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Louis Armstrong (I) (1901–1971)


Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. He was 13 when he celebrated the New Year by running out on the street and firing a pistol that belonged to the current man in his mother's life. At the Colored Waifs Home for Boys, he learned to play the bugle and the clarinet and joined the home's brass band... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 For Sale (short) (performer: "It's a Long, Long Journey")
 
2012 Inspector George Gently (TV series)
The Lost Child (2012) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2011 New Year's Eve (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
2011 The Mentalist (TV series)
Blinking Red Light (2011) (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
2011 Tom Sawyer ("If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight")
 
2011 Friends with Kids (performer: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm")
 
2011 Jumping the Broom (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2010 De Pernas pro Ar (performer: "What a Wonderful World')
 
2010 An Idiot Abroad (TV series documentary)
Karl Comes Home (2010) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2010 Di Di Hollywood (performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Jeepers Creepers")
 
2009 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
Top 8 Perform (2009) (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
2009 Soul Kitchen (performer: "The Creator Has a Master Plan")
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #5.16 (2009) (performer: "When the Saint's Go Marching In")
 
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (documentary) (performer: "Bout Time", "Ten Feet Off The Ground", "Ten Feet Off the Ground")
 
2009 The Simpsons (TV series)
The Good, the Sad and the Drugly (2009) (performer: "What A Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Cry of the Owl (performer: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On")
 
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (writer: "BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN" / performer: "DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND", "IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT")
 
2008 Getaway (TV series)
Episode #17.28 (2008) (performer: "We Have All The Time In The World" - uncredited)
 
2008 WALL·E (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
2008 Skins (TV series)
Chris (2008) (performer: "West end Blues" - uncredited)
 
2007 American Gangster (performer: "Winter Wonderland" 1934)
 
1989-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (performer: "Now You Has Jazz")
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) (writer: "Someday" / music: "Swing That Music", "Cornet Chop Suey", "Potato Head Blues")
 
2005-2006 House M.D. (TV series)
Merry Little Christmas (2006) (performer: "'Zat You, Santa Claus?")
DNR (2005) (performer: "What A Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2006 Men in Trees (TV series)
The Caribou in the Room (2006) (performer: "A Kiss To Build Your Dreams On" - uncredited)
 
2006 Cold Case (TV series)
Sandhogs (2006) ("That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day", "I Wonder")
Beautiful Little Fool (2006) ("Heebie Jeebies")
 
2006 The Dark Hour (performer: "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen")
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Greatest Songs of All Time (2006) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
2006 Relative Strangers (performer: "Exactly like You")
 
2006 Southland Tales (performer: "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight")
 
2006 Life on Mars (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (2006) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
2005 Lord of War (performer: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" 1935)
 
2005 Bewitched (performer: "'Bout Time" 1968)
 
2005 Madagascar (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
2005 Veronica Mars (TV series)
M.A.D. (2005) ("Our Love Is Here to Stay")
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton (2005) (performer: "Come Back Sweet Papa")
 
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" 1930)
 
1997-2004 The Practice (TV series)
Adjourned (a.k.a. Cheers) (2004) (performer: "Hello Brother")
Hide and Seek (1997) (performer: "Hello Brother")
 
1999-2004 Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (TV series)
Fährte aufgenommen (2004) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
Racheengel (2001) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
Lust & Sühne (2001) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
Hahn im Korb (1999) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
2004 Miracle (performer: "White Christmas")
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2003 Love Me If You Dare (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2003 Cuéntame (TV series)
La larga noche del maletín (2003) (performer: "C'est si bon")
 
2003 Chooch (performer: "A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON")
 
2003 Chocolate com Pimenta (TV series)
 
2003 Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2003 Normal (TV movie) (writer: "If We Never Meet Again")
 
2003 Die Lugners (TV series)
Episode #1.3 (2003) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
Episode #1.9 (2003) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
2002 The Quiet American (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2002 Mr. Deeds (performer: "Cheek To Cheek")
 
2002 Bowling for Columbine (documentary) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" 1967)
 
2002 Livshunger (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2002) ("WHEN YOU'RE SMILING")
Episode #1.4 (2002) ("AIN'T MISBEHAVIN")
 
