Spike Jones
Born: 1911-12-14 in Long Beach, California, USA
Died: 1965-05-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1988
- The Spike Jones Story as Self
1984
- DTV: Golden Oldies as Self
1963
- Burke's Law as Duke of Epsom
1957
- Club Oasis as Host
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1954
- Fireman Save My Child as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
- The Spike Jones Show
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood as Self
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Spike Jones Show as Self
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Jack Benny Program as Spike Jones
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947
- Ladies' Man as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
- Variety Girl as Spike Jones
1946
- Breakfast in Hollywood as Spike Jones
1945
- Bring on the Girls as Spike Jones
1944
- Meet the People as Spike Jones (uncredited)
1943
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Self
1942
- Clink! Clink! Another Drink as Spike Jones
- Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy as Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat
- Blacksmith Song