Cliff Nazarro

Born: 1904-01-31

Cliff Nazarro (January 31, 1904 – February 18, 1961) was an American double-talk comedian of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in films such as You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Swivel Tongue, In Old Colorado (1941) as Nosey Haskins, and Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942) as Barney Google. Nazarro was the voice of Warner Bros. Cartoons' cartoon character Egghead. He made a few commercial recordings, including a 1932 date as vocalist with swing band Roane's Pennsylvanians and a 1942 comic recitation, "News of the World". He made several uncredited appearances on the Jack Benny Program during the 1930s and early 1940s. [biography (edited) from Wikipedia]


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You'll Never Get Rich

as Swivel Tongue
Released: 1941-09-25

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the...

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Trocadero

as Himself
Released: 1944-04-24

A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film...

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Call of the Canyon

as Pete Murphy
Released: 1942-08-17

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

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Dive Bomber

as Corps Man
Released: 1941-01-01

A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will...

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The Penguin Parade

as M.C. (voice)
Released: 1938-04-23

An evening at a night club for penguins, (and a walrus or two). The stage show includes an...

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New York Town

as Burt's Companion (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-31

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York...

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Stablemates

as Cliff
Released: 1938-10-07

A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a...

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Count Me Out

as Egghead
Released: 1938-12-17

Egghead decides his road to riches is through a boxing correspondence course. When he graduates,...

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Ding Dong Williams

as Zing
Released: 1946-04-15

Ding Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a...

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'Neath Canadian Skies

as Wilbur Wiggins
Released: 1946-10-15

Canadian Mountie investigates a murder posing as a criminal.

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Arise, My Love

as Botzelberg
Released: 1940-11-08

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as...

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The Night of January 16th

as Gas Station Attendant
Released: 1941-11-28

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking...

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Blondie Goes to College

as Professor Mixwell
Released: 1942-01-15

Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction...

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Believe It or Else

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-03

In this Ripley's Believe It or Not! parody, some of the supposed curiosities we are shown are a...

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Swing Hostess

as Bobo
Released: 1944-09-08

An out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.

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World Premiere

as Peters
Released: 1941-08-21

A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create...

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Gentleman Joe Palooka

as First Character
Released: 1946-10-05

In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators...

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Blue Skies

as Cliff - Piano Player (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-15

Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical...

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Porky's Preview

as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-19

The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as...

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Stars on Horseback

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-23

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel...

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Billboard Frolics

as Eddie Camphor
Released: 1935-11-09

Billboards come to life. Eddie Camphor and his "wioleen" player Rub-Him-Off do a song and dance...

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Sailors on Leave

as Mike
Released: 1941-09-30

If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.

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King of the Turf

as 1st Tout
Released: 1939-02-17

Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death...

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Rookies on Parade

as Joe Martin
Released: 1941-04-16

The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff...

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Outside of Paradise

as Cliff
Released: 1938-02-08

Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected...

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Sniffles and the Bookworm

as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-01

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with...

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Behind the Mike

as Messenger Boy
Released: 1937-09-26

Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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Romance Rides the Range

as 'Shorty'
Released: 1936-09-01

Baritone singer Barry Glendon, completing a successful season in opera, departs for his ranch in...

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Farm Frolics

as Eddie Cantor Horse (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1941-05-10

A series of wacky vignettes involving farm animals.

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I'm from Arkansas

as Willie Childs
Released: 1944-10-31

A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.

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A-Lad-In Bagdad

as Aladdin (voice)
Released: 1938-08-26

Hayseed Egghead arrives in the big city of Bagdad and quickly wins a magic lamp in a carnival...

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Curtain Razor

as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1949-05-21

Porky, a talent scout for "Goode and Korney Talent Agency," auditions various acts. A final gag...

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In Old Colorado

as Nosey Haskins
Released: 1941-03-14

Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have...

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Cinderella Meets Fella

as Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-23

Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets Prince Charming (Egghead).

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Pardon My Stripes

as Nutsy
Released: 1942-01-26

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to...

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Forged Passport

as 'Shakespeare'
Released: 1939-04-23

Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and...

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Shantytown

as Shortcake
Released: 1943-04-20

Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"

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Mr. Dynamite

as Doubletalker
Released: 1941-03-01

A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.

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The Singing Buckaroo

as Gabby
Released: 1937-01-15

Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses...

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Cinderella Goes To A Party

as Prince
Released: 1942-05-03

An irreverent, animated modernization of the Cinderella story.

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