Jeff Daniels

He currently resides in Chelsea, Michigan, where he manages the Purple Rose Theater Company. Jimmy Durante died in Santa Monica, California of pneumonia, and was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. He is perhaps best known for his roles in Arachnophobia and Dumb & Dumber. Durante had a nationally broadcast radio variety show; in the 1950s he had a television show as well. He continued making movie appearances through 1963 and television appearances until 1970. Jeff Daniels (born February 19, 1955 in Athens, Georgia) is an American actor. He was featured in a series of comedy motion pictures paired with Buster Keaton. Arachnophobia (1990) - Ross Jennings. In the show, a policeman stops him while leading a live elephant and asks "What are you doing with that elephant?" Durante stopped the show by saying "Elephant? What elephant?".

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. In 1935 he starred in Billy Rose's spectacle, "Jumbo". Gettysburg (1993) - Col. He had big hit in 1934 with his composition Inka Dinka Do, a novelty number he sang and played piano on, and which became his signature song. Speed (1994) - Det. Harry Temple. In the mid 1920s he became a star on Vaudeville and radio with his music & comedy trio Clayton Jackson & Durante (with Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson); despite third billing Durante was the star of the act. Dumb & Dumber (1994) - Harry Dunne. About 1917 he joined one of the first jazz bands in New York, The Original New Orleans Jazz Band (all other musicians were from New Orleans). Durante's outgoing personality and ability to "sell" a number to the audience started attracting greater attention, and by 1920 the band was renamed Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band.

Fly Away Home (1996) - Thomas Alden. In his youth Durante worked as pianist and entertainer in New York city, nickmaned "Ragtime Jimmy". 101 Dalmatians (1996) - Roger. He dropped out of school in eighth-grade to play ragtime piano. Trial and Error (1997) - Charlie Tuttle. Jimmy Durante was born New York City. Bill Johnson. He was noted for his large nose which he frequently made jokes about, which earned him the nickname Schnozzola.

Pleasantville (1998) - Mr. Durante was a pianist, actor, comedian, as well as a singer with a distinctive hoarse voice with a strong working class New York City accent. The Hours (2002) - Louis Waters. James Francis "Jimmy" Durante (February 10, 1893 - January 29, 1980) was an American entertainer, one of the most popular and recognized personalities of the 1920s-1960s. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Col.

Gods and Generals (2003) - Lt. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (TV) (2004) - Blue Man.