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name: "Jerry Colonna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-colonna"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 September 1904"
died: "21 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:06:58.688672+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."
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# Jerry Colonna

Actor. Born 17 September 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 21 November 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 September 1904, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 21 November 1986
- **Also known as:** Gerardo Luigi Colonna
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142527

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Alice in Wonderland*](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md) (71)

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## Biography

Jerry Colonna was an American actor, comedian and musician. He voiced the March Hare in the Walt Disney animated film *Alice in Wonderland* (1951). He also provided narration for the 'Casey at the Bat' segment of *Make Mine Music* (1946).

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Colonna began his career as a trombonist in orchestras and dance bands. He later became known for his work on Bob Hope's radio programme and appeared in several Hope films, including *Road to Singapore* (1940) as Achilles Bombanassa and *Road to Rio* (1947). Other credits include *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962) and *Meet Me in Las Vegas* (1956).

Colonna died in 1986.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, as March Hare (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)

## Also known for

- *Make Mine Music* (1946), Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat") (voice)
- *The Monkees* (1966), Dr. Mann
- *Road to Utopia* (1946), Man on Boat to Alaska (uncredited)
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), Achilles Bombanassa
- *Road to Rio* (1947), Jerry Colonna

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