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Acting

Jimmy Durante

Career: Active from 1930 to 1969, with a break from 1951 to 1961, busiest in 1932 and 1934 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: It Happened in Brooklyn
72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jimmy Durante Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
1.9, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Tension
3.1, average 5.9
Violence
1.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Comedy 2
Classic Hollywood Musical 2
Lighthearted Romance 2
Nostalgic Entertainment 2
Nostalgic Americana 2
Whimsical Adventure 2
Family-Friendly 2
Nostalgic 2
Nostalgic Charm 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Frosty the evil snowman

Music

2000s

1 title

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title · average score 87

That's Entertainment! III

87

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

3 titles

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1970s

4 titles · average score 66

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

83

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

45

TV show

1960s

9 titles · average score 61

Frosty the Snowman

71

as Narrator (voice)

Monte Carlo or Bust!

61

Theme Song Performance

The Mothers-in-Law

66

TV show · as Jimmy Durante

Alice Through the Looking Glass

60

as Humpty Dumpty

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

68

as Smiler Grogan

Billy Rose's Jumbo

59

as Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Jimmy Durante

The Last Judgment

64

as The man with the large nose

Pepe

57

as Jimmy Durante

1950s

4 titles · average score 62

Beau James

60

as Jimmy Durante

Summer Playhouse

TV show

The Great Rupert

60

as Mr. Louie Amendola

The Milkman

66

as Breezy Albright

1940s

9 titles · average score 64

On an Island with You

56

as Buckley

This Time for Keeps

58

as Ferdi Farro

It Happened in Brooklyn

72

as Nick Lombardi

Two Sisters from Boston

62

as 'Spike'

Music for Millions

65

as Andrews

Two Girls and a Sailor

82

as Billy Kipp / Julian Kipp

The Man Who Came to Dinner

69

as Banjo

You're in the Army Now

52

as Homer "Jeeper" Smith

Melody Ranch

62

as Cornelius J. Courtney

1930s

24 titles · average score 54

Start Cheering

64

as Willie Gumbatz

Little Miss Broadway

67

as Jimmy Clayton

Hollywood Party

50

as Jimmy Durante

Student Tour

as Hank Merman

Strictly Dynamite

as Moxie

Palooka

42

as Knobby Walsh

Meet the Baron

51

as Joe McGoo

What! No Beer?

47

as Jimmy Potts

The Passionate Plumber

47

as Julius J. McCracken

Speak Easily

49

as James

The Phantom President

62

as Curly

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

61

as Schnozzle