Acting
Danny Kaye
EN, FR, ES cinema · 63 credits
Born
18 January 1911
Died
3 March 1987 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as David Daniel Kaminsky · Daniel David Kaminsky · دنی کی · דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי · ダニー・ケイ · Дэнни Кей
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 23 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Kaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
A Portrait of Danny Kaye
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Phil Davis (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Skokie
as Max Feldman
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
as Self - Host
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
Pinocchio
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
Peter Pan
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Ragpicker
The Sound of Laughter
as Nikolai Nikolayevich
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Ernest Klenk
On the Double
as Ernie Williams
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
The Five Pennies
as Red Nichols
Merry Andrew
as Andrew Larabee
Me and the Colonel
as S.L. Jacobowsky
The Court Jester
as Hubert Hawkins
Assignment Children
as Self - Narrator
White Christmas
as Phil Davis
Knock on Wood
as Jerry Morgan
Hans Christian Andersen
as Hans Christian Andersen
On the Riviera
as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
It's a Great Feeling
as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
The Inspector General
as Georgi
Task Force
as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
A Song Is Born
as Hobart Frisbee
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Walter Mitty
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Burleigh Sullivan
Wonder Man
as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
Up in Arms
as Danny Weems
I Am an American
1944
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
Night Shift
as Danny Kaye
Money on Your Life
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Getting an Eyeful
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Cupid Takes a Holiday
1938
Cupid Takes a Holiday
as Nikolai Nikolaevich