History Creator / DannyKaye

* ''Theatre/TheInspectorGeneral'' (1949)

David Daniel Kaminsky (January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987), better known as Danny Kaye, was a comedian, dancer, singer and actor in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He specialized in physical comedy, pantomime and rapid-fire delivery of often nonsensical patter.

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1911, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award.

He died on March 3, 1987.

* HiddenDepths: While he was not a trained fencer, he was so quick and agile, and such a skilled physical mimic, that he proved an excellent improv swordfighter in ''Film/TheCourtJester'', so much that he wore out Creator/BasilRathbone, who was 63 at the time, and even the fencing master brought in to double for the man supposedly asked him to take it easy on him! He was an accomplished pilot who flew everything from the Piper Cub to the Boeing 747.

* HiddenDepths: While he was not a trained fencer, he was so quick and agile, and such a skilled physical mimic, that he proved an excellent improv swordfighter in ''Film/TheCourtJester'', so much that he wore out Creator/BasilRathbone, who was 63 at the time, and even the fencing master brought in to double for the man supposedly asked him to take it easy on him!
** He was an accomplished pilot who flew everything from the Piper Cub to the Boeing 747.

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award.

* ''Film/TheCourtJester''
* ''Film/{{Hans Christian Andersen|1952}}''
* ''Film/TheInspectorGeneral''
* ''Film/{{The Secret Life of Walter Mitty|1947}}''
* ''Film/ASongIsBorn''
* ''Film/WhiteChristmas''

!!His Films Include:

* ''Film/HansChristianAndersen''

Danny Kaye was a comedian, dancer, singer and actor in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He specialized in physical comedy, pantomime and rapid-fire delivery of often nonsensical patter.

* HiddenDepths: While he was not a trained fencer, he was so quick and agile, and such a skilled physical mimic, that he proved an excellent improv swordfighter in ''Film/TheCourtJester'', so much that he wore out Basil Rathbone, who was 63 at the time, and even the fencing master brought in to double for the man supposedly asked him to take it easy on him!

* ''Literature/TheInspectorGeneral''

* ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty''

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award. He is best remembered for his films, including ''Film/TheCourtJester'', ''Film/HansChristianAndersen'', ''The Inspector General'', ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' and ''Film/ASongIsBorn''.

Danny Kaye was a comedian, dancer, singer and actor in the GoldenAgeOfHollywood. He specialized in physical comedy, pantomime and rapid-fire delivery of often nonsensical patter.

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award. He is best remembered for his films, including ''Film/TheCourtJester'', ''Hans Christian Andersen'', ''The Inspector General'', ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' and ''Film/ASongIsBorn''.

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award. He is best remembered for his films, including ''TheCourtJester'', ''Hans Christian Andersen'', ''The Inspector General'', ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' and ''Film/ASongIsBorn''.

He was born David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award. He is best remembered for his films, including ''TheCourtJester'', ''Hans Christian Andersen'', ''The Inspector General'' and ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''.

* SupremeChef: In real life.

* PatterSong: MotorMouthing to music.

* PatterSong: He was a grandmaster.

* {{Slapstick}}: A staple of his routines.

* PatterSong: He was a grandmaster.

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Born as David Daniel Kaminski on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. He started his show business career in [[{{Vaudeville}} vaudeville]], branching out later into film, Broadway, radio and television, achieving considerable success in each medium. His variety show on CBS won four Emmys and a Peabody award. He is best remembered for his films, including ''TheCourtJester'', ''Hans Christian Andersen'', ''The Inspector General'' and ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''.

Comedian, dancer, singer and actor in the GoldenAgeOfHollywood. He specialized in physical comedy, pantomime and rapid-fire delivery of often nonsensical patter.