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Jerry Colonna

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1904-09-17

Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1951

7.2

Movie
Andy Hardy Comes Home

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

4.5

Movie
Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1944

5.0

Movie
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

1996

7.5

Movie
Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat

1946

6.2

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940

0.0

Movie
poster

Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

1977

0.0

Movie
Ellis in Freedomland

Ellis in Freedomland

1952

0.0

Movie
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

2002

0.0

Movie
G.I. Journal

G.I. Journal

1944

0.0

Movie
Garden of the Moon

Garden of the Moon

1938

5.8

Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

6.0

Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941

0.0

Movie
Ice Capades Revue

Ice Capades Revue

1942

5.7

Movie
Ice-Capades

Ice-Capades

1941

5.0

Movie
It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag!

1945

5.0

Movie
Joys

Joys

1976

4.0

Movie
Kentucky Jubilee

Kentucky Jubilee

1951

5.5

Movie
Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938

6.6

Movie
Make Mine Music

Make Mine Music

1946

5.9

Movie
Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

4.7

Movie
Melody and Moonlight

Melody and Moonlight

1940

5.0

Movie
Music Land

Music Land

1955

6.0

Movie
Musical Movieland

Musical Movieland

1944

6.0

Movie
Naughty But Nice

Naughty But Nice

1939

6.2

Movie
Operation Wonderland

Operation Wonderland

1951

7.3

Movie
Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1957

0.0

Movie
Port of Seven Seas

Port of Seven Seas

1938

0.0

Movie
Priorities on Parade

Priorities on Parade

1942

0.0

Movie
Road to Singapore

Road to Singapore

1940

6.5

Movie
Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

1946

6.6

Movie
Rosalie

Rosalie

1937

5.5

Movie
Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

1941

6.0

Movie
Song Hits on Parade

Song Hits on Parade

1936

0.0

Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

5.9

Movie
Stars on Horseback

Stars on Horseback

1943

0.0

Movie
Sweepstakes Winner

Sweepstakes Winner

1939

3.7

Movie
Swingtime in the Movies

Swingtime in the Movies

1938

5.8

Movie
The Brave Engineer

The Brave Engineer

1950

6.1

Movie
poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

7.0

TV
poster

The Monkees

1966

6.5

TV
The Road to Hong Kong

The Road to Hong Kong

1962

5.7

Movie
poster

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

0.0

TV
The Star Reporter

The Star Reporter

1938

0.0

Movie
This Is Bob Hope...

This Is Bob Hope...

2017

8.0

Movie
True to the Army

True to the Army

1942

0.0

Movie
Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

6.0

Movie
poster

What's My Line?

1950

6.7

TV