Jerry Colonna(1904-1986)

Actor
Additional Crew
Soundtrack

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Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Comedian, composer, songwriter ("At Dusk", "I Came to Say Goodbye"), author and trombonist, educated in high school, then a trombonist with the Columbia Symphony (1931-1936). He was a member of the Bob Hope radio program, and appears in many films. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his other songs include "Life of a Sailor", "Sleighbells in the Sky", "Take Your Time", and "One Day".

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Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Alice in Wonderland

7.3

Movie

March Hare(voice)

1951

Road to Singapore

6.6

Movie

Achilles Bombanassa

1940

Kentucky Jubilee

5.3

Movie

Jerry Harris

1951

Sis Hopkins

5.9

Movie

Professor

1941

Credits

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Actor

The Monkees
7.5
TV Series
- Dr. Mann
- 1966
McHale's Navy
7.4
TV Series
- Jerry Colonna
- 1965
The Road to Hong Kong
6.1
- Man Looking for a Match (uncredited)
- 1962
Shirley Temple's Storybook
7.3
TV Series
- Gonzales
- 1960
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
7.8
TV Series
- Mischa Morningstar
- 1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
5.9
- Doc
- 1958
Pinocchio
7.4
TV Movie
- Ringmaster
- 1957
Climax!
6.5
TV Series
- Stan
- 1957
The Bob Hope Show
7.3
TV Series
- Bartender
- 1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
6.1
- Jerry Colonna
- 1956
The Colgate Comedy Hour
7.7
TV Series
- 1954
Casey at the Bat
6.7
Short
- Narrator (voice)
- 1954
Ellis in Freedomland
6.2
- The Waste-away (voice)
- 1952
The Christophers
7.9
TV Series
- 1952
Alice in Wonderland
7.3
- March Hare (voice)
- 1951

Additional Crew

Soundtrack

Some Jerk with a Camera
7.5
TV Series
- performer: "The Unbirthday Song"
- 2012
Madman Muntz: American Maverick
7.7
- performer: "Down by the Old Mill Stream"
- 2005
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy
7.8
Video
- performer: "A Very Merry Un-birthday (The Un-birthday Song)"
- 1996
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song
Video
- performer: "The Unbirthday Song"
- 1992
Meet Me in Las Vegas
6.1
- performer: "My Lucky Charm"
- 1956
Alice in Wonderland
7.3
- performer: "A Very Merry Un-birthday (The Un-birthday Song)" (1951), "A Very Merry Unbirthday (Reprise)" (1951) (uncredited)
- 1951
Road to Rio
6.8
- performer: "William Tell, Overture" (Excerpts)
- 1947
Make Mine Music
6.1
- Soundtrack ("Casey at the Bat" (1946))
- 1946
Atlantic City
6.1
- performer: "By the Beautiful Sea"
- 1944
Priorities on Parade
6.6
- performer: "Conchita, Marquita, Lolita, Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez", "Cooperate with Your Air Raid Warden", "Payday" ("The Machine Age" (ballet))
- 1942
True to the Army
6.9
- performer: "Jitterbug's Lullaby"
- 1942
You're the One
7.2
- performer: "The Yogi Who Lost His Will Power"
- 1941
Road to Singapore
6.6
- performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (uncredited)
- 1940
Naughty But Nice
6.1
- performer: "Remember Dad (On Mother's Day)" (uncredited)
- 1939
Garden of the Moon
5.7
- performer: "The Lady on the Two Cent Stamp" (1938), "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" (1938) (uncredited)
- 1938

Trivia
Suffered a serious stroke in August 1966 from which he never fully recovered. He spent nearly two years in various hospitals recuperating, including the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California. When he returned to performing it was for Bob Hope in his annual Christmas show in Vietnam but his participation was brief.