JERRY COLONNA
Acting
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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.
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- Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready1977
- Joys1976
- Dinah!1974
- The Monkees1966
- The Road to Hong Kong1962
- Andy Hardy Comes Home1958
- Meet Me in Las Vegas1956
- The Rosemary Clooney Show1956
- Music Land1955
- Climax!1954
- Ellis in Freedomland1952
- Kentucky Jubilee1951
- Alice in Wonderland1951
- Operation Wonderland1951
- The Brave Engineer1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
- What's My Line?1950
- Casey at the Bat1946
- Make Mine Music1946
- Road to Utopia1946
- It's in the Bag!1945
- Atlantic City1944
- Musical Movieland1944
- Ice Capades Revue1942
- Priorities on Parade1942
- True to the Army1942
- Star Spangled Rhythm1942
- Ice-Capades1941
- Sis Hopkins1941
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 11941
- Melody and Moonlight1940
- Road to Singapore1940
- Sweepstakes Winner1939
- Naughty But Nice1939
- The Star Reporter1938
- Swingtime in the Movies1938
- Port of Seven Seas1938
- Garden of the Moon1938
- Valley of the Giants1938
- Little Miss Broadway1938
- Rosalie1937