Jerry Colonna
Acting
Born September 17, 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
What's My Line?
Climax!
Dinah!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Monkees
Alice in Wonderland
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Make Mine Music
Rosalie
Sis Hopkins
Little Miss Broadway
Naughty but Nice
Joys
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Valley of the Giants
The Road to Hong Kong
Star Spangled Rhythm
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Ellis in Freedomland
Road to Singapore
The Brave Engineer
Road to Rio
You're the One
This Is Bob Hope...
Ice Capades Revue
Garden of the Moon
Road to Utopia
It's in the Bag!
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Stars on Horseback
Port of Seven Seas
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Melody and Moonlight
Priorities on Parade
Swingtime in the Movies
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
G.I. Journal
Ice-Capades
Comin' Round the Mountain