Jerry Colonna

Actor Sep 17 (died age 82) Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1936–2017 (81 year career)

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Biography

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 f…

Known For

Film

Alice in Wonderland

March Hare (voice)

Film

Make Mine Music

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

Film

Road to Utopia

Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited)

Film

Road to Singapore

Achilles Bombanassa

Film

The Road to Hong Kong

Man Looking For a Match (uncredited)

Film

Little Miss Broadway

Band Member

Film

The Brave Engineer

Narrator

Film

Casey at the Bat

Narrator

Filmography

Acting (52)

Movies (46)

This Is Bob Hope...

2017

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

2002

as Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

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

1977

as Self

Joys

1976

as Self

4.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self (archive footage)

The Road to Hong Kong

1962

as Man Looking For a Match (uncredited)

5.8

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

as Doc

4.5

Pinocchio

1957

as Ringmaster

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

as Jerry Colonna

4.2

Music Land

1955

as Narrator (archive footage)

6.0

Ellis in Freedomland

1952

as The Waste-away (voice)

Alice in Wonderland

1951

as March Hare (voice)

Kentucky Jubilee

as Jerry Harris

Operation Wonderland

as Self

The Brave Engineer

as Narrator

Casey at the Bat

as Narrator

Make Mine Music

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

5.8

Road to Utopia

1946

as Man on boat to Alaska (uncredited)

It's in the Bag!

as Dr. Greengrass

Atlantic City

as The Professor

G.I. Journal

as Self

Musical Movieland

as The Texas Tornado

Stars on Horseback

True to the Army

as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

as Jerry Colonna

6.0

Ice Capades Revue

1942

as Theophilus J. Twitchell

5.7

Priorities on Parade

1942

as Jeep Jackson

Ice-Capades

as Colonna

You're the One

as Dr. Colonna

Sis Hopkins

as Professor

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941

as Self (uncredited)

Road to Singapore

1940

as Achilles Bombanassa

6.5

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940

as Argyle Phifft

Melody and Moonlight

as Abner Kellogg

Naughty But Nice

as Allie Gray

Sweepstakes Winner

as Nick, the Chef

Valley of the Giants

as Saloon Singer

The Star Reporter

as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra

Little Miss Broadway

1938

as Band Member

6.3

Port of Seven Seas

1938

as Arab Rug Dealer

Garden of the Moon

1938

as Musician

6.2

Swingtime in the Movies

as The Texas Tornado

Rosalie

as Joseph

Song Hits on Parade

Television (6)

Dinah!

as Self

The Monkees

as Dr. Mann

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

as Self

Climax!

as Stan

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8