Davy Kaye

Davy Kaye

Born: March 25, 1916
Died: February 3, 1998
in London, United Kingdom
Davy Kaye MBE (born David Kodeish, 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was an English comedy actor and entertainer.

Movies for Davy Kaye...

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Title: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Character: Sid the Yid
Released: March 16, 1980
Type: Movie
An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Character: Mouse
Released: November 20, 1972
Type: Movie
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
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Carry On at Your Convenience
Title: Carry On at Your Convenience
Character: Benny
Released: June 15, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...
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Top of the Bill
Title: Top of the Bill
Released: February 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Documentary feature about the great days of variety.
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Satan's Harvest
Title: Satan's Harvest
Character: Trigger
Released: February 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Cutter Murdock inherits an estate in Africa on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character: Admiral
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Title: The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Character: Davey Collins (as Davey Kaye)
Released: January 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
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Carry On Cowboy
Title: Carry On Cowboy
Character: Josh the Undertaker
Released: November 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Character: Jean Pascal
Released: June 16, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
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Crooks in Cloisters
Title: Crooks in Cloisters
Character: Specs
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
Title: The Wrong Arm of the Law
Character: Trainer King
Released: March 17, 1963
Type: Movie
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armoured car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.
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The Pot Carriers
Title: The Pot Carriers
Character: Mouse
Released: March 10, 1962
Type: Movie
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.
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Expresso Bongo
Title: Expresso Bongo
Character: Racer
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
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Fun at St. Fanny's
Title: Fun at St. Fanny's
Character: Ferdy
Released: December 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
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Title: The Sooty Show
Character: Himself
Released: January 16, 1955
Type: TV
The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.