- Acting films
- 19
- Acting avg
- 6.60
- Peak run
- 1952’59
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Danny by the numbers
Average
6.60
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.44
rating spread
Career
26y
1944 to 1969
Total votes
1.43K
across every film
Best
7.3
The Court Jester
Worst
5.9
It's a Great Feeling
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | · | 22 |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | · | 15 |
| 1985 |  That's Dancing! | From 'White Christmas' (archive footage) | · | 22 |
| 1976 | Songs for After a War | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | · | 12 |
| 1969 |  The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Ragpicker | · | 12 |
| 1963 | The Man from the Diners' Club | Ernest Klenk | · | 9 |
| 1961 |  On the Double | Ernie Williams | · | 20 |
| 1959 |  The Five Pennies | Red Nichols | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1958 |  Me and the Colonel | S.L. Jacobowsky | · | 20 |
| 1958 | Merry Andrew | Andrew Larabee | · | 6 |
| 1955 |  The Court Jester | Hubert Hawkins | 7.3 | 222 |
| 1954 |  White Christmas | Phil Davis | 7.2 | 597 |
| 1954 |  Knock on Wood | Jerry Morgan | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1952 |  Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Christian Andersen | 6.2 | 77 |
| 1951 |  On the Riviera | Jack Martin / Henri Duran | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1949 |  The Inspector General | Georgi | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1949 |  Task Force | Officer at the Dance (uncredited) | · | 15 |
| 1949 |  It's a Great Feeling | Danny Kaye (uncredited) | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1948 |  A Song Is Born | Hobart Frisbee | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1947 |  The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Walter Mitty | 6.8 | 143 |
Better together?
Danny Kaye's regulars
- Virginia MayoCo-star · 4 films · 6.61 avg▲+0.08
- Vera-EllenCo-star · 3 films · 6.89 avg▲+0.31
- Melvin FrankDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.65
- Norman PanamaDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.39
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.82 avg▲+0.24
- Melville ShavelsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.25
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo movies · Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen movies · Melvin Frank and Danny Kaye movies · Norman Panama and Danny Kaye movies
Takes
On Danny Kaye
2 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- WonJean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · Academy Awards 1982Danny Kaye
- WonHonorary Award · Academy Awards 1955Danny Kaye