Danny Kaye Net Worth
Danny Kaye Net Worth is
$10 Million
Danny Kaye Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Danny Kaye was an American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector Genera... | Full Name | Danny Kaye |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | January 18, 1911, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | March 3, 1987, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Comedian, Actor, Musician, Dancer, Singer |
| Education | Thomas Jefferson High School |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Sylvia Fine (m. 1940–1987) |
| Children | Dena Kaye |
| Parents | Clara Nemerovsky Kaminsky, Jacob Nemerovsky Kaminsky |
| Siblings | Larry Nemerovsky Kaminsky, Mac Nemerovsky Kaminsky |
| Nicknames | David Daniel Kaminski , Daniel David Kaminsky , Duvidelleh , Danny Kolbin |
| Awards | Peabody Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Academy Honorary Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Special Tony Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievements In Entertainment, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Gu... |
| Movies | White Christmas, The Court Jester, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, Wonder Man, Up in Arms, A Song Is Born, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Five Pennies, The Kid from Brooklyn, Merry Andrew, On the Double, Me and the Colonel, Knock on Wood, On the Riviera, The Madwoman of Chaillo... |
| TV Shows | The Danny Kaye Show, Live from Lincoln Center, The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball |
| Star Sign | Capricorn |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Able to tongue twist faster than anyone else |
| 2 | Red hair |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Hans Christian Andersen (1952) | $200,000 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to. |
| 2 | If you're not cooking with joy, happiness and love, you're not cooking well. |
| 3 | You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway. [on being an overnight film success in the 1940s] |
| 4 | Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Goldwyn's wife Francis Howard would often travel to New York city scouting Broadway productions, looking for talent in both the production's acting areas and the creative teams involved in a Broadway production'a staging. Francis' trip (1941) to see the Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin-Moss Hart musical "Lady in The Dark" -- she discovered Danny Kaye. Returning to Hollywood, Francis' ability to mint new stars from seemingly nowhere, Francis insisting her Husband, Samuel Goldwyn, put Danny Kaye under contract. After Danny Kaye arrived in Hollywood, several screen tests were made, studied, to determine the best possible path for Danny Kaye's future in Goldwyn's film business. The major problem with Kaye's physical look, besides his nose, was his natural dark-brown hair. Francis, upon seeing Kaye's screen tests, dictated to her husband -- "they had to change his hair color!" Francis was the one who said, "turn Danny into a red headed strawberry blond!" Goldwyn's studio press agent always insisted Danny Kaye's strawberry-blond hair was his natural hair color for publicity reckoning. |
| 2 | Danny Kaye held a Commercial Pilot's Certificate with the following ratings: Airplane Single and Multiengine Land & Instrument Airplane. In addition, he held type ratings to act as Pilot-in-Command of two small business class jets: The LR-Jet (Learjet 20 & 30 series)and the IA-Jet. |
| 3 | Kaye's daughter Dena has revealed that his birth certificate indicates that he was born in 1911, not 1913 as Kaye had publicly claimed, and that no one in the family knows why he made this alteration to his age. |
| 4 | His trademark red hair was his natural color, but he was persuaded to dye it blond because it looked better that way in Technicolor. Studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn Jr. also had asked Danny to get his nose fixed so it would look less Jewish, but he refused. |
| 5 | In 1942 Kaye was hospitalized for nervous exhaustion. |
| 6 | Kaye made his acting debut playing a watermelon sees in a school play at Brooklyn's P.S. 149. |
| 7 | Shirley MacLaine claims she had romance with Danny Kaye in her 2011 memoir, "I'm Over That And Other Confessions.". |
| 8 | In an article in Look magazine he related that once while flying over Kansas he correctly diagnosed a pain in his right side as appendicitis. He landed at the nearest airfield and was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. He said he was told that a delay of even a half hour might have resulted in the appendix rupturing. |
| 9 | Was considered by producer Hal B. Wallis for the lead role in Visit to a Small Planet (1960) at the same time with Alec Guinness and Jerry Lewis, the last one eventually getting the role. |
| 10 | Conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall (10th March 1958) with his feet! This being a benefit concert, of course. |
| 11 | He awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6125 Hollywood Boulevard; for Motion Pictures at 6563 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Radio at 6101 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
| 12 | He was a liberal Democrat who opposed the Hollywood blacklist. |
| 13 | While he was world famous for his comic acting ability, his last film appearance, Skokie (1981), in which he portrayed a Holocaust survivor protesting a planned march by Neo-Nazis, was one of only two dramatic film roles he played - the other was the role of the Ragpicker in the 1969 film The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969), starring Katharine Hepburn. Danny played in two other dramatic movies: The Colonel and Me and The Five Pennies. |
