Danny Kaye
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-01-18 (76 years old)
Deathday
1987-03-03
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
David Daniel Kaminsky
Daniel David Kaminsky
دنی کی
Danny Kaye
Biography
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 an...
Acting
1985
as Self (archive footage)
1955
as Hubert Hawkins
1963
as Nikolai Nikolayevich
1949
as Danny Kaye (uncredited)
1945
as Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
1954
as Phil Davis
1979
as (archive footage)
1947
as Walter Mitty
1949
as Georgi
1951
as Jack Martin / Henri Duran
1952
as Hans Christian Andersen
1971
as Seymour S. Sassafras / Colonel Wellington B. Bunny / Antoine (voice)
1948
as Hobart Frisbee
1959
as Red Nichols
1997
as Phil Davis (archive footage)
1982
as (archive footage)
1961
as Pfc. Ernie Williams
1958
as Andrew Larabee
1954
as Jerry Morgan
1949
as Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
1946
as Burleigh Sullivan
1958
as S.L. Jacobowsky
1944
as Danny Weems
1972
as Self / Marmaduke (voice)
1969
as The Ragpicker
1963
as Ernest Klenk
1938
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
1981
as Max Feldman
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2002
as (archive footage)
1976
1938
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
1982
1942
as Danny Kaye
1985
as Self
1980
as Self - Host
1937
as Eddie
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as (archive footage)
1944
as Self (uncredited)
1949
as Self
1997
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Nikolai Nikolaevich
1965
as Self
1985
as From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1981
as Self
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1955
as Self/Narrator
1976
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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