---
name: "Davy Kaye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/davy-kaye"
fi1m_id: "davy-kaye"
imdb_id: "nm0443288"
tmdb_id: 117546
wikidata_id: "Q1178414"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 March 1916"
died: "3 February 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:19:01.267704+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Davy Kaye

## Identity

Davy Kaye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/davy-kaye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** davy-kaye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0443288
- **TMDB ID:** 117546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1178414
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Kaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1178414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443288/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117546

Actor. Born 25 March 1916 in London, United Kingdom. Died 3 February 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 March 1916, London, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 3 February 1998
- **Also known as:** David Kodeish, Davey Kaye
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Kaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1178414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443288/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117546

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Davy Kaye (born David Kodeish, 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was a British comedy actor and entertainer. He made his stage debut in 1935 and, after the Second World War, toured in revues in partnership with agent Joe Collins. From 1954 to 1968 he was resident comedian at London's Embassy Club and appeared in the original 1953 London production of *Guys and Dolls*.

Kaye's film roles included Trainer King in *The Wrong Arm of the Law* (1963), Jean Pascal in *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines* (1965), Josh Moses in *Carry On Cowboy* (1965), the Admiral in *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Benny in *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971) and the Mouse in *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972). He was awarded the MBE in 1995 for services to charity.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Fi1m 70, as Admiral — [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You Rang, M'Lord?* (1990), series, as King Boris of Dalmatia
- *A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square* (1980), as Sid the Yid
- *Sapphire & Steel* (1979), series, as Lord Mullrine
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), as Mouse
- *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971), as Benny
- *The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins* (1971), as Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
- *Top of the Bill* (1971), Actor
- *Satan's Harvest* (1970), as Trigger
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), as Admiral — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Al Kaye
- *The Biggest Bundle of Them All* (1968), as Davey Collins (as Davey Kaye)
- *Carry On Cowboy* (1965), as Josh Moses
- *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes* (1965), as Jean Pascal
- *Crooks in Cloisters* (1964), as Specs
- *The World Ten Times Over* (1963), as Compere
- *The Wrong Arm of the Law* (1963), as Trainer King
- *The Pot Carriers* (1962), as Mouse
- *Expresso Bongo* (1959), as Racer
- *Fun at St. Fanny's* (1955), as Ferdy

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