Jimmy Durante
American actor, comedian and singer (1893–1980)
James Francis Durante was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola, and the word became his nickname.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 19 films (1931–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 50 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).