Jerry Colonna (entertainer)

Jerry Colonna
Colonna in 1951
Born(1904-09-17)September 17, 1904
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1986(1986-11-21) (aged 82)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Musician
  • actor
  • comedian
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • trombonist
Years active1935–1971
Spouse
Florence Purcell
(m. 1930)
Children1

Gerardo Luigi Colonna (September 17, 1904 November 21, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist who played the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. He also voiced the March Hare in Walt Disney's 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland.