 40th Annual Academy Awards
(1968) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
"Tienerklanken"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1967)
-
Ontmoeting met Danny Kaye
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Danny Kaye Show"
.... Himself - Host / ... (45 episodes, 1963-1967)
-
Episode dated 7 June 1967
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
-
Episode dated 26 April 1967
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
-
Episode dated 22 March 1967
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
-
Episode dated 15 February 1967
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
-
Episode dated 18 January 1967
(1967)
TV episode
.... Himself - Host
(
40 more
)
"What's My Line?"
.... Mystery Guest / ... (6 episodes, 1960-1966)
-
Episode dated 2 October 1966
(1966)
TV episode
.... Mystery Guest
-
Episode dated 24 October 1965
(1965)
TV episode
.... Mystery Guest
-
Episode dated 24 March 1963
(1963)
TV episode
.... Mystery Guest
-
Episode dated 5 November 1961
(1961)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest Panelist
-
Episode dated 29 October 1961
(1961)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest Panelist
(
1 more
)
"The John Gary Show"
.... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1966)
-
Episode #1.1
(1966)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest
An Evening with Carol Channing
(1966) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Salute to Stan Laurel
(1965) (TV) .... Himself
"The Lucy Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
-
Lucy Meets Danny Kaye
(1964)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Jack Benny Program"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
-
Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations
(1964)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Here's Hollywood"
.... Himself (2 episodes, 1962)
-
Episode dated 19 November 1962
(1962)
TV episode
.... Himself
-
Episode dated 9 November 1962
(1962)
TV episode
.... Himself
"The Andy Williams Show"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1962)
-
Episode dated 8 November 1962
(1962)
TV episode
.... Himself
The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball
(1962) (TV) .... Himself
"The DuPont Show of the Week"
.... Himself (1 episode, 1961)
-
USO - Wherever They Go!
(1961)
TV episode
.... Himself
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards
(1961) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Stan Laurel
"See It Now"
.... Himself - Guest (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
-
The Secret Life of Danny Kaye 2
(1957)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest
-
The Secret Life of Danny Kaye
(1956)
TV episode
.... Himself - Guest
Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood
(1956) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty
(1955) .... Himself
Assignment Children
(1954) .... Himself
It's a Great Feeling
(1949) (uncredited) .... Himself, Cameo Appearance
Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood
(1948) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 3: Out of This World Series
(1947) .... Himself
I Am an American
(1944) (uncredited) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
"Banda sonora"
-
Episode dated 23 December 2008
(2008)
TV episode
(uncredited) .... Phil Davis
Ein Leben wie im Flug
(2007) (TV) .... Himself
"Broadway: The American Musical"
-
Putting It Together: 1980-Present
(2004)
TV episode
.... Himself
"Enterprise"
-
Doctor's Orders
(2004)
TV episode
(uncredited) .... Hubert Hawkins
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
(2001) (TV) .... Himself
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
(2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Phil Davis
"The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History"
(1999) .... Himself
"The Fifties"
(1997) (uncredited) .... Himself (concerned about HUAC)
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
(1997) (TV) .... Himself
"American Masters"
-
Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter
(1996)
TV episode
.... Himself
Bogart: The Untold Story
(1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - in March on Washington D.C.
Entertaining the Troops
(1994) .... Himself
Stars and Stripes
(1990) .... Himself
The Hollywood Clowns
(1979) (V)
Canciones para después de una guerra
(1976) (uncredited) .... Himself
"M*A*S*H"
-
Deluge
(1976)
TV episode
(uncredited) .... Himself
"Hollywood and the Stars"
-
Hollywood Goes to War
(1964)
TV episode
.... Himself
The Sound of Laughter
(1963) .... Russian count (edited from: Money On Your Life)
"The Colgate Comedy Hour"
-
Episode #6.12
(1955)
TV episode
.... Phil Davis
-
Episode #3.22
(1953)
TV episode
.... Hans Christian Anderson
Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood
(1954) .... Himself
Moments in Music
(1950) (uncredited) .... Himself, edited from: Up in Arms
The Birth of a Star
(1944) .... Nicolai Nicolaiovich - clips from 3 shorts
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1 January 1984) Grand Marshal, Tournament of Roses parade
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 2 Portrayals | 5 Print Biographies | 4 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos
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