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Glenn Miller (I) (1904–1944)

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Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa; the son of Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou Cavender Miller. He started his music studies when his father gave him a mandolin. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn. In 1916 he switched to trombone. In 1923, he enrolled in the University of Colorado... See full bio »

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Alton Glenn Miller
in Clarinda, Iowa, USA

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(age 40)
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2012 Hyde Park on Hudson (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2011 Metal Evolution (TV series documentary)
– Pre-Metal (2011) (performer: "In the Mood")
 
2011 The Playboy Club (TV series)
– The Scarlet Bunny (2011) (writer: "In the Mood")
 
2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #11.4 (2011) (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
 
2010/I Valentine's Day (writer: "In The Mood" / performer: "In The Mood")
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
– The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009) (performer: "Little Brown Jug" / as Maj. Glenn Miller)
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #5.10 (2009) (performer: "In the Mood")
– Episode #5.6 (2009) (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing With a Swing")
 
2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2006 Lost (TV series)
– A Tale of Two Cities (2006) ("Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1994-2006 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Million Dollar Abie (2006) ("Pennsylvania 6-5000")
– The Old Man and the Key (2002) (music: "In the Mood" - uncredited)
– Lady Bouvier's Lover (1994) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
2005 Rumor Has It... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2005 Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (video) (music: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2005 Doctor Who (TV series)
– The Doctor Dances (2005) (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited, "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
– The Empty Child (2005) (performer: "In The Mood" / "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2004 The Aviator (music: "Moonlight Serenade" 1939)
 
2004 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Last Chance (2004) (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
 
2004 Dorian Blues (performer: "In the Mood")
 
2003 Cuéntame (TV series)
– La llegada del futuro (2003) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
2003 Ramona (TV mini-series)
 
2002 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
– They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (2002) (performer: "String of Pearls")
 
2002 Poolhall Junkies (performer: "In the Mood" / as Glen Miller)
 
2002 Rose Red (TV mini-series)
 
2001/I Focus (performer: "I'll Never Smile Again" 1939)
 
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (performer: "Sunrise Serenade")
 
2001 Pearl Harbor (performer: "Little Brown Jug")
 
2000 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
– Blue Herrings (2000) (performer: "String of Pearls")
 
1999 Choo-choo (short) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1999 Lansky (TV movie) (performer: "In the Mood" / arranger: "In the Mood")
 
1998 Winchell (TV movie) (performer: "Stardust")
 
1998 The Odd Couple II (performer: "In the Mood")
 
1997 The Locusts (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" / performer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1996 The Christmas Party (arranger: "Jingle Bells")
 
1996 The Nutty Professor (arranger: "Little Brown Jug")
 
1995 The Grass Harp (performer: "LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY")
 
1995 The Neon Bible (performer: "Perfidia")
 
1994 Cari fottutissimi amici (writer: "MOONLIGHT SERENADE", "IN THE MOOD")
 
1993 Jack the Bear (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1992 Mr. Saturday Night (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1992 Shining Through (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1991 Muuttolinnun aika (performer: "String of Pearls" / arranger: "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction")
 
1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– Little Debbie (1990) (writer: "In the Mood" - uncredited / music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
– The First Time (1990) (writer: "In The Mood" - uncredited / "In The Mood" - uncredited)
 
1990 Wild at Heart (performer: "In The Mood")
 
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
– Manhunt (1989) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1988-1989 Die Wicherts von nebenan (TV series)
– Ein tragischer Abschied (1989) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
– Wie geht's weiter (1988) (writer: "In The Mood")
 
1988 Big (writer: "MOONLIGHT SERENADE")
 
1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (TV movie) ("In the Mood" - uncredited)
 
1987 The Golden Girls (TV series)
– One for the Money (1987) (performer: "In The Mood")
 
1987 Radio Days (performer: "In the Mood" 1939, " There'll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs of Dover" 1941, "American Patrol" 1891)
 
1986 Tough Guys (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1986 Miss Mary (performer: "Elmer's Tune")
 
1985 The Day the Universe Changed (TV series documentary)
– Making Waves: The New Physics - Newton Revised (1985) (music: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1985 Reunion at Fairborough (TV movie) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1983 Entre Nous ("In the Mood")
 
1982 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
– Next Stop, Nowhere (1982) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1982 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
– The Empty Gun (1982) ("Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1982 The Atomic Cafe (documentary) (performer: "Flying Home")
 
1980 Stardust Memories (music: "Moonlight Serenade" 1939 / performer: "Moonlight Serenade" 1939)
 
1980 Cabo Blanco (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun (writer: "In The Mood", "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1978 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
– Episode #21.38 (1978) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– The Collector (1977) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1974 And Now My Love (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" / performer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1972 Sanford and Son (TV series)
– A Guest in the Yard (1972) (music: "It Must Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That" - uncredited / lyrics: "It Must Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That" - uncredited)
 
1972 All in the Family (TV series)
– Archie and Edith Alone (1972) (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" / performer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1971 Carnal Knowledge (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (music: "Moonlight Serenade")
 
1968 Dad's Army (TV series)
– Museum Piece (1968) (performer: "In the Mood" - uncredited / arranger: "In the Mood" - uncredited)
 
1968 Savages from Hell (arranger: "St. Louis Blues March")
 
1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.18 (1964) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1962 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
– Portals of Music (1962) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1954 The Glenn Miller Story (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited / arranger: "St. Louis Blues" - uncredited)
 
1947 Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Band (short) (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1943 Crazy House (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1942 Orchestra Wives (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited, "Boom Shot" - uncredited / performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - uncredited)
 
1941 Sun Valley Serenade (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1940 He Married His Wife (music: "Moonlight Serenade" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 Day-Time Wife (music: "Moonlight Serenade" 1939 - uncredited)
 
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1942 Orchestra Wives
Gene Morrison
 
1941 Sun Valley Serenade
Phil Corey
 
1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936
Band Members: Trombone (as Ray Noble and His Orchestra)
 
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2012 Bank Saboteur (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2004 Anima formosa (documentary) (music)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1972 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.33 (1972) … Himself
 
1943 Upbeat in Music (documentary short)
Himself - Band Leader
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2009 My Music: The Big Band Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Glenn Miller's Last Flight (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Great Mysteries and Myths of the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself (Episode: Glen Miller)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Across Indiana (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Glenn Miller: America's Musical Hero (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1944 Take It or Leave It
Himself: Clip from 'Orchestra Wives' (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Glenn Miller: The Lost Recordings" See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Capt. Glenn Miller | Ray Noble and His Orchestra
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Charter inductee of the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1978. See more »

Trademark:

Theme songs: "Moonlight Serenade" and "Slumber Song" See more »

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