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Jerry Colonna
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 82
Also known asGerardo Luigi ColonnaGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn17/09/1904Born inBoston, Massachusetts, USADied21/11/1986 (aged 82)Died inWoodland HillsCausekidney failureWikidataQ923250 ↗Buried atSan Fernando Mission CemeteryTMDb#142527 ↗

Gerardo Luigi Colonna was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist who played the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. He also voiced the March Hare in Walt Disney's 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland.

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Filmography44 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWIIMovieSelf - Performer (archive footage)121
2017This Is Bob Hope...MovieSelf (archive footage)113
2002Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USOMovieSelf (archive footage)98
1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)84
1977Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm ReadyMovieSelf73
1976Bob Hope's World of ComedyMovieSelf (archive footage)72
1976JoysMovieSelf72
1974Dinah!SeriesSelf70
1966The MonkeesSeriesDr. Mann62
1962The Road to Hong KongMovieMan Looking For Match (uncredited)58
1958Andy Hardy Comes HomeMovieDoc54
1957PinocchioMovieRingmaster53
1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSeriesSelf52
1956Meet Me in Las VegasMovieJerry Colonna52
1955Music LandMovieNarrator (archive footage)51
1954Climax!SeriesStan50
1951Alice in WonderlandMovieMarch Hare (voice)47
1951Operation WonderlandMovieSelf47
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf46
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf46
1950The Brave EngineerMovieNarrator46
1947Road to RioMovieJerry Colonna43
1946Make Mine MusicMovieNarrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)42
1944G.I. JournalMovieSelf40
1944Atlantic CityMovieThe Professor40
1943Stars on HorsebackMovie—39
1942Star Spangled RhythmMovieJerry Colonna38
1942True to the ArmyMoviePvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill38
1942Ice Capades RevueMovieTheophilus J. Twitchell38
1941Sis HopkinsMovieProfessor37
1941You're the OneMovieDr. Colonna37
1941Ice-CapadesMovieColonna37
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1MovieSelf (uncredited)37
1940Melody and MoonlightMovieAbner Kellogg36
1940Comin' Round the MountainMovieArgyle Phifft36
1939Naughty But NiceMovieAllie Gray35
1939Sweepstakes WinnerMovieNick, the Chef35
1938Garden of the MoonMovieMusician34
1938Little Miss BroadwayMovieBand Member34
1938Swingtime in the MoviesMovieThe Texas Tornado34
1938The Star ReporterMovieSinger-Freddie Rich Orchestra34
1938Valley of the GiantsMovieSaloon Singer34
1937RosalieMovieJoseph33
1936Song Hits on ParadeMovie—32