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Whoopee! (1930) -- In this first of six Eddie Cantor musical films of the 1930s, the big-eyed comic plays a state-of-the-art hypochondriac from the East who is convinced that he needs to go West to survive.
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) -- Trailerfan.com - Trailer (Flash)
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) -- This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.

Overview

Date of Death:
10 October 1964, Beverly Hills, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Singer, songwriter ("Merrily We Roll Along"), comedian, author and actor... more
Trivia:
Received a Special Academy Award in 1956 for distinguished service to... more
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Awards:
4 wins more

Filmography

Soundtrack:
  1. Cinderella Man (2005) (performer: "Cheer Up, Smile, Nertz")
  2. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
    ... aka Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie (USA: DVD box title)

  3. "Animaniacs" (6 episodes, 1993-1997)
    ... aka Animaniacs (UK)
    ... aka Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs (USA: complete title)
        - Back in Style/Bones in the Body (1997) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Critical Condition/The Three Muska-Warners (1993) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Roll Over, Beethoven/The Cat and the Fiddle (1993) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - H.M.S. Yakko/Slappy Goes Walnuts/Yakko's Universe Song (1993) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty Night Toons (1993) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
          (1 more)
  4. Space Jam (1996) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  5. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (performer: "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)")
  6. "Tiny Toon Adventures" (5 episodes, 1990-1991)
    ... aka Steven Spielberg Presents... Tiny Toon Adventures (USA: alternative title)
        - Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian (1991) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Who Bopped Bugs Bunny? (1990) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Animaniacs! (1990) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Fields of Honey (1990) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
        - Gang Busters (1990) TV episode (music: "Merrily We Roll Along" (uncredited))
  7. Curly Sue (1991) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  8. Rover Dangerfield (1991) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG")
  10. Men Don't Leave (1990) (writer: "MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG")

  11. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" (uncredited))
  12. Blazing Saddles (1974) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
    ... aka Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles or Never Give a Saga an Even Break (USA: poster title)

  13. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You") (performer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You")

  14. "The Eddie Fisher Show" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) TV episode (performer: "About a Quarter to Nine" (uncredited), "The Anniversary Song" (uncredited), "April Showers" (uncredited), "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (uncredited), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (uncredited), "Swanee" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited), "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" (uncredited))
  15. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (writer: "I Love to Spend Each Sunday with You" (uncredited))

  16. If You Knew Susie (1948) (performer: "If You Knew Susie" (1925), "What Do I Want with Money" (1948), "My, How the Time Goes By" (1948), "Sextette" (1835) (uncredited))
  17. Big Time Revue (1946) (writer: "I'll Have Vanilla" (uncredited))
  18. Hollywood Canteen (1944) (performer: "We're Having a Baby")
  19. Show Business (1944) (performer: "The Curse of an Aching Heart", "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", "Dinah", "Sextette", "Makin' Whoopee", "I Don't Want to Get Well", "Alabamy Bound")
  20. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) (performer: "We're Staying Home Tonight", "Now's the Time to Fall in Love" (uncredited))
  21. 40 Little Mothers (1940) (performer: "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" (uncredited)) ("Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" (uncredited))

  22. The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  23. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) (performer: "Laugh Your Way Through Life" (1937) (uncredited), "Swing Is Here to Sway" (1937) (uncredited), "Vote for Honest Abe" (1937) (uncredited)) ("Pennies from Heaven" (1936) (uncredited), "Dinah" (1925) (uncredited))
  24. Strike Me Pink (1936) (performer: "First You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)" (1935) (uncredited), "The Lady Dances" (1935) (uncredited), "Calabash Pipe" (1935) (uncredited))
  25. Billboard Frolics (1935) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  26. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) (lyrics: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  27. Kid Millions (1934) (performer: "When My Ship Comes In" (1934) (uncredited), "Mandy" (1918), "Okay, Toots" (1934) (uncredited), "Let My People Go" (uncredited), "Ice Cream Fantasy" (1934) (uncredited)) ("The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1867) (uncredited))
  28. Roman Scandals (1933) (performer: "Build a Little Home" (1933) (uncredited), "Keep Young and Beautiful" (1933) (uncredited), "Put a Tax on Love" (1933) (uncredited)) ("All of Me" (1931) (uncredited), "Dinah" (1925) (uncredited), "Kickin' the Gong Around" (1931) (uncredited))
  29. The Kid from Spain (1932) (performer: "In the Moonlight" (1932) (uncredited), "Look What You've Done" (1932) (uncredited), "What a Perfect Combination" (1932) (uncredited), "La Paloma") ("What a Perfect Combination" (1932) (uncredited))
  30. Palmy Days (1931) (music: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited)) (performer: "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931) (uncredited), "Yes, Yes (My Baby Said Yes, Yes)" (1931) (uncredited)) ("Yes, Yes (My Baby Said Yes, Yes)" (1931) (uncredited), "Falling in Love Again" (1930) (uncredited), "Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929) (uncredited), "The Wedding March" (1843) (uncredited))
  31. Whoopee! (1930) (performer: "Makin' Whoopee" (1928) (uncredited), "A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine" (1930) (uncredited), "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (1930) (uncredited)) ("Makin' Waffles" (1930) (uncredited), "Ol' Man River" (1927) (uncredited))
  32. Insurance (1930) (writer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses") (performer: "Now That the Girls Are Wearing Long Dresses")
  33. Getting a Ticket (1930) (performer: "My Wife Is on a Diet")

