Eddie Cantor

ActorProducerWriter Jan 30 (died age 72) New York City, New York, USA 1923–2001 (78 year career)

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Biography

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.

Known For

Film

Hollywood Canteen

Self

Film

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Self / Joe Simpson

Film

Roman Scandals

Eddie aka Oedipus

Film

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Aloysius Babson/Ali Baba/Eddie Cantor

Film

Whoopee!

Henry Williams

Film

The Kid from Spain

Eddie Williams

Film

Glorifying the American Girl

Self

Film

Kid Boots

Samuel (Kid) Boots

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (31)

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

The Great Radio Comedians

1971

as Self (Archive footage)

8.0

The Fabulous Irishman

1957

as Self - Host

Sizeman and Son

1956

as Morris Sizeman

The Eddie Cantor Story

1953

as Himself (epilogue)

5.0

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

The Story of Will Rogers

as Eddie Cantor

If You Knew Susie

as Sam Parker

Show Business

as Eddie Martin

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Breakdowns of 1944

as Self

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Self / Joe Simpson

6.0

Forty Little Mothers

1940

as Gilbert Jordan Thompson

6.2

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937

as Aloysius Babson/Ali Baba/Eddie Cantor

Strike Me Pink

as Eddie Pink

Kid Millions

as Eddie Wilson Jr.

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

as Self (uncredited)

5.0

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934

as Himself

Roman Scandals

as Eddie aka Oedipus

The Kid from Spain

as Eddie Williams

Palmy Days

as Eddie Simpson

Whoopee!

as Henry Williams

Insurance

as Sidney B. Zwieback

8.0

Getting a Ticket

1930

as Himself

5.2

A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

1929

as Self

4.0

Glorifying the American Girl

1929

as Self

5.3

Special Delivery

1927

as Eddie Beagle - the Mail Carrier

5.7

Kid Boots

1926

as Samuel (Kid) Boots

6.4

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

1923

4.7

Television (9)

Startime

Playhouse 90

as Self - Host

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre

1955

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

1955

as Self - Host

This Is Your Life

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

as Eddie Cantor

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

If You Knew Susie

Producer

Palmy Days

Story

Caught Short

Book

Special Delivery

1927

Story

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