Personal Info
Known Credits
59
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1911-01-18 (114 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
David Daniel KaminskyDaniel David Kaminsky
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2017 --
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
| Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015 --
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
2002 --
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
| (archive footage)
2000 --
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
| Phil Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000 --
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
| Phil Davis (archive footage)
1997 --
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Sports on the Silver Screen
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Bogart: The Untold Story
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993 --
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
| Self (archive footage)
1985 --
Night of 100 Stars II
| Self
1985 --
That's Dancing!
| From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
1985 --
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
| Self (archive footage)
1982 --
Showbiz Goes to War
| (archive footage)
1982 --
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration
| Self
1981 --
Skokie
| Max Feldman
1981 --
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
| Self
1981 --
Musical Comedy Tonight II
| Self
1980 --
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
| Self - Host
1979 --
The Hollywood Clowns
| (archive footage)
1976 --
Peter Pan
| Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
1976 --
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
| Self
1976 --
Pinocchio
| Boris Stroganoff / Geppetto
1972 --
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes
| Self / Marmaduke (voice)
1971 --
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
| Seymour S. Sassafras/Colonel Wellington B. Bunny/Antoine (voice)
1969 --
The Madwoman of Chaillot
| The Ragpicker
1965 --
Salute to Stan Laurel
| Self
1963 --
Danny Kaye Christmas Show
| Self - Host
1963 --
The Sound of Laughter
| Nikolai Nikolayevich
1963 --
The Man from the Diners' Club
| Ernest Klenk
1961 --
On the Double
| Pfc. Ernie Williams
1960 --
Lifetime of Comedy
| (archive footage)
1959 --
The Five Pennies
| Red Nichols
1958 --
Me and the Colonel
| S.L. Jacobowsky
1958 --
Merry Andrew
| Andrew Larabee
1955 --
The Court Jester
| Hubert Hawkins
1955 --
Assignment Children
| Self/Narrator
1954 --
White Christmas
| Phil Davis
1954 --
Knock on Wood
| Jerry Morgan
1952 --
Hans Christian Andersen
| Hans Christian Andersen
1951 --
On the Riviera
| Jack Martin / Henri Duran
1949 --
Breakdowns of 1949
| Self
1949 --
The Inspector General
| Georgi
1949 --
Task Force
| Officer at the Dance (uncredited)
1949 --
It's a Great Feeling
| Danny Kaye (uncredited)
1948 --
A Song Is Born
| Hobart Frisbee
1947 --
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
| Walter Mitty
1946 --
The Kid from Brooklyn
| Burleigh Sullivan
1945 --
Wonder Man
| Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew
1944 --
I Am an American
| Self (uncredited)
1944 --
Up in Arms
| Danny Weems
1942 --
Night Shift
| Danny Kaye
1938 --
Money on Your Life
| Nikolai Nikolaevich
1938 --
Cupid Takes a Holiday
| Nikolai Nikolaevich
1938 --
Getting an Eyeful
| Nikolai Nikolaevich
1937 --
Dime a Dance
| Eddie