2002 Forsthaus Falkenau (TV series)
Glück im Unglück (2002) (performer: "As Time Goes By A Kiss Is Just A Kiss" - uncredited)
 
2001-2002 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
For Harry, with Love & Squalor (2002) (performer: "Chinatown, My Chinatown" - uncredited)
You Can't Go Home Again (2001) (performer: "Solitude" - uncredited)
 
2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV documentary) (performer: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited)
 
2001 Serendipity (performer: "Cool Yule")
 
2001 The Cat's Meow (performer: "Everybody Loves My Baby" 1924)
 
2001 Pearl Harbor (performer: "Jeepers Creepers")
 
2001 Town & Country (performer: "Ain't Misbehavin'" 1929)
 
2001 Russian Doll (performer: "Kiss of Fire")
 
2001 Blow (performer: "Cool Yule")
 
2001 Dawson's Creek (TV series)
Hopeless (2001) ("What A Wonderful World")
 
2000 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
Rory's Birthday Parties (2000) (performer: "What A Wonderful World" - uncredited)
Kill Me Now (2000) (performer: "A Kiss To Build A Dream On")
 
2000 Pollock (performer: "Blues in the South", "Mahogany Hall Stomp")
 
2000 The Closer You Get (performer: "A Kiss To Build A Dream On")
 
2000 Joe Gould's Secret (performer: "Muskrat Ramble" / as Louie Armstrong)
 
1999 Liberty Heights (performer: "If")
 
1999 Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV movie) (performer: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off")
 
1999 My Life So Far (performer: "The Sunny Side of the Street" 1930)
 
1999 The Children of the Marshland (performer: "West End Blues")
 
1999 Office Space (performer: "All That Meat and No Potatoes" 1941)
 
1999 My Favorite Martian (performer: "Let's Fall in Love")
 
1999 At First Sight (performer: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On", "They Can't Take That Away from Me")
 
1998 You've Got Mail (performer: "Dummy Song")
 
1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (documentary) (performer: "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You")
 
1998 Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (Video Game) (performer: "A Kiss To Build A Dream On")
 
1998 The King of Queens (TV series)
Head First (1998) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1998 Where the Heart Is (performer: "Beale Street Blues")
 
1998 Madeline (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
1998 Doctor Dolittle (performer: "Talk to the Animals")
 
1998 The Impostors (performer: "Skokiaan")
 
1998 Wrestling with Alligators (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
1997 Still Breathing (writer: "Old Man Mose" / performer: "Old Man Mose")
 
1997 Out to Sea (performer: "I Only Have Eyes For You" 1934)
 
1997 That Old Feeling (performer: "That Old Feeling")
 
1997 Secrets of the Heart (performer: "Lord You Made the Night Too Long")
 
1997 Wild Man Blues (documentary) (writer: "Wild Man Blues", "Hear Me Talkin' To Ya")
 
1996 My Fellow Americans (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar")
 
1996 Nitrate Base (performer: "I'll Be Glad When You Are Dead")
 
1996 Children of the Revolution (performer: "Just One of Those Things", "You're the Top)
 
1996 Prisoner of the Mountains (performer: "GO DOWN MOSES" trad)
 
1995 Twelve Monkeys (performer: "What a Wonderful World" 1967)
 
1995 Grumpier Old Men (performer: " I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You")
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt (performer: "La vie en rose")
 
1995 Cybill (TV series)
Cybill Discovers the Meaning of Life (1995) (performer: "What A Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (performer: "Makin' Whoopee")
 
1995 Forget Paris (performer: "April In Paris")
 
1995 French Kiss (performer: "La Vie En Rose")
 
1995 Miami Rhapsody (performer: "JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS")
 
1995 El secdleto de la tlompeta (short) (performer: "Skokiaan")
 
1994 Love Affair (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar")
 
1994 Only You (performer: "Only You And You Alone")
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: "YOU GO TO MY HEAD")
 
1994 Florida Lady (TV series)
Lauf dem Leben nicht davon (1994) (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (performer: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On")
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary) (performer: "West End Blues")
 
1993 The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (documentary short) (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
1992 Ciao, Professore! (performer: "What a Wonderful World", "Ain't Misbehavin")
 
