Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante died in Santa Monica, California of pneumonia, and was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. Glover would make his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override in 1994. 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. He would join the ranks of actors, such as Humphrey Bogart, Elliot Gould, Robert Mitchum, who have portrayed Dashiell Hammett's private eye detective Phillip Marlowe in the episode 'Red Wind' of the Showtime network's 1995 series 'Fallen Angels.'. He was featured in a series of comedy motion pictures paired with Buster Keaton. Among many awards, he has won five NAACP Image Awards, for his achievements as a black actor. 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?". As a young man he was a member of the Black Panther Party.

In 1935 he starred in Billy Rose's spectacle, "Jumbo". He also has a younger brother named Martin. 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. He has been married to Asake Bomani since 1975 and has one child named Mandisa. 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. In March 1998, he was appointed ambassador to the United Nations Development Program. 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. Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor born in San Francisco, California.

In his youth Durante worked as pianist and entertainer in New York city, nickmaned "Ragtime Jimmy". Saw (2004). He dropped out of school in eighth-grade to play ragtime piano. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Jimmy Durante was born New York City. The Prince of Egypt (1998). He was noted for his large nose which he frequently made jokes about, which earned him the nickname Schnozzola. Beloved (1998).

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. Antz (1998). 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. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). The Rainmaker (1997). Fallen Angels: Red Wind (1995).

Operation Dumbo Drop (1995). Angels in the Outfield (1994). Maverick (1994). Queen (1993) (tv miniseries).

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). Predator 2 (1990). Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Lethal Weapon (1987).

The Color Purple (1985). Silverado (1985). Places in the Heart (1984). Escape from Alcatraz (1979).