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Danny Kaye

Actor · 39 credits · 13 in highly-rated films

Best known for White Christmas (1954)

Frequent collaborators: Bing Crosby, Buster Keaton, Virginia Mayo, Lucille Ball, Imogene Coca

Best Danny Kaye movies by genre

Movies (39 total, ranked by score)

  1. White Christmas

    1954 · ★ 7.2 (590 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    1

  2. The Emperor's New Clothes

    1972 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Animation, Family, Comedy

    2

  3. Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

    2015 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary

    3

  4. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947 · ★ 6.8 (142 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

    4

  5. Breakdowns of 1949

    1949 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    5

  6. Wonder Man

    1945 · ★ 6.6 (44 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy, Music

    6

  7. The Inspector General

    1949 · ★ 6.6 (58 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    7

  8. Night Shift

    1942 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    8

  9. Knock on Wood

    1954 · ★ 6.7 (34 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    9

  10. The Five Pennies

    1959 · ★ 6.8 (28 votes)

    Drama, Music

    10

  11. A Song Is Born

    1948 · ★ 6.4 (47 votes)

    Comedy, Music

    11

  12. Skokie

    1981 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, History, TV Movie

    12

  13. CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

    1976 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. On the Double

    1961 · ★ 7.0 (19 votes)

    War, Comedy

    15

  16. Pinocchio

    1976 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)

    TV Movie, Family, Fantasy

    16

  17. Hans Christian Andersen

    1952 · ★ 6.2 (75 votes)

    Family, Comedy

    17

  18. Me and the Colonel

    1958 · ★ 6.4 (17 votes)

    Comedy, War

    18

  19. Getting an Eyeful

    1938 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    19

  20. Cupid Takes a Holiday

    1938

    Comedy

    20

  21. Merry Andrew

    1958 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    21

  22. Peter Pan

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Fantasy, Music, Family

    22

  23. Here Comes Peter Cottontail

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (25 votes)

    Animation, Family, Adventure

    23

  24. The Man from the Diners' Club

    1963 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. Dime a Dance

    1937 · ★ 3.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    25

  26. On the Riviera

    1951 · ★ 6.1 (25 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    26

  27. The Kid from Brooklyn

    1946 · ★ 6.3 (14 votes)

    Comedy

    27

  28. An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic

    1981 · ★ 9.7 (3 votes)

    Music

    28

  29. Lifetime of Comedy

    1960 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    29

  30. The Sound of Laughter

    1963 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.