1992 Mr. Saturday Night (performer: "La Vie en Rose", "Fantastic, That's You")
 
1992 Storyville (performer: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South")
 
1992 Class Act (performer: "Jeepers Creepers")
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) (performer: "Hello Dolly!" 1964 - uncredited)
 
1991 Rambling Rose (performer: "Dixie")
 
1991 Vamp (TV series)
 
1991 Guilty by Suspicion (performer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO", "JEEPERS CREEPERS")
 
1991 Scenes from a Mall (performer: "GIVE ME YOUR KISSES I'LL GIVE YOU MY HEART")
 
1990 Twin Peaks (TV series)
Episode #2.7 (1990) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1990 The Green Man (TV series)
 
1990 Texasville (performer: "Basin Street Blues", "He's A Son Of The South")
 
1990 Come See the Paradise (writer: "If We Never Meet Again")
 
1989 Driving Miss Daisy (performer: "KISS OF FIRE" 1952)
 
1989 Harlem Nights (performer: "Drop Me Off In Harlem")
 
1989 When Harry Met Sally... (performer: "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "Auld Lang Syne" - uncredited)
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary) (performer: "St. Louis Blues")
 
1988 Moonlighting (TV series)
A Womb with a View (1988) (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - uncredited)
 
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam (performer: "What A Wonderful World")
 
1987 The Puppetoon Movie (writer: "Old Man Mose")
 
1986 Soul Man (performer: " What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue")
 
1985 The Color Purple (performer: "My Heart")
 
1984 Repo Man (performer: "See See Rider")
 
1984 Karkalou (performer: "St. Louis Blues", "Georgia on My Mind")
 
1981 They All Laughed (performer: "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'", "MEMORIES OF YOU")
 
1981 The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1981) (performer: "What a Wonderful World")
 
1980 Stardust Memories (performer: "Stardust" 1929)
 
1980 The Hollywood Knights (performer: "Hello Dolly")
 
1979 Killer of Sheep (performer: "West End Blues")
 
1977 Otto V (TV movie) (performer: "Im Frühtau zu Berge wir zieh'n")
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Episode #2.22 (1977) (writer: "Cheesecake")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "Now You Has Jazz" 1956 - uncredited)
 
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth (performer: "Blueberry Hill")
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (performer: "Jeepers Creepers" 1938)
 
1975 The Day of the Locust (performer: "JEEPERS CREEPERS")
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Episode #2.6 (1970) (performer: "Blue Yodel #9", "Almost Persuaded", "Crystal Chandelier", "Ramblin' Rose")
 
1969 Hello, Dolly! (performer: "Hello, Dolly!" 1964 - uncredited)
 
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (performer: "We have all the time in the world")
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "The Bare Necessities")
 
1966-1967 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Episode #4.16 (1967) (performer: "So Long Dearie", "The Faithful Hussar", "The Five Pennies Saint")
Episode #4.9 (1966) (performer: "Ja Da", "Rockin' Chair", "Basin Street Blues", "Mack the Knife", "Hello, Dolly", "C'es Si Bon")
 
1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #20.1 (1966) (performer: "Cabaret")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #2.17 (1965) (performer: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "Struttin' with Some Barbeque", "I've Got a Lot of Living to Do", "Mack the Knife", "Ole Miss")
Episode #2.15 (1965) (performer: "Blueberry Hill", "Hello, Dolly", "When the Saints Come Marching In", "Indiana", "Sleepy Time Down South", "The Bucket's Got a Hole in It", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco")
 
1965 When the Boys Meet the Girls (writer: "Throw it Out Your Mind" / performer: "Throw it Out Your Mind")
 
1961 Paris Blues ("Wild Man Moore" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Five Pennies (performer: "Goodnight - Sleep Tight" 1959, "When the Saints Go Marching In" 1896, "After You've Gone" 1918 - uncredited, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" 1902 - uncredited, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1862 - uncredited)
 
1959 The Beat Generation (writer: "Someday You'll Be Sorry" / performer: "Someday You'll Be Sorry", "The Beat Generation")
 
