RECENT CREDITS
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (FILM)  Nov. 7, 1963
Billy Rose's Jumbo (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1962
II Giudizio Universale (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1961
Pepe (FILM)  Dec. 1, 1960
Beau James (FILM)  Jul. 1, 1957


HIGHLIGHTS
Raspy-voiced singer whose trademark song was "Inka-Dinka-Doo."
Nicknamed "Schnozzola" and "The Schnozz" because of his large nose; the nose was also referenced in the Cole Porter song "You're the Top" in the line "you're the nose on the great Durante."
Owned a nightclub called Club Durant in the 1920s that was shut down because of Prohibition.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  1963 -Smiler Grogan
Actor
Film


Hollywood Party  1934 -Schnarzan the Shouting Conqueror
Actor
Film


Meet the Baron  1933 -Joe McGoo
Actor
Film


What! No Beer?  1933 -Jimmy Potts
Actor
Film


Speak Easily  1932 -James
Actor
Film


The Passionate Plumber  1932 -McCracken
Actor
Film


Host
TV


Narrator
TV


Billy Rose's Jumbo  1962 -Pop Wonder
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Pepe  1960
Actor
Film


Beau James  1957 -Himself
Actor
Film


Roadhouse Nights   -Daffy
Actor
Film


Sally, Irene and Mary   -Jefferson Twitchell
Actor
Film


You're in the Army Now   -Jeeper Smith
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Melody Ranch   -Cornelius J. Courtney
Actor
Film


Music for Millions   -Andrews
Actor
Film


On an Island with You   -Buckley
Actor
Film


Palooka   -Knobby Walsh
Actor
Film


It Happened in Brooklyn   -Nick Lombardi
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Land without Music   -Jonah J. Whistler
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Little Miss Broadway   -Jimmy Clayton
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Broadway to Hollywood   -Hollywood Character
Actor
Film


Carnival   -Fingers
Actor
Film


Forbidden Music   -Jonah J. Whistler
Actor
Film


Frosty the Snowman   -Narrator
Voice
Film


George White's Scandals   -Happy Donnelly
Actor
Film


Hell Below   -Ptomaine
Actor
Film


The Phantom President   -Curly Cooney
Actor
Film


The Wet Parade   -Abe Schilling
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


This Time for Keeps   -Ferdi Farro
Actor
Film


Two Girls and a Sailor   -Billy Kipp
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Wallingford   -Clarence "Schnozzle"
Actor
Film


Start Cheering   -Willie Gumbatz
Actor
Film


Strictly Dynamite   -Moxie Slaight
Actor
Film


Student Tour   -Hank
Actor
Film


The Cuban Love Song   -O.O. Jones
Actor
Film


The Great Rupert   -Mr. Amendola
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Milkman   -Breezy Albright
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Raspy-voiced singer whose trademark song was "Inka-Dinka-Doo."
Nicknamed "Schnozzola" and "The Schnozz" because of his large nose; the nose was also referenced in the Cole Porter song "You're the Top" in the line "you're the nose on the great Durante."
Owned a nightclub called Club Durant in the 1920s that was shut down because of Prohibition.


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