  34. A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) (performer: "I Faw Down an' Go Boom", "If I Give Up the Saxophone", "Eddie Cantor's Automobile Horn Song")
  35. Finding His Voice (1929) (writer: "Merrily We Roll Along")
  36. A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) (music: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923)) (lyrics: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923)) (performer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'Em" (1923), "Oh, Gee, Georgie!")
Actor:
  1. "Matinee Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
        - George Has a Birthday (1956) TV episode
  2. "Playhouse 90" .... Morris Sizeman (1 episode, 1956)
        - Sizeman and Son (1956) TV episode .... Morris Sizeman

  3. If You Knew Susie (1948) .... Sam Parker
  4. Meet Mr. Mischief (1947) (uncredited) .... Face on Station Program Poster
  5. American Creed (1946)
  6. Show Business (1944) .... Eddie Martin
  7. 40 Little Mothers (1940) .... Gilbert Jordan Thompson

  8. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) .... Ali Baba
  9. Strike Me Pink (1936) .... Eddie Pink
  10. Kid Millions (1934) .... Eddie Wilson Jr.
  11. Roman Scandals (1933) .... Eddie aka Oedipus
  12. The Kid from Spain (1932) .... Eddie Williams
  13. Palmy Days (1931) .... Eddie Simpson
  14. Whoopee! (1930) .... Henry Williams
  15. Insurance (1930) .... Sidney B. Zwieback

  16. That Party in Person (1929)
  17. Special Delivery (1927) .... Eddie, The Mail Carrier
  18. Kid Boots (1926) .... Samuel (Kid) Boots
Writer:
  1. Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (writer)
    ... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title)

  2. Palmy Days (1931) (story and dialogue)
  3. Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931) (writer)
  4. Caught Short (1930) (book "Caught Short")

  5. Special Delivery (1927) (story)
Producer:
  1. If You Knew Susie (1948) (producer)
  2. Show Business (1944) (producer)
Music Department:
  1. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (singing voice: Keefe Brasselle)
Self:
  1. "Startime" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Ford Startime
    ... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime
        - George Burns in the Big Time (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "House Party" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Art Linkletter's House Party (USA: complete title)
    ... aka The Linkletter Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 27 October 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "Sunday Showcase" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
        - A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  4. "You Asked for It" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
        - Backstage Broadway (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "The Eddie Fisher Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
        - Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
  6. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (2 episodes, 1952-1957)
        - Episode dated 2 June 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 27 January 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  7. "Playhouse 90" .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956)
        - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
  8. "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode #4.4 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  9. "Climax!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
        - The Louella Parsons Story (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  10. "The Milton Berle Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #8.8 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  11. "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" .... Himself / ... (19 episodes, 1955)
        - And Now from the Audience (1955) TV episode .... Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
        - Strange Little Stranger (1955) TV episode .... Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
        - The Hollywood Story (1955) TV episode .... Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
        - The Marine Went to Town (1955) TV episode .... Himself/Host/Occasional Lead Player
        - Romance Wrecker (1955) TV episode .... Himself-- Host
          (14 more)
  12. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1952-1955)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #8.21 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #6.13 (1952) TV episode .... Himself
  13. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Host / ... (44 episodes, 1950-1954)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #4.32 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #4.26 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #4.24 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Actor
        - Episode #4.23 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode #4.18 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Host
          (39 more)
  14. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (uncredited) .... Himself as audience member
  15. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1953)
        - Eddie Cantor (1953) TV episode .... Himself
        - Dinah Shore (1953) TV episode .... Himself
  16. "The Jack Benny Program" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
    ... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
        - Fred Allen Show (1953) TV episode .... Himself
  17. Be What You Want (1953) (TV) .... Himself
  18. Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952) .... Himself
  19. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) .... Himself, Eddie Cantor
  20. "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
        - Episode dated 14 July 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself
  21. "Four Star Revue" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1951-1952)
    ... aka All Star Revue (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 10 May 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 16 May 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Himself

  22. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes (1949) .... Himself
  23. Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (1948) .... Himself - Speaker
  24. The Friendship Train (1948) .... Himself
  25. Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows (1945) .... Himself - The Eddie Cantor Program
  26. Hollywood Canteen (1944) .... Himself
  27. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) .... Himself/Joe Simpson
  28. Show Business at War (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself
    ... aka The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10

  29. The March of Time Volume IV, Issue 5 (1937) .... Himself
  30. Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (1936) .... Himself
  31. The Hollywood Gad-About (1934) .... Himself
  32. Screen Snapshots (1932/II) .... Himself
  33. Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 3 (1930) .... Himself
  34. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930) .... Himself, at Premiere
  35. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930) .... Himself
  36. Getting a Ticket (1930) .... Himself, Eddie Cantor

  37. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) .... Himself (Revue Scenes)
  38. A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929) .... Himself
  39. A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923) .... Himself
  40. The Starland Review (1922) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. From Shtetl to Swing (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  2. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004) TV episode .... Henry Williams
  3. "Biography"
        - Jacqueline Susann (2000) TV episode .... Himself
        - Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act (1999) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
        - Great Ziegfeld (1996) TV episode
  4. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  5. "American Masters"
        - Vaudeville (1997) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Entertaining the Troops (1994) .... Himself
  7. Legends of Comedy (1992) (TV)
  8. The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) .... Himself (with Shirley Temple)
  9. The Great Standups (1984) (TV) .... Himself
  10. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
  11. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Himself
  12. "The DuPont Show of the Week"
        - The Ziegfeld Touch (1961) TV episode .... Himself
        - Laughter USA (1961) TV episode .... Himself
  13. Minstrel Days (1941) .... Himself: edited from 'Roman Scandals'
  14. The Great American Broadcast (1941) (uncredited) .... Himself - Opening Montage


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Stage, vaudeville, burlesque, radio, television actor, and screenwriter. Active on Broadway in the following productions: more
Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 13 Portrayals | 7 Print Biographies more
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