Composer, songwriter ("Abdul Abulbul Amir"), actor, author and singer, educated at Culver Military Academy and the University of Ohio. He was a singer and ukelele player in vaudeville and made many records. His stage appearances include "Tangerine", "Moonlight", "Ziegfeld Follies of 1923", "Queen High", "No, No, Nanette", and "Oh, Kay!". He had his...
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1601 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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In 1922 Julia Sanderson briefly walked out during a rehearsal of the play "Tangerine" after learning Crumit was to be her leading man. The couple went on to appear in numerous stage productions together before they married in 1927.
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Quiz show "Battle Of The Sexes" ran from 1930 until his death in 1943.
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He and his wife were called the "Sweethearts of the air".
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944
writer: "Down by the Railroad Track" - uncredited
Fighting Tools
1943
Short writer: "A Gay Caballero"
Vitaphone Internationals
1936
Short lyrics: "There Is No-One with Endurance Like the Man Who Sells Insurance" - uncredited
Vitaphone Stage Show
1936
Short writer: "There Is No-One with Endurance Like the Man Who Sells Insurance" - uncredited
Crazy-Town
1932
Short writer: "Foolish Facts" - uncredited
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
1931
Short writer: "A Gay Caballero" - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not So Dumb
1940
Short
Narrator
The Gay Caballero
1929/I
Short
The Toreador
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frank Crummit, the One-Man Glee Club
1929
Short
Himself - Vocalist / Composer
Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit
1929
Short
Himself - Vocalist
Known for movies
Fighting Tools (1943) as Soundtrack
Not So Dumb (1940) as Narrator
The Gay Caballero (1929) as The Toreador
Frank Crummit, the One-Man Glee Club (1929) as Himself - Vocalist / Composer
$16 Million
