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person_profile-Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jerry Colonna

Date of Birth:

Sep 17, 1904

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 21, 1986

Biography of

Jerry Colonna

    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 of

Jerry Colonna

Found 33 Movies in total

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 1988

... 1977

Joys

Self ( Actor )

... 1976

The Road to Hong Kong

Man Looking For a Match (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1958

Pinocchio

Ringmaster ( Actor )

... 1957

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Jerry Colonna ( Actor )

... 1956

Music Land

Narrator (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1955

Ellis in Freedomland

The Waste-away (voice) ( Actor )

... 1952

Alice in Wonderland

March Hare (voice) ( Actor )

... 1951

Kentucky Jubilee

Jerry Harris ( Actor )

... 1951

Make Mine Music

Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice) ( Actor )

... 1946

Road to Utopia

Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

It's in the Bag!

Dr. Greengrass ( Actor )

... 1945

Atlantic City

The Professor ( Actor )

... 1944

Ice Capades Revue

Theophilus J. Twitchell ( Actor )

... 1942

Priorities on Parade

Jeep Jackson ( Actor )

... 1942

True to the Army

Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill ( Actor )

... 1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

Jerry Colonna ( Actor )

... 1942

Ice-Capades

Colonna ( Actor )

... 1941

Sis Hopkins

Professor ( Actor )

... 1941

You're the One

Dr. Colonna ( Actor )

... 1941

Melody and Moonlight

Abner Kellogg ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Road to Singapore

Achilles Bombanassa ( Actor )

... 1940

Naughty But Nice

Allie Gray ( Actor )

... 1939

Sweepstakes Winner

Nick, the Chef ( Actor )

... 1939

Garden of the Moon

Musician ( Actor )

... 1938

Valley of the Giants

Saloon Singer ( Actor )

... 1938

Little Miss Broadway

Band Member ( Actor )

... 1938

Port of Seven Seas

Arab Rug Dealer ( Actor )

... 1938

Rosalie

Joseph ( Actor )

... 1937