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Jerry Colonna
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Jerry Colonna
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-09-17,Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Male
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 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).

Filmography

Make Mine Music

5.8

Make Mine Music
1946-06-30

Alice in Wonderland

7.186

Alice in Wonderland
1951-08-09

The Star Reporter

7

The Star Reporter
1938-03-21

The Brave Engineer

6.111

The Brave Engineer
1950-03-03

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

6

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16

Casey at the Bat

6.462

Casey at the Bat
1946-08-15

6.333

Sis Hopkins
1941-04-12

6.333

Atlantic City
1944-09-15

Ellis in Freedomland

0

Ellis in Freedomland
1952-06-15

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

9

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977-12-18

Kentucky Jubilee

6

Kentucky Jubilee
1951-05-18

Swingtime in the Movies

6

Swingtime in the Movies
1938-12-24

6

Rosalie
1937-12-24

Little Miss Broadway

6.5

Little Miss Broadway
1938-07-29

Star Spangled Rhythm

6.182

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05

5.857

Ice-Capades
1941-08-19

Song Hits on Parade

0

Song Hits on Parade
1936-01-01

Garden of the Moon

6.833

Garden of the Moon
1938-09-23

Naughty But Nice

6.75

Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23

Road to Singapore

6.4

Road to Singapore
1940-03-22

It's in the Bag!

6.3

It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21

Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

0

Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002-01-01

Port of Seven Seas

10

Port of Seven Seas
1938-07-01

Musical Movieland

7.5

Musical Movieland
1944-09-09

Valley of the Giants

6.667

Valley of the Giants
1938-09-17

Ice Capades Revue

6

Ice Capades Revue
1942-12-24

Melody and Moonlight

7.5

Melody and Moonlight
1940-10-10

Meet Me in Las Vegas

4.462

Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09

Andy Hardy Comes Home

4.964

Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958-12-22

8

Pinocchio
1957-10-13

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

7

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941-10-02

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

8.333

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996-11-23

6

Joys
1976-03-05

True to the Army

8

True to the Army
1942-03-21

Priorities on Parade

7

Priorities on Parade
1942-07-23

This Is Bob Hope...

8

This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29

Comin' Round the Mountain

9

Comin' Round the Mountain
1940-08-16

Sweepstakes Winner

5.25

Sweepstakes Winner
1939-05-20

The Road to Hong Kong

5.8

The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29

Stars on Horseback

4

Stars on Horseback
1943-04-23

6.7

Road to Utopia
1946-02-27

6

Music Land
1955-06-11

Operation Wonderland

7.3

Operation Wonderland
1951-06-14

0

G.I. Journal
1944-11-03

4.7

You're the One
1941-02-19

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976-10-29

6.8

Road to Rio
1947-12-25

The Colgate Comedy Hour

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

6.6

The Monkees
1966-09-12

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

7

Dinah!
1974-10-21

The Rosemary Clooney Show

8

The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956-05-22

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02