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