Danny Kaye
Acting
🎂 1911-01-18
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.
Cast credits(85)
Self
1962
Dr. Burns
1984
Danny Kaye
1962
Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour")
1985
Self
1968
Self
1953
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1962
self
1962
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1972
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Self
1950
Self
1978
Self - Host
1963
Danny Weems
1944
Self
1977
Self (archive footage)
2014
1959
Self
1976
Self
1971
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2012
Self
1973
Self
1982
Self
1965
(archive footage)
1982
Hubert Hawkins
1955
The Ragpicker
1969
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Walter Mitty
1947
Danny Kaye (uncredited)
1949
Self (archive footage)
2015
(archive footage)
2002
Captain Hook
1951
Georgi
1949
Phil Davis
1954
(archive footage)
1960
Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
1976
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
1958
Jerry Morgan
1954
Hobart Frisbee
1948
Self
1949
Self
1976
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
1985
Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
1949
Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
1945
Self (archive footage)
2014
Pfc. Ernie Williams
1961
Red Nichols
1959
Self (archive footage)
1985
Self (archive footage)
1997
Andrew Larabee
1958
Self (archive footage)
2015
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
Max Feldman
1981
Self
1981
Burleigh Sullivan
1946
Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
1976
Self
1985
Self
1949
Self - Host
1980
(archive footage)
1979
Nikolai Nikolaevich
1938
Self
1961
Self (uncredited)
1944
Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
1971
Jack Martin / Henri Duran
1951
Self (archive footage)
1997
Phil Davis (archive footage)
1997
Ernest Klenk
1963
Eddie
1937
Nikolai Nikolayevich
1963
Self (archive footage)
2000
S.L. Jacobowsky
1958
Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Self/Narrator
1955
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self
1981
Self / Marmaduke (voice)
1972
Danny Kaye
1942
Nikolai Nikolaevich
1938
Nikolai Nikolaevich
1938