Jerry Colonna (entertainer)
Jerry Colonna | |
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Colonna in 1951 | |
| Born | September 17, 1904 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1986 (aged 82) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1935–1971 |
| Spouse |
Florence Purcell (m. 1930) |
| Children | 1 |
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.