Jerry Colonna
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1904
- Died
- November 21, 1986 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly "in a comic caterwaul," according to Raised on Radio author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, "Who's Yehudi?", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
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Filmography
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
Movie · as Self - Performer (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Movie · as Self
Joys
Movie · as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Monkees
TV · as Dr. Mann · 1 ep
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie · as Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie · as Doc
Pinocchio
Movie · as Ringmaster
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · as Jerry Colonna
The Rosemary Clooney Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Music Land
Movie · as Narrator (archive footage)
Climax!
TV · as Stan · 1 ep
Ellis in Freedomland
Movie · as The Waste-away (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as March Hare (voice)
Kentucky Jubilee
Movie · as Jerry Harris
Operation Wonderland
Movie · as Self
The Brave Engineer
Movie · as Narrator
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Road to Rio
Movie · as Jerry Colonna
Make Mine Music
Movie · as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Casey at the Bat
Movie · as Narrator
Road to Utopia
Movie · as Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
Movie · as Dr. Greengrass
Atlantic City
Movie · as The Professor
Musical Movieland
Movie · as The Texas Tornado
G.I. Journal
Movie · as Self
Stars on Horseback
Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie · as Jerry Colonna
Ice Capades Revue
Movie · as Theophilus J. Twitchell
True to the Army
Movie · as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
Priorities on Parade
Movie · as Jeep Jackson
Sis Hopkins
Movie · as Professor
Ice-Capades
Movie · as Colonna
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
You're the One
Movie · as Dr. Colonna
Road to Singapore
Movie · as Achilles Bombanassa
Melody and Moonlight
Movie · as Abner Kellogg
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Argyle Phifft
Naughty but Nice
Movie · as Allie Gray
Sweepstakes Winner
Movie · as Nick, the Chef
The Star Reporter
Movie · as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
Swingtime in the Movies
Movie · as The Texas Tornado
Little Miss Broadway
Movie · as Band Member
Garden of the Moon
Movie · as Musician
Port of Seven Seas
Movie · as Arab Rug Dealer
Valley of the Giants
Movie · as Saloon Singer
Rosalie
Movie · as Joseph
Song Hits on Parade
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