Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye born David Daniel Kaminsky Yiddish דודדניאל קאמינסקי January 18 1911 March 3 1987 was an American actor comedian singer and dancer His performances featured physical comedy idiosyncratic pantomimes and rapidfire novelty songs Kaye starred in 23 films notably Wonder Man 1945 The Kid from Brooklyn 1946 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947 The Inspector General 1949 Hans Christian Andersen 1952 White Christmas 1954 and The Court Jester 1955 His films were popular especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as Inchworm and The Ugly Duckling He was the first ambassadoratlarge of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Kaye licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia