Jimmy Dorsey
Born: 1904-02-29 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1957-06-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.
Filmography
1981
- This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
- Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1954
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949
- Make Believe Ballroom as Self
1948
- Music Man as Self
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Self
1947
- The Fabulous Dorseys as Jimmy Dorsey
1944
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- Lost in a Harem as Jimmy Dorsey
- Four Jills in a Jeep as Himself
1943
- I Dood It as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
- Au Reet
- La Rosita
- Man That's Groovy
1942
- The Fleet's In as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
1941
- Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
1938
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Orchestra Leader
- You Leave Me Breathless
1936
- That Girl from Paris as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)