Jerry Colonna
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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).
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Filmes (48)
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
2025 · Self - Performer (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977 · Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · (archive footage)
Joys
1976 · Self
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Man Looking For Match (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · Doc
Pinocchio
1957 · Ringmaster
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Jerry Colonna
Music Land
1955 · Narrator (archive footage)
Ellis in Freedomland
1952 · The Waste-away (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
1951 · March Hare (voice)
Operation Wonderland
1951 · Self
Kentucky Jubilee
1951 · Jerry Harris
The Brave Engineer
1950 · Narrator
Road to Rio
1947 · Jerry Colonna
Casey at the Bat
1946 · Narrator
Make Mine Music
1946 · Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
Road to Utopia
1946 · Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
1945 · Dr. Greengrass
G.I. Journal
1944 · Self
Atlantic City
1944 · The Professor
Musical Movieland
1944 · The Texas Tornado
Stars on Horseback
1943
Ice Capades Revue
1942 · Theophilus J. Twitchell
Priorities on Parade
1942 · Jeep Jackson
True to the Army
1942 · Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Jerry Colonna
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 · Self (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
1941 · Colonna
Sis Hopkins
1941 · Professor
You're the One
1941 · Dr. Colonna
Melody and Moonlight
1940 · Abner Kellogg
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940 · Argyle Phifft
Road to Singapore
1940 · Achilles Bombanassa
Naughty but Nice
1939 · Allie Gray
Sweepstakes Winner
1939 · Nick, the Chef
Swingtime in the Movies
1938 · The Texas Tornado
Garden of the Moon
1938 · Musician
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Saloon Singer
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Band Member
Port of Seven Seas
1938 · Arab Rug Dealer
The Star Reporter
1938 · Singer-Freddie Rich Orchestra
Rosalie
1937 · Joseph
Song Hits on Parade
1936
