Person
Cliff Nazarro
Acting · 1904–1961 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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]
Known for
Blue Skies
Cliff (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
Swivel Tongue
Arise, My Love
Botzelberg
Swing Hostess
Bobo
Shantytown
Shortcake
Dive Bomber
Corps Man
Snowtime
1938
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Barney Google
Hollywood Graduation
Rookies on Parade
Joe Martin
Filmography
- 1949Curtain RazorVarious (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946Blue SkiesCliff (uncredited)
- 1946'Neath Canadian SkiesWilbur Wiggins
- 1946Gentleman Joe PalookaFirst Character
- 1946Ding Dong WilliamsZing
- 1944I'm from ArkansasWillie Childs
- 1944Swing HostessBobo
- 1944TrocaderoHimself
- 1943Stars on Horseback
- 1943ShantytownShortcake
- 1943Two Saplings
- 1942Call of the CanyonPete Murphy
- 1942Hillbilly BlitzkriegBarney Google
- 1942Cinderella Goes to a PartyPrince
- 1942Pardon My StripesNutsy
- 1942Blondie Goes to CollegeProfessor Mixwell
- 1941The Night of January 16thGas Station Attendant
- 1941New York TownBurt's Companion (uncredited)
- 1941Sailors on LeaveMike
- 1941You'll Never Get RichSwivel Tongue
- 1941Dive BomberCorps Man
- 1941World PremierePeters
- 1941Melody for ThreeMortimer Effington, Sound Effects Demonstrator (uncredited)
- 1941Farm FrolicsEddie Cantor Horse (voice) (uncredited)
- 1941Porky's PreviewVarious (voice) (uncredited)
- 1941Rookies on ParadeJoe Martin
- 1941In Old ColoradoNosey Haskins
- 1941Mr. DynamiteDoubletalker
- 1940Paunch 'n' JudyVarious
- 1940Arise, My LoveBotzelberg
- 1939Sniffles and the BookwormVarious (voice) (uncredited)
- 1939Believe It or ElseNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1939Forged Passport'Shakespeare'
- 1939King of the Turf1st Tout
- 1938Count Me OutEgghead (voice) (uncredited)
- 1938StablematesCliff
- 1938A-Lad-In BagdadAladdin (voice)
- 1938Cinderella Meets FellaEgghead (voice) (uncredited)
- 1938The Penguin ParadeM.C. (voice)
- 1938Snowtime
- 1938Outside of ParadiseCliff
- 1937Thoroughbreds Don't CryTubby Wells (uncredited)
- 1937Behind the MikeMessenger Boy
- 1937The Singing BuckarooGabby
- 1936Romance Rides the Range'Shorty'
- 1935Billboard FrolicsEddie Camphor
- —Hollywood Graduation
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