Jerry Colonna
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).
Filmografia
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Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
Film • 2025
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This Is Bob Hope...
Film • 2017
jako Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Film • 2002
jako Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
Film • 1996
jako Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Film • 1988
jako Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Film • 1977
jako Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Film • 1976
jako (archive footage)
Joys
Film • 1976
jako Self
Dinah!
Serial • 1974
jako Self
The Monkees
Serial • 1966
jako Dr. Mann
The Road to Hong Kong
Film • 1962
jako Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Film • 1958
jako Doc
Pinocchio
Film • 1957
jako Ringmaster
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Serial • 1956
jako Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Film • 1956
jako Jerry Colonna
Music Land
Film • 1955
jako Narrator (archive footage)
Climax!
Serial • 1954
jako Stan
Ellis in Freedomland
Film • 1952
jako The Waste-away (voice)
Alicja w Krainie Czarów
Film • 1951
jako March Hare (voice)
Operation Wonderland
Film • 1951
jako Self
Kentucky Jubilee
Film • 1951
jako Jerry Harris
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Serial • 1950
jako Self
The Brave Engineer
Film • 1950
jako Narrator
What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
jako Self
Road to Rio
Film • 1947
jako Jerry Colonna
Casey at the Bat
Film • 1946
jako Narrator
Make Mine Music
Film • 1946
jako Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Road to Utopia
Film • 1946
jako Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
Film • 1945
jako Dr. Greengrass
G.I. Journal
Film • 1944
jako Self
Atlantic City
Film • 1944
jako The Professor
Musical Movieland
Film • 1944
jako The Texas Tornado
Stars on Horseback
Film • 1943
Ice Capades Revue
Film • 1942
jako Theophilus J. Twitchell
Priorities on Parade
Film • 1942
jako Jeep Jackson
True to the Army
Film • 1942
jako Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
Star Spangled Rhythm
Film • 1942
jako Jerry Colonna
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Film • 1941
jako Self (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
Film • 1941
jako Colonna
Sis Hopkins
Film • 1941
jako Professor
You're the One
Film • 1941
jako Dr. Colonna
Melody and Moonlight
Film • 1940
jako Abner Kellogg
Comin' Round the Mountain
Film • 1940
jako Argyle Phifft
Road to Singapore
Film • 1940
jako Achilles Bombanassa
Naughty but Nice
Film • 1939
jako Allie Gray
Sweepstakes Winner
Film • 1939
jako Nick, the Chef
Swingtime in the Movies
Film • 1938
jako The Texas Tornado
Garden of the Moon
Film • 1938
jako Musician
Valley of the Giants
Film • 1938
jako Saloon Singer
Little Miss Broadway
Film • 1938
jako Band Member
Port of Seven Seas
Film • 1938
jako Arab Rug Dealer
The Star Reporter
Film • 1938
jako Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
Rosalie
Film • 1937
jako Joseph
Song Hits on Parade
Film • 1936