| 14 | The stage musical "The Kid from Brooklyn," which chronicled Kaye's life, implied a tempestuous affair with his radio co-star Eve Arden. |
| 15 | On April 21,1954, he was appointed UNICEF's Ambassador at Large, and made a 40,000 mile good-will trip, which resulted in the short, Assignment Children. |
| 16 | Originally considered for the leading role in It Should Happen to You (1954). |
| 17 | Biography in "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives," Volume Two, 1986-1990, pp. 472-475. New York: Scribner, 1999. |
| 18 | He was a very talented storyteller. |
| 19 | Herbert Bonis was his manager for 35 years. |
| 20 | Served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. |
| 21 | His father, Jacob Kaminski; his mother, Clar; and his two older brothers, Mack and Larry, emigrated from Ukraine to the United States in 1910. Jacob had to work two years before he could pay off those steamer tickets. Three years after this journey, their third and last child was born, and the only one born in America: David Daniel, or as his parents called him: Duvidelleh. |
| 22 | He was an excellent pilot. |
| 23 | He was Bob Hope's and Humphrey Bogart's favorite comedian. |
| 24 | He had a passion for Chinese cooking and built a kitchen in his house. For years, he invited people (some of them great celebrities like Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Cary Grant, John Denver, and Itzhak Perlman) and he would show them what his cooking genius was about. Qualified guests, like French chef Paul Bocuse, said they were really amazed by Kaye's cooking ability. |
| 25 | In 1953, received a Special Tony Award for heading a variety bill at the Palace Theater. |
| 26 | According to daughter Dena Kaye, for the rest of his life, whenever someone would recognize him in public, they would run up to him and recite the "pellet with the poison . . . " speech from The Court Jester (1955). |
| 27 | Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1986 |
| 28 | Was the first choice of producers to star in the Broadway musical "The Music Man." |
| 29 | Star of CBS Radio's "The Danny Kaye Show" (1945-1946). |
| 30 | Died of hepatitis and internal bleeding, the result of a transfusion of contaminated blood during bypass heart surgery four years earlier. |
| 31 | Toured Australia in the mid-'50s as Cinderella's friend Buttons in a pantomime version of "Cinderella". |
| 32 | Interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, USA. |
| 33 | While appearing in the musical "Two By Two" (1970-1971), he tore ligaments and played the role of Noah in a wheelchair since he did not use understudies. |
| 34 | One of the original owners of the Seattle Mariners professional baseball team. |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| While We're Young | 2014 | performer: "THE INCH WORM" | |
| So You Think You Can Dance | 2009 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Katherine Jenkins: A Girl from Neath | 2008 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Thumbelina" - uncredited | |
| Fallout 3 | 2008 | Video Game performer: "Civilization" | |
| Nip/Tuck | 2008 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Man Who Drove with Mandela | 1999 | Documentary performer: "Life Could Not Better Be", "Civilization Bongo Bongo Bongo" | |
| Hotel in Kopenhagen | 1984 | TV Movie performer: "Wonderful Copenhagen" - uncredited | |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 1981 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Muppet Show | 1978 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail | 1971 | TV Movie performer: "If I Could Only Get Back to Yesterday", "In the Puzzle of Life" | |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1963-1967 | TV Series performer - 65 episodes | |
| On the Double | 1961 | performer: "Darlin' Meggie" 1961, "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag And Smile, Smile, Smile" 1915 uncredited, "When the Saints Go Marching In" uncredited, "Coctails for Two" 1934 uncredited | |
| The Five Pennies | 1959 | "Lullaby in Ragtime" 1959, "Carnival of Venice" ca 1829, uncredited / performer: "The Five Pennies" 1959, "Follow the Leader" 1959, "Lullaby in Ragtime" 1959, "When the Saints Go Marching In" 1896, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1862 uncredited, " Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 uncredited, "The Music Goes Round and Round" 1935 uncredited, "Jingle Bells" 1857 uncredited, "Largo al factotum" 1816 uncredited, "Schnitzelbank" uncredited | |
| Merry Andrew | 1958 | performer: "Chin Up, Stout Fellow" 1958, "Everything Is Tickety Boo" 1958, "The Pipes of Pan" 1958, "Salud" 1958, "The Square of the Hypotenuse" 1958, "You Can't Always Have What You Want" 1958 - uncredited | |
| The Court Jester | 1955 | performer: "The Maladjusted Jester", "Life Could Not Better Be", "Outfox the Fox", "I'll Take You Dreaming", "My Heart Knows a Love Song", "Life Could Not Better Be Reprise" | |
| White Christmas | 1954 | "White Christmas", "Sisters", uncredited / performer: "The Old Man", "Hi Hup", "Heat Wave", "Blue Skies", "The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing", "Snow", "Minstrel Show", "Mandy", "Choreography", "Gee! I Wish I Was Back in the Army", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" - uncredited | |
| Knock on Wood | 1954 | performer: "Knock on Wood" 1953, "All About You" 1953, "Monahan O'Han" 1953, "End of Spring" 1953 - uncredited | |
| Hans Christian Andersen | 1952 | performer: "The King's New Clothes" 1952, "Inchworm" 1952, "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" 1952, "Wonderful Copenhagen" 1952, "Thumbelina" 1952, "Dream Ballet" 1952, "The Ugly Duckling" 1952, "Anywhere I Wander" 1952, "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" 1952, "No Two People" 1952 - uncredited | |
