Eddie Cantor

AKA: Isidore Itzkowitz
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1892-01-30

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.

Crew Roles

Special Delivery
Story
If You Knew Susie
Producer
Palmy Days
Story
Caught Short
Book
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {40}

Eddie aka Oedipus

1933-11-27 5.8

Roman Scandals

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Self / Joe Simpson

1943-09-25 6

Thank Your Lucky Stars

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

(archive footage)

1953-12-02 0

Yesterday and Today

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Comm ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1944-12-15 7.3

Hollywood Canteen

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Self (Archive footage)

1971-05-11 8

The Great Radio Comedians

Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show. ...
Genre :Documentary

Aloysius Babson/Ali Baba/Eddie Cantor

1937-10-29 5.9

Ali Baba Goes to Town

While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music

Eddie Wilson Jr.

1934-11-10 6.5

Kid Millions

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Drama

Henry Williams

1930-09-26 6.4

Whoopee!

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Western

Gilbert Jordan Thompson

1940-04-26 6.2

Forty Little Mothers

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, desp ...
Genre :Drama

Eddie Cantor

1952-07-17 6

The Story of Will Rogers

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Sam Parker

1948-02-07 7.5

If You Knew Susie

In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that m ...
Genre :Comedy

Eddie Williams

1932-11-17 6.6

The Kid from Spain

Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to driv ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Eddie Pink

1936-01-24 6.6

Strike Me Pink

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters. ...
Genre :Comedy

Eddie Simpson

1931-09-23 7

Palmy Days

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Music

Self

1929-12-07 5.3

Glorifying the American Girl

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childh ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Eddie Martin

1944-05-10 5

Show Business

Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Music

Samuel (Kid) Boots

1926-10-03 6.5

Kid Boots

A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1923-04-14 4.7

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor. ...
Genre :

Self

1929-05-04 4

A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

A simple filmed performance featuring Cantor, done up in his stage minstrel makeup, allegedly at the Ziegfeld Theatre Roof Garden, but actually filmed on a soundstage at the Paramount Astoria studio. ...
Genre :Music

Himself

1930-03-22 5.2

Getting a Ticket

Eddie Cantor tries to fix a speeding ticket. ...
Genre :Comedy

Eddie Beagle - the Mail Carrier

1927-05-06 6

Special Delivery

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang ...
Genre :

Sidney B. Zwieback

1930-08-23 8

Insurance

Eddie Cantor does a Vaudeville doctor routine. ...
Genre :

Self (archive footage)

2001-10-07 8

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Ma ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself (epilogue)

1953-12-25 5

The Eddie Cantor Story

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Self (uncredited)

1934-10-04 5

The Hollywood Gad-About

A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1944-12-31 6.5

Breakdowns of 1944

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1975-08-06 6.1

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Himself

1934-01-01 0

Screen Snapshots No. 11

Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of chess. The scene is from an early 1934 episode of Col ...
Genre :Documentary

Morris Sizeman

1956-10-18 0

Sizeman and Son

Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son, Harold Sizeman, returns from the Korean War with new ideas about human rights, believing that the quest for wealth is the ...
Genre :

Self - Host

1957-06-27 0

The Fabulous Irishman

Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Self

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Host

1956-10-04 7.6

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1948-06-20 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1952-10-01 6.4

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and procee ...
Genre :Documentary

1955-01-23 0

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre

Genre :

Self - Host

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...
Genre :Comedy

1959-10-06 6

Startime

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Eddie Cantor

1950-10-28 7.8

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1950-02-02 6.9

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Self - Host

1955-01-23 0

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

Sketch comedy starring Eddie Cantor as host ...
Genre :