Gerardo Luigi Colonna
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born | Sep 17, 1904 Boston, MA |
| Died | Nov 21, 1986 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles |
| Age | Died at 82 |
Jerry Colonna | |
| Job | Actor |
| Known for | Exaggerated handlebar mustache, raucous voice; zany or nitwitted characters |
| Top Roles | Professor Yascha Koloski, Doc, Arab Rug Dealer, Himself / MC at Silver Springs, Mustached Musician |
| Top Genres | Musical, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Family, Animation |
| Top Topics | Exotic Lands, Road Movie, Disney |
| Top Collaborators | Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Dolores Costello, Anne Bancroft, Roddy McDowall see more.. |
Jerry Colonna Overview:
Character actor, Jerry Colonna, was born Gerardo Luigi Colonna on Sep 17, 1904 in Boston, MA. Colonna died at the age of 82 on Nov 21, 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles .
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Jerry Colonna was a beaming, bulgy-eyed American musician and comedian who had a black mustache that almost rivaled Groucho Marx's fake one. He also had the ability to hold a note until it sounded as though it were bouncing around in an echo chamber. He was a trombone player at age 14, and later led his own band, but his raucous voice and sense of the ridiculous led him into comedy. After a regular stint on Bob Hope's radio show, he made engagingly lunatic cameo appearances in film frolics featuring Hope and others.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Radio.
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Jerry Colonna Quotes:
Mad Hatter: Ah thank goodness! Those are the things that upset me!
March Hare: See all the trouble you started?
Alice: But I didn't think...
March Hare: Ah, that's just it. If you don't think, then you shouldn't talk.
Narrator: If that's Casey, I'm a Rhode Island rooster.
[Casey arrives]
Narrator: Well, cock-a-doodle-doo!
[Casey's train is in collision course with another train]
Narrator: [as conductor] Hey, Casey, here comes a freight! I said here comes a freight!
Narrator: [as Casey] Don't worry mate. We wont be late.
Narrator: [as conductor] Egad! Look, look, look, look! Train, train, train!
Narrator: [as Casey] So what?
Narrator: [as conductor] So long!
[Conductor jumps off]
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