| On the Riviera | 1951 | performer: "On the Riviera", "Rhythm of a New Romance", "Popo the Puppet", "Happy Ending", "Chica Chica Boom Chic" uncredited, "Ballin' the Jack" 1913 uncredited | |
| The Inspector General | 1949 | performer: "The Medicine Show" 1949, "The Inspector General" 1949, "Soliloquy for Three Heads" 1949, "Happy Times" 1949, "Gypsy Drinking Song" 1949, "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" 1780? - uncredited | |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 1947 | performer: "The Words and Music for" "Symphony for Unstrung Tongue", "The Words and Music for" "Anatole of Paris" | |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | performer: "Pavlova" 1939 | |
| Book Revue | 1946 | Short performer: "Carolina in the Morning", "La Cucaracha", "Ochi Tchornya Dark Eyes" - uncredited | |
| Wonder Man | 1945 | performer: "Bali Boogie" 1945, "Otchi Tchorniya Number" 1945, "Opera Number" 1945 | |
| Up in Arms | 1944 | performer: "Theater Lobby Number" 1944, "Melody in 4-F" 1941 |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cosby Show | 1986 | TV Series | Dr. Burns |
| The Twilight Zone | 1985 | TV Series | Gaspar (segment "Paladin of the Lost Hour") |
| Skokie | 1981 | TV Movie | Max Feldman |
| Pinocchio | 1976 | TV Movie | Geppetto / Boris Stroganoff |
| Peter Pan | 1976 | TV Movie | Captain Hook Mr. Darling |
| The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes | 1972 | TV Movie | Marmaduke |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail | 1971 | TV Movie | Seymour S. Sassafras / Antoine / Col. Wellington B. Bunny (voice) |
| The Madwoman of Chaillot | 1969 | The Ragpicker | |
| The Man from the Diners' Club | 1963 | Ernest Klenk | |
| On the Double | 1961 | Pfc. Ernie Williams | |
| The Five Pennies | 1959 | 'Red' Nichols | |
| Me and the Colonel | 1958 | S.L. Jacobowsky | |
| Merry Andrew | 1958 | Andrew Larabee | |
| The Court Jester | 1955 | Hubert Hawkins | |
| White Christmas | 1954 | Phil Davis | |
| Knock on Wood | 1954 | Jerry Morgan / Papa Morgan / Clarence | |
| Hans Christian Andersen | 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen | |
| On the Riviera | 1951 | Jack Martin Henri Duran | |
| The Inspector General | 1949 | Georgi | |
| It's a Great Feeling | 1949 | Danny Kaye (uncredited) | |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 1949 | Man Reading His Newspaper on the Train (uncredited) | |
| A Song Is Born | 1948 | Professor Hobart Frisbee | |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 1947 | Walter Mitty | |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | Burleigh Sullivan | |
| Wonder Man | 1945 | Edwin Dingle / Buzzy Bellew | |
| I Am an American | 1944 | Short | Danny Kaye (uncredited) |
| Up in Arms | 1944 | Danny Weems | |
| Night Shift | 1942/I | Documentary short | Danny Kaye |
| Autumn Laughter | 1938 | TV Movie | |
| Money on Your Life | 1938 | Short | Nikolai Nikolayevich |
| Cupid Takes a Holiday | 1938 | Short | Nikolai Nikolaevich |
| Getting an Eyeful | 1938 | Short | Nikolai Nikolaevich |
| Dime a Dance | 1937 | Short | Eddie |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1963 | TV Series composer: theme "Rendezvous in May" |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Court Jester | 1955 | executive producer - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee for Outstanding Guest Performer in Comedy Series |
| Auf los geht's los | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself - Honoree |
| The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program |
| Kaikenmaailman ajanviete | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration | 1982 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1982 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Musical Comedy Tonight II | 1981 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Les nouveaux rendez-vous | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Gala de l'Unicef | 1966-1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - 109th Edition | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| The Muppet Show | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest Star |
| Bob Hope's Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| CBS: On the Air | 1978 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Co-host - part IV |
| Lørdagshjørnet | 1977 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | 1976 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Iltalintu | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Paul Anka für UNICEF in München (Die Zugaben) | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Special Program Awards |
| The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People | 1975 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney | 1974 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Russell Harty Plus | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | 1973 | TV Special documentary | Host |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1973 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| M-show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Children of the World | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fight of the Century | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Audience Member |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1952-1970 | TV Series | Himself - Singer / Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Christmas Special | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Cinema | 1969 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Neues aus der Welt des Films | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dee Time | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 40th Annual Academy Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film |
