Cliff Nazarro
Date of birth: 1904-01-31
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Clifford Nazarro
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]
Movie Credits
The Penguin Parade
1938-04-23
An evening at a night club for penguins, (and a walrus or two). The stage show includes an appearanc
A-Lad-In Bagdad
1938-08-26
Hayseed Egghead arrives in the big city of Bagdad and quickly wins a magic lamp in a carnival coin-o
Believe It or Else
1939-06-03
In this Ripley's Believe It or Not! parody, some of the supposed curiosities we are shown are a man
Cinderella Goes To A Party
1942-05-03
An irreverent, animated modernization of the Cinderella story.
Paunch 'n' Judy
1940-12-13
A father tries to take picture of his easily distracted daughter, which is made more difficult by an
Dive Bomber
1941-08-30
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protec
Mr. Dynamite
1941-03-01
A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
Count Me Out
1938-12-17
Egghead decides his road to riches is through a boxing correspondence course. When he graduates, he
Swing Hostess
1944-09-08
An out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.
Call of the Canyon
1942-08-17
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
Farm Frolics
1941-05-10
A series of wacky vignettes involving farm animals.
Arise, My Love
1940-11-08
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World Wa
Trocadero
1944-04-24
A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film per
Blue Skies
1946-10-15
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numb
Outside of Paradise
1938-02-08
Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir
Ding Dong Williams
1946-04-15
Ding Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a motion p
Romance Rides the Range
1936-09-01
Baritone singer Barry Glendon, completing a successful season in opera, departs for his ranch in the
Porky's Preview
1941-04-19
The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as ushe
The Singing Buckaroo
1937-01-15
Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses to pa
Sailors on Leave
1941-09-30
If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
Sniffles and the Bookworm
1939-12-01
Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swi
Forged Passport
1939-04-23
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-f
Curtain Razor
1949-05-21
Porky, a talent scout for "Goode and Korney Talent Agency," auditions various acts. A final gag has
I'm from Arkansas
1944-10-31
A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
Rookies on Parade
1941-04-16
The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy)
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942-08-14
Nazi spies mistake Snuffy Smith's moonshine for a new secret rocket fuel and try to steal the "formu
The Night of January 16th
1941-11-28
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-
Billboard Frolics
1935-11-09
Billboards come to life. Eddie Camphor and his "wioleen" player Rub-Him-Off do a song and dance to "
Shantytown
1943-04-20
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
In Old Colorado
1941-03-14
Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the
Blondie Goes to College
1942-01-15
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Compan
Stablemates
1938-10-07
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down
'Neath Canadian Skies
1946-10-15
Canadian Mountie investigates a murder posing as a criminal.
Two Saplings
1943-03-06
George and Cliff own a Greek restaurant. They go to the bank to apply for a loan and unexpectedly fo
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
King of the Turf
1939-02-17
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of on
You'll Never Get Rich
1941-09-25
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfri
Behind the Mike
1937-09-26
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Pardon My Stripes
1942-01-26
Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a
Stars on Horseback
1943-04-23
A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCre
World Premiere
1941-08-21
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity f
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946-10-05
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming t
Cinderella Meets Fella
1938-07-23
Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets Prince Charming (Egghead).
Melody for Three
1941-06-19
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music t
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937-11-25
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house.