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Gerardo Luigi "Jerry" Colonna 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.
Birth Name
Gerardo Luigi Colonna
Born
Saturday, 17 September 1904
Died
Friday, 21 November 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star | Self | 2002 |
| American Legends | Narrator ('Brave Engineer') | 2001 |
| Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| 60 Minutes | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
| Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star | Self | 2002 |
| American Legends | Narrator ('Brave Engineer') | 2001 |
| Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| 60 Minutes | 1968 | |
| The Monkees | Dr. Mann | 1966 |
| The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show | Self | 1966 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| McHale's Navy | Jerry Colonna | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Road to Hong Kong | Man Looking for a Match | 1962 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Andy Hardy Comes Home | Doc | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Gonzales | 1958 |
| Pinocchio | Ringmaster | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Mischa Morningstar | 1956 |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self | 1956 |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | Jerry Colonna | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | The March Hare / Self / 'Casey At The Bat' Narrator | 1954 |
| Climax! | Stan | 1954 |
| Stage Show | Self | 1954 |
| Musical Chairs | Self - Guest Star | 1954 |
| Ellis in Freedomland | The Waste-away / The Waste-away (voice) | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self - Contestant | 1951 |
| Chesterfield Sound Off Time | Self | 1951 |
| Alice in Wonderland | March Hare / March Hare (voice) | 1951 |
| The Jerry Colonna Show | Self - Host | 1951 |
| Kentucky Jubilee | Jerry Harris | 1951 |
| Star of the Family | Self | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Comedian | 1950 |
| The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Brave Engineer | Narrator | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Comedian | 1948 |
| Road to Rio | Jerry Colonna | 1947 |
| Casey at the Bat | Narrator | 1946 |
| Make Mine Music | Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") / Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice) | 1946 |
| Road to Utopia | Man on boat to Alaska | 1945 |
| It's in the Bag! | Dr. Greengrass - Psychiatrist / Dr. Greengrass | 1945 |
| Atlantic City | The Professor | 1944 |
| Musical Movieland | The Texas Tornado | 1944 |
| Ice Capades Revue | Theophilus J. Twitchell | 1942 |
| Priorities on Parade | Jeep Jackson | 1942 |
| True to the Army | Pvt. 'Pinky' Fothergill | 1942 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Colonna - Bob Hope Skit / Jerry Colonna | 1942 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Himself / Self | 1941 |
| Ice-Capades | Colonna | 1941 |
| Sis Hopkins | Professor | 1941 |
| You're the One | Dr. Colonna | 1941 |
| Melody and Moonlight | Abner Kellogg | 1940 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Argyle Phifft | 1940 |
| Road to Singapore | Achilles Bombanassa | 1940 |
| Naughty But Nice | Allie Gray | 1939 |
| Sweepstakes Winner | Nick, the Chef / Nick | 1939 |
| Swingtime in the Movies | The Texas Tornado | 1938 |
| Garden of the Moon | Musician | 1938 |
| Valley of the Giants | Saloon Singer | 1938 |
| Little Miss Broadway | Member of Band / Band Member | 1938 |
| Port of Seven Seas | Arab Rug Dealer | 1938 |
| College Swing | Professor Yascha Koloski | 1938 |
| Rosalie | Joseph | 1937 |
| 52nd Street | Specialty Vocalist | 1937 |
