The Best Danny Kaye Movies

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List of the best Danny Kaye movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Danny Kaye's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Danny Kaye movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Danny Kaye movies will be at the top of the list. Danny Kaye has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Danny Kaye movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Danny Kaye films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Danny Kaye role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Danny Kaye performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List includes The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General and more.

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  • The Court Jester
    1
    Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone
    289 votes
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
    Former carnival performer Hubert Hawkins (Danny Kaye) and maid Jean (Glynis Johns) are assigned to protect the infant royal heir from tyrannical King Roderick I (Cecil Parker). While Jean takes the ...more

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  • White Christmas
    2
    Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
    240 votes
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Michael Curtiz
    Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into ...more

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  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    3
    Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff
    186 votes
    • Released: 1947
    • Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
    A mild-mannered pushover, Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye) longs to be free of his mundane existence, where has to contend with his pushy mother (Fay Bainter) and flighty fiancée (Ann Rutherford), among ...more

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  • Hans Christian Andersen
    4
    Danny Kaye, Zizi Jeanmaire, Farley Granger
    204 votes
    • Released: 1952
    • Directed by: Charles Vidor
    Imaginative cobbler Hans Christian Andersen (Danny Kaye) is asked to leave his hometown because his frequent stories are distracting the children from school. From there he moves to Copenhagen, ...more

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  • The Inspector General
    5
    Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates
    138 votes
    • Released: 1949
    • Directed by: Henry Koster
    In this farcical Technicolor musical, snake oil salesman Georgi (Danny Kaye) is too honest for his own good. After his partner (Walter Slezak) fires him, the simple-minded Georgi wanders into a ...more

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  • The Five Pennies
    6
    Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Bob Crosby
    128 votes
    • Released: 1959
    • Directed by: Melville Shavelson
    In this film based on a true story, Red Nichols (Danny Kaye) moves from his small town to New York City to become a jazz musician. Although he experiences culture shock, he soon becomes well ...more

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