
Jerry Colonna
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday17 September 1904
Died21 November 1986 (age 82)
Place of birthBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits54
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…

Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
2025 · Self - Performer (archive footage)

This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996 · Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977 · Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self (archive footage)

Joys
1976 · Self

Dinah!
1974 · Self

The Monkees
1966 · Dr. Mann

The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Man Looking For Match (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · Doc

Pinocchio
1957 · Ringmaster
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956 · Self

Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Jerry Colonna

Music Land
1955 · Narrator (archive footage)

Climax!
1954 · Stan

Ellis in Freedomland
1952 · The Waste-away (voice)

Alice in Wonderland
1951 · March Hare (voice)

Operation Wonderland
1951 · Self

Kentucky Jubilee
1951 · Jerry Harris

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self

The Brave Engineer
1950 · Narrator

What's My Line?
1950 · Self

Road to Rio
1947 · Jerry Colonna

Casey at the Bat
1946 · Narrator

Make Mine Music
1946 · Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)

Road to Utopia
1946 · Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)

It's in the Bag!
1945 · Dr. Greengrass
G.I. Journal
1944 · Self

Atlantic City
1944 · The Professor

Musical Movieland
1944 · The Texas Tornado

Stars on Horseback
1943

Ice Capades Revue
1942 · Theophilus J. Twitchell

Priorities on Parade
1942 · Jeep Jackson

True to the Army
1942 · Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Jerry Colonna

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 · Self (uncredited)

Ice-Capades
1941 · Colonna

Sis Hopkins
1941 · Professor

You're the One
1941 · Dr. Colonna

Melody and Moonlight
1940 · Abner Kellogg

Comin' Round the Mountain
1940 · Argyle Phifft

Road to Singapore
1940 · Achilles Bombanassa

Naughty but Nice
1939 · Allie Gray

Sweepstakes Winner
1939 · Nick, the Chef

Swingtime in the Movies
1938 · The Texas Tornado

Garden of the Moon
1938 · Musician
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