Danny Kaye

from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for It's a Great FeelingImage of Danny Kaye

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), White Christmas (1954), 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.

Timeline

2024Aged 113

  • Poster for Remembering Gene Wilder

    Self (archive footage)

2017Aged 106

  • Poster for À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015Aged 104

  • Poster for The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 103

  • Poster for Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

    Self (archive footage)

2012Aged 101

  • Poster for Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Self (archive footage)

2007Aged 96

  • Poster for A Portrait of Danny Kaye

    Self (archive footage)

2002Aged 91

  • Poster for Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 89

  • Poster for Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

    Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997Aged 86

  • Poster for Bogart: The Untold Story

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sports on the Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

    Phil Davis (archive footage)

1993Aged 82

  • Poster for The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

    Self (archive footage)

1985Aged 74

  • Poster for Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for That's Dancing!

    From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

1982Aged 71

  • Poster for EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration

    Self

  • Poster for Showbiz Goes to War

    (archive footage)

1981Aged 70

  • Poster for Musical Comedy Tonight II

    Self

  • Poster for An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic

    Self

  • Poster for Skokie

    Max Feldman

1980Aged 69

  • Poster for Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

    Self - Host

1979Aged 68

  • Poster for The Hollywood Clowns

    (archive footage)

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for Songs for After a War

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Pinocchio

    Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto

  • Poster for CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

    Self

  • Poster for Peter Pan

    Captain Hook / Mr. Darling

1975Aged 64

  • Poster for An Evening with John Denver

    Self

1972Aged 61

  • Poster for The Emperor's New Clothes

    Self / Marmaduke (voice)

1971Aged 60

  • Poster for Here Comes Peter Cottontail

    Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)

1969Aged 58

  • Poster for The Madwoman of Chaillot

    The Ragpicker

1965Aged 54

1963Aged 52

  • Poster for The Man from the Diners' Club

    Ernest Klenk

  • Poster for The Sound of Laughter

    Nikolai Nikolayevich

1961Aged 50

  • Poster for On the Double

    Ernie Williams

1960Aged 49

  • Poster for Lifetime of Comedy

    (archive footage)

1959Aged 48

  • Poster for The Five Pennies

    Red Nichols

1958Aged 47

  • Poster for Merry Andrew

    Andrew Larabee

  • Poster for Me and the Colonel

    S.L. Jacobowsky

  • Poster for The All-Star Christmas Show

    Self

1955Aged 44

  • Poster for Assignment Children

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for The Court Jester

    Hubert Hawkins

1954Aged 43

  • Poster for Knock on Wood

    Jerry Morgan

  • Poster for White Christmas

    Phil Davis

1952Aged 41

  • Poster for Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

1951Aged 40

  • Poster for On the Riviera

    Jack Martin / Henri Duran

1949Aged 38

  • Poster for It's a Great Feeling

    Danny Kaye (uncredited)

  • Poster for Task Force

    Officer at the Dance (uncredited)

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1949

    Self

  • Poster for The Inspector General

    Georgi

1948Aged 37

  • Poster for A Song Is Born

    Hobart Frisbee

1947Aged 36

  • Poster for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    Walter Mitty

1946Aged 35

  • Poster for The Kid from Brooklyn

    Burleigh Sullivan

1945Aged 34

  • Poster for Wonder Man

    Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew

1944Aged 33

1942Aged 31

  • Poster for Night Shift

    Danny Kaye

1938Aged 27

1937Aged 26

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