| Tienerklanken | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1963-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| What's My Line? | 1960-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Panelist |
| The John Gary Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Evening with Carol Channing | 1966 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Salute to Stan Laurel | 1965 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Lucy Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| President Kennedy's Birthday Salute | 1962 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball | 1962 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Danny Kaye Special | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS Reports | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Stan Laurel |
| An Hour with Danny Kaye | 1960 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958 | TV Movie | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| See It Now | 1956-1957 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood | 1956 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Assignment Children | 1955 | Short documentary | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood | 1948 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 3: Out of This World Series | 1947 | Short | Himself |
| Ed Sullivan's Headliners | 1934 | Short | Himself - Entertainer (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Trumbo | 2015 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| American Masters | 1996-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Nightcrawler | 2014 | Hubert Hawkins (uncredited) | |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Danny Kaye Show |
| Glasgow: Big Night Out | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock & Roll | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962 World's Fair | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Reagan | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years of the London Palladium | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Banda sonora | 2008 | TV Series | Phil Davis |
| Hollywood contra Franco | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ein Leben wie im Flug | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 2004 | TV Series | Hubert Hawkins |
| Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond | 2000 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney | 2000 | Video documentary short | Phil Davis (uncredited) |
| One of the Hollywood Ten | 2000 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Phil Davis (uncredited) |
| The Fifties | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (concerned about HUAC) (uncredited) |
| Sports on the Silver Screen | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - in March on Washington D.C. (uncredited) |
| Paul Merton's Palladium Story | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Stars and Stripes | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Classic Comedy Teams | 1986 | Video documentary | Himself (segment "Hope and Crosby") |
| Showbiz Goes to War | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'The Court Jester' & 'The Inspector General' (uncredited) |
| Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Hollywood Clowns | 1979 | Video documentary | |
| Canciones para después de una guerra | 1976 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood on Trial | 1976 | Documentary | Himself |
| M*A*S*H | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Sound of Laughter | 1963 | Documentary | Nikolai Nikolayevich |
| Lifetime of Comedy | 1960 | ||
| Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z | 1959 | TV Series | Excerpt from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Phil Davis Hans Christian Anderson |
| Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood | 1954 | Short | Himself |
| Moments in Music | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself, edited from: Up in Arms (uncredited) |
| The Birth of a Star | 1944 | Short | Nicolai Nicolaiovich, clips from 3 shorts |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Life Achievement Award | Screen Actors Guild Awards | ||
| 1982 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Academy Awards, USA | ||
| 1964 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series | The Danny Kaye Show (1963) |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6563 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Recording | On 8 February 1960. At 6125 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | On 8 February 1960. At 6101 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Me and the Colonel (1958) |
| 1955 | Honorary Award | Academy Awards, USA | For his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American ... More | |
| 1952 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | On the Riviera (1951) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | The Cosby Show (1984) |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Skokie (1981) |
| 1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Live from Lincoln Center (1976) |
| 1965 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | The Danny Kaye Show (1963) |
| 1963 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series | The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball (1962) |
| 1957 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | The Court Jester (1955) |
| 1953 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Hans Christian Andersen (1952) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Musical Performance | The Five Pennies (1959) |
Known for movies
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (1982)
as Himself - Host
An Hour with Danny Kaye (1960)
as Himself
The Court Jester (1955)
as Hubert Hawkins
White Christmas (1954)
as Phil Davis
