Eddie Cantor (1892–1964)

Actor | Writer | Producer

Singer, songwriter ("Merrily We Roll Along"), comedian, author and actor, educated in public ...

Born: January 31, 1892
Died: October 10, 1964 (age 72)

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Filmography

Known For

Kid Millions Eddie Wilson Jr. (1934)
The Kid from Spain Eddie Williams (1932)
Whoopee! Henry Williams (1930)
Known For

Show Business Eddie Martin (1944)
Soundtrack

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2013)
Boardwalk Empire (2010-2012)
Slacker 2011 (2011)
Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
The Angry Video Game Nerd (2007-2009)
Top 10 Dumbest Indiana Jones Moments (2009)
The Boys (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997-2003)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Carnivàle (2003)
Histeria! (1998-1999)
Pinky and the Brain (1997)
Space Jam (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Critic (1994)
Taz-Mania (1992-1993)
Animaniacs (1993)
Taz-Mania (1992)
Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (1992)
Curly Sue (1991)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Men Don't Leave (1990)
Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon (1988)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
The Villain (1979)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Great Radio Comedians (1972)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Startime (1959)
The Eddie Fisher Show (1959)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Big Time Revue (1947)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Show Business (1944)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Billboard Frolics (1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
Kid Millions (1934)
Roman Scandals (1933)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
Palmy Days (1931)
Whoopee! (1930)
Insurance (1930)
Getting a Ticket (1930)
A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929)
That Party in Person (1929)
Soundtrack

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (1923)
Actor

Playhouse 90 Morris Sizeman (1956)
Matinee Theatre George Morris (1956)
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater Harold Clinker (1955)
The Eddie Cantor Story Audience Member (1953)
The Story of Will Rogers Eddie Cantor (1952)
If You Knew Susie Sam Parker (1948)
Meet Mr. Mischief Face on Station Program Poster (1947)
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 2: Radio Shows Eddie - The Eddie Cantor Program (1945)
Hollywood Canteen Eddie Cantor (1944)
Show Business Eddie Martin (1944)
Thank Your Lucky Stars Eddie Cantor / Joe Simpson (1943)
Forty Little Mothers Gilbert Jordan Thompson (1940)
Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba (1937)
Strike Me Pink Eddie Pink (1936)
Kid Millions Eddie Wilson Jr. (1934)
Roman Scandals Eddie / Oedipus (1933)
The Kid from Spain Eddie Williams (1932)
Palmy Days Eddie Simpson (1931)
Whoopee! Henry Williams (1930)
Insurance Sidney B. Zwieback (1930)
Glorifying the American Girl Eddie Cantor - Appearance in Revue Scenes (1929)
That Party in Person Eddie Cantor (1929)
Special Delivery Eddie Beagle - the Mail Carrier (1927)
Actor

Kid Boots Samuel (Kid) Boots (1926)
Writer

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Palmy Days (1931)
Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931)
Caught Short (1930)
Writer

Special Delivery (1927)
Producer

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Producer

Show Business (1944)
Archive footage

717 (2019)
The Radio Broadcast Vault (2018)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
The History of Comedy (2017)
19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Great Performances (2003-2005)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Biography (1996-2001)
American Masters (1997-2001)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
Legends of Comedy (1992)
The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
The Great Standups (1984)
The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
The Great Radio Comedians (1972)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Archive footage

Minstrel Days (1941)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Music Department

The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)

Awards

5 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

Cantor reportedly received 3200 write-in votes for President in 1928 in an election won by Herbert Hoover. In another year he received over 1000 write-ins for Governor of New Jersey.

[commenting about losing most of his money in the 1929 stock market crash] Well, folks, they got me in the market just like they got everybody else. In fact, they're not calling it the stock market any more. They're calling it the stuck market.