Cast
Jerry Colonna
Acting
Cast
Jerry Colonna
Known for
Acting
Born
1904-09-17
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1986-11-21
Also known as Gerardo Luigi Colonna
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 to do with the joke. The line was believed to be named for violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, and the search for Yehudi became a running gag on the Hope show. Colonna featured in three of the popular Hope-Crosby Road films: Road to Singapore (1940) as Achilles Bombassa, Road to Rio (1947) as a Cavalry captain and The Road to Hong Kong (1962) in a cameo role. He can also be seen in the Fred Allen vehicle, It's in the Bag! (1945), as psychiatrist Dr. Greenglass, and he made a brief appearance with Hope in the "Wife, Husband and Wolf" sketch in Star Spangled Rhythm. In 1956 he performed the featured song "My Lucky Charm" in the film Meet Me in Las Vegas, starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse. He provided the voice of the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) (another radio legend, Ed Wynn, voiced the Mad Hatter) and also lent his zany narration style to several Disney shorts, including Casey at the Bat (1946) and The Brave Engineer (1950).
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare (voice)
Joys
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Make Mine Music
as Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Rosalie
as Joseph
Road to Rio
as Jerry Colonna
Valley of the Giants
as Saloon Singer
Road to Utopia
as Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
as Band Member
Ice Capades Revue
as Theophilus J. Twitchell
The Road to Hong Kong
as Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Naughty But Nice
as Allie Gray
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Doc
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Waste-away (voice)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Jerry Colonna
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
It's in the Bag!
as Dr. Greengrass
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Jerry Colonna
Road to Singapore
as Achilles Bombanassa
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Music Land
as Narrator (archive footage)
Kentucky Jubilee
as Jerry Harris
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
as Self
Port of Seven Seas
as Arab Rug Dealer
Musical Movieland
as The Texas Tornado
Melody and Moonlight
as Abner Kellogg
Swingtime in the Movies
as The Texas Tornado
G.I. Journal
as Self
Garden of the Moon
as Musician
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
as Self (archive footage)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Argyle Phifft
Sis Hopkins
as Professor
Atlantic City
as The Professor
The Brave Engineer
as Narrator
Operation Wonderland
as Self
Priorities on Parade
as Jeep Jackson
Ice-Capades
as Colonna
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
Stars on Horseback
Sweepstakes Winner
as Nick, the Chef
Pinocchio
as Ringmaster
True to the Army
as Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
You're the One
as Dr. Colonna
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
as Self (archive footage)
Casey at the Bat
as Narrator
The Star Reporter
as Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
