Danny Kaye

The longing to escape his tedious life leads a daydreaming magazine proofreader on a hero’s journey to save a damsel in distress from jewel thieves.

When a cobbler’s popular fairytales begin distracting the village school children, he moves to the city where a dancer inspires him to write a ballet.

After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. And Barbara Bel Geddes and debuting teen Tuesday Weld add to the excellent performances in The Five Pennies, the success-tempered-with-tears biopic of jazz great Red Nichols.

With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.

When the Easter Bunny retires, he chooses Peter Cottontail as his successor. However, January Q. Irontail desires the role for a much crueler purpose.

A un estafador lo confunden con el enviado oficial del emperador Napoleon Bonaparte para combatir la corrupción generalizada que reina en Francia.

Danny Kaye plays kind-hearted entertainer Hawkins who disguises himself as the legendary king of jesters, Giacomo. Hawkins infiltrates the court of the evil villain Basil Rathbone, but when a sorceress hypnotises him, royal chaos ensues.

Discovering that a ventriloquist is travelling to Zurich, a spy ring hides secret plans in his dummies' heads. When a second spy ring learns of the plans, they descend upon the ventriloquist, causing city-wide pandemonium.

In order to win the heart of a nightclub singer, a sheepish milkman decides to train to become a boxer after knocking out a famed prize fighter.

Danny Kaye stars in this comedy about a Jewish man and an anti-semitic Polish Colonel who pool their resouces to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris. Slowly the Colonel overcomes his own prejudices and forms a strong and lasting relationship with Kaye.

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.

Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business.

A puppet made by the woodcarver Geppetto gets a chance to be a real boy in this television musical adaptation of Carlo Collodi's popular fairy tale.