Danny Kaye

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1911-01-18

Died: 1987-03-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1937	Dime a Dance	Eddie	30
2	1938	Getting an Eyeful	Nikolai Nikolaevich	100
3	1938	Cupid Takes a Holiday	Nikolai Nikolaevich	0
4	1938	Money on Your Life	Nikolai Nikolaevich	0
5	1942	Night Shift	Danny Kaye	80
6	1944	Up in Arms	Danny Weems	59
7	1944	I Am an American	Self (uncredited)	53
8	1945	Wonder Man	Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew	66
9	1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Burleigh Sullivan	62
10	1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Walter Mitty	67
11	1948	A Song Is Born	Hobart Frisbee	65
12	1949	It's a Great Feeling	Danny Kaye (uncredited)	59
13	1949	Task Force	Officer at the Dance (uncredited)	70
14	1949	The Inspector General	Georgi	64
15	1949	Breakdowns of 1949	Self	60
16	1951	On the Riviera	Jack Martin / Henri Duran	60
17	1952	Hans Christian Andersen	Hans Christian Andersen	63
18	1954	Knock on Wood	Jerry Morgan	66
19	1954	White Christmas	Phil Davis	72
20	1955	Assignment Children	Self/Narrator	0
21	1955	The Court Jester	Hubert Hawkins	73
22	1958	Merry Andrew	Andrew Larabee	60
23	1958	Me and the Colonel	S.L. Jacobowsky	62
24	1959	The Five Pennies	Red Nichols	67
25	1960	Lifetime of Comedy	(archive footage)	0
26	1961	On the Double	Pfc. Ernie Williams	69
27	1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	Ernest Klenk	50
28	1963	The Sound of Laughter	Nikolai Nikolayevich	20
29	1963	Danny Kaye Christmas Show	Self - Host	0
30	1965	Salute to Stan Laurel	Self	0
31	1969	The Madwoman of Chaillot	The Ragpicker	71
32	1971	Here Comes Peter Cottontail	Seymour S. Sassafras/Colonel Wellington B. Bunny/Antoine (voice)	59
33	1972	Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes	Self / Marmaduke (voice)	50
34	1976	Pinocchio	Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto	68
35	1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years	Self	70
36	1976	Peter Pan	Captain Hook / Mr. Darling	60
37	1979	The Hollywood Clowns	(archive footage)	0
38	1980	Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary	Self - Host	0
39	1981	Musical Comedy Tonight II	Self	70
40	1981	An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic	Self	100
41	1981	Skokie	Max Feldman	60
42	1982	EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration	Self	0
43	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	100
44	1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)	0
45	1985	That's Dancing!	From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)	70
46	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
47	1993	The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years	Self (archive footage)	0
48	1997	Bogart: The Untold Story	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
49	1997	Sports on the Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)	100
50	1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Self (archive footage)	52
51	1997	Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas	Phil Davis (archive footage)	52
52	2000	Hollywood Musicals of the 40's	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2000	'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney	Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
54	2002	Edith Head: The Paramount Years	(archive footage)	75
55	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
56	2014	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self (archive footage)	70
57	2015	The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll	Self (archive footage)	0
58	2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration	Self (archive footage)	100
59	2017	À la recherche de... Pierre Richard	Self - Actor (archive footage)	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	75
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Captain Hook	87
6	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
7	1959	Startime		60
8	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	60
9	1962	The Lucy Show	Danny Kaye	71
10	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
11	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
12	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	self	56
13	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self - Host	63
14	1967	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	66
15	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
16	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
17	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
18	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
19	1976	Live from Lincoln Center	Self	85
20	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
21	1977	Auf los geht's los	Self	0
22	1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	73
23	1984	The Cosby Show	Dr. Burns	70
24	1985	The Twilight Zone	Gaspar	77