Benny Goodman
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and...
Known For
Filmography
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Jazz
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
The World of Polygoon
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
Copland Conducts Copland
1976
as Self - Clarinet
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
John Gunther's High Road
1959
as Self
The Big Party
1959
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Allen in Movieland
1955
as Self
Music Land
1955
as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
Two for the Record
1954
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
A Song Is Born
1948
as Professor Magenbruch
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Make Mine Music
1946
as Self (voice)
All the Cats Join In
1946
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
as Benny Goodman
The Shining Future
1944
as Self
The Gang's All Here
1943
as Benny Goodman
The Powers Girl
1943
as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Benny Goodman
Syncopation
1942
as Benny Goodman
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Benny Goodman
Me and the Boys
1929
as Self - Clarinet