Danny Kaye

1913-1987

Biography: life and films

Danny Kaye was an American actor and singer whose birth name was David Daniel Kaminski. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA on 18th January 1913 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 3rd March 1987, aged 74.

His best films as an actor include H. Bruce Humberstone's comedy Wonder Man (1945), Charles Vidor's Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Melvin Frank's Knock on Wood (1954) and Michael Curtiz's White Christmas (1954).

Danny Kaye appeared in 19 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Norman Z. McLeod (2 films), Melvin Frank (2) and Melville Shavelson (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (14 films), comedy-romance (3), War (3), comedy-drama (2), Fantasy (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Danny Kaye over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

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Up in Arms (1944) [a]

Wonder Man (1945) [a]

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) [a]

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) [a]

A Song Is Born (1948) [a]

The Inspector General (1949) [a]

On the Riviera (1951) [a]

Hans Christian Andersen (1952) [a]

Knock on Wood (1954) [a]

White Christmas (1954) [a]

The Court Jester (1955) [a]

Me and the Colonel (1958) [a]

Merry Andrew (1958) [a]

The Five Pennies (1959) [a]

On the Double (1961) [a]

The Man from the Diners' Club (1963) [a]

The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) [a]

Canciones para después de una guerra (1976) [a]

Trumbo (2015) [a]



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