Jerry Colonna
- Recitazione
- 17 settembre 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 21 novembre 1986
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII · In persona
- This Is Bob Hope... · In persona
- Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO · In persona
- Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents · In persona
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC · In persona
- Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready · In persona
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy · (archive footage)
- Joys · In persona
- Dinah! · In persona
- I Monkees · Dr. Mann
- Astronauti per forza · Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
- Il ritorno di Mr. Hardy · Doc
- Pinocchio · Ringmaster
- The Rosemary Clooney Show · In persona
- Donne... dadi... denaro! · Jerry Colonna
- Music Land · Narrator (archive footage)
- Climax! · Stan
- Ellis in Freedomland · The Waste-away (Voce)
- Alice nel paese delle meraviglie · March Hare (Voce)
- Operation Wonderland · In persona
- Kentucky Jubilee · Jerry Harris
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · In persona
- L'intraprendente macchinista · Narrator
- What's My Line? · In persona
- Avventura in Brasile · Jerry Colonna
- Casey at the Bat · Narrator
- Musica maestro! · Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (Voce)
- I cercatori d'oro · Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
- It's in the Bag! · Dr. Greengrass
- G.I. Journal · In persona
- Atlantic City · The Professor
- Musical Movieland · The Texas Tornado
- Stars on Horseback
- Ice Capades Revue · Theophilus J. Twitchell
- Priorities on Parade · Jeep Jackson
- True to the Army · Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
- Signorine, non guardate i marinai · Jerry Colonna
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 · In persona
- Ice-Capades · Colonna
- Sis Hopkins · Professor
- You're the One · Dr. Colonna
- Melody and Moonlight · Abner Kellogg
- Comin' Round the Mountain · Argyle Phifft
- La danzatrice di Singapore · Achilles Bombanassa
- Naughty but Nice · Allie Gray
- Sweepstakes Winner · Nick, the Chef
- Swingtime in the Movies · The Texas Tornado
- Garden of the Moon · Musician
- La valle dei giganti · Saloon Singer
- L'idolo di Broadway · Band Member
- Port of Seven Seas · Arab Rug Dealer
- The Star Reporter · Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
- Rosalie · Joseph
- Song Hits on Parade