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