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Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: ืืืึพืื ืืื ืงืึทืืื ืกืงื; January 18, 1911 โ 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 Frโฆ
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Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: ืืืึพืื ืืื ืงืึทืืื ืกืงื; January 18, 1911 โ 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.
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Danny Kaye's Filmography
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Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
ร 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)
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Phil Davis (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
That's Dancing!
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration
as Self
Skokie
as Max Feldman
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
as Self
Musical Comedy Tonight II
as Self
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
as Self - Host
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
Peter Pan
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Pinocchio
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Evening with John Denver
as Self
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
No Poster
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self
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
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Me and the Colonel
as S.L. Jacobowsky
Merry Andrew
as Andrew Larabee
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
The Inspector General
as Georgi
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
Task Force
as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
as Danny Kaye (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
No Poster
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
Up in Arms
as Danny Weems
Night Shift
as Danny Kaye
Money on Your Life
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
No Poster
Cupid Takes a Holiday
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
Getting an Eyeful
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
No Poster
Dime a Dance
as Eddie