1959 Die Nacht vor der Premiere (performer: "Kisses in the Night")
 
1957-1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV series)
The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) (performer: "Now You Has Jazz" - uncredited)
Episode dated 10 November 1958 (1958) (performer: "I Love Jazz", "South Rampart Street Parade" - uncredited)
Episode dated 30 April 1958 (1958) (performer: "Muskrat Ramble" - uncredited, "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
Episode dated 30 December 1957 (1957) (performer: "Blueberry Hill" - uncredited, "Rockin' Chair" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Edsel Show (TV special) (performer: "Now You Has Jazz" - uncredited, "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited, "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - uncredited)
 
1957 Satchmo the Great (documentary) (performer: "St Louis Blues", "When the Saint's Go Marching In", "Memphis Blues")
 
1956 High Society (performer: "High Society Calypso" - uncredited)
 
1954 The Glenn Miller Story (performer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
 
1951 Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (short) (writer: "Old Man Mose" - uncredited)
 
1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Episode #4.2 (1951) (performer: "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom (performer: "MISTO CRISTOFO COLUMBO")
 
1951 The Strip (writer: "J.T. Jive" / performer: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On")
 
1949 Sugar Hill Times (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1949) (writer: "Swing That Music" - uncredited / performer: "Swing That Music" - uncredited, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - uncredited, "Shadrack" - uncredited, "When The Saints Go Marching In" - uncredited)
 
1948 A Song Is Born (performer: "A Song Is Born" 1948, "Goldwyn Stomp" 1947 - uncredited)
 
1948 Boarding House Blues (writer: "THROW IT OUT OF YOUR MIND")
 
1947 New Orleans (performer: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" 1947, "Maryland, My Maryland" 1861, "Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans" 1947, "Buddy Bolden's Blues", "Farewell to Storyville", "The Blues Are Brewin'" 1947, "Endie" 1947)
 
1946 Headline Bands (short) (writer: "Old Man Mose" - uncredited)
 
1944 Atlantic City (performer: "HARLEM ON PARADE", "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'" / "RHYTHM FOR SALE")
 
1944 Jam Session (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love")
 
1939 Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra (short) (writer: "Old Man Mose" - uncredited)
 
1938 Going Places (performer: "Jeepers Creepers" 1938, "Mutiny in the Nursery" 1938)
 
1937 Alibi Time (short) (writer: "Old Man Mose" - uncredited)
 
1936 Pennies from Heaven (performer: "Skeleton in the Closet" 1936)
 
1932 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (short) (performer: "I'LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD YOU RASCAL YOU")
 
1932 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (short) (performer: "Shine", " I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You")
 
Show ShowActor (30 titles)
1969 Hello, Dolly!
Orchestra Leader
 
1969 That's Life (TV series)
Our First Fight (1969)
 
1966 A Man Called Adam
Willie Ferguson
 
1965 When the Boys Meet the Girls
Louis Armstrong
 
1963 Berlin-Melodie (TV movie)
 
1961 Auf Wiedersehen
Louis Armstrong
 
1961 Paris Blues
Wild Man Moore
 
1961 What About Linda? (TV movie)
Louis Armstrong
 
1959 Kærlighedens melodi
Musician with Orchestra
 
1959 The Beat Generation
Louis Armstrong (as Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars)
 
1959 The Five Pennies
Louis Armstrong
 
1956 High Society
Louis Armstrong
 
1954 You Are There (TV series)
King Oliver
The Emergence of Jazz (November 20, 1917) (1954) … King Oliver
 
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
Louis Armstrong
 
1952 Glory Alley
Shadow Johnson
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom
Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
 
1951 The Strip
Louis Armstrong
 
1948 A Song Is Born
Louis Armstrong
 
1945 Pillow to Post
Orchestra Leader
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky
The Trumpeter
 
1938 Going Places
Gabe
 
1938 Dr. Rhythm
Trumpet Player
 
1937 Every Day's a Holiday
Louis Armstrong
 
1937 Artists & Models
Specialty
 
1936 Pennies from Heaven
Henry
 
1932 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (short)
Louis Armstrong
 
1932 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (short)
Louis Armstrong
 
1930 Ex-Flame
Louis Armstrong
 
Show ShowSelf (58 titles)
1999 Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (# 98)
 
1977 March of Dimes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970-1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 7 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.159 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.95 (1971) … Himself
Episode #2.254 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.216 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.202 (1970) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 12 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 2 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 3 April 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 13 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
History of Country Music: Part 2 (1971) … Himself - Singer
Episode #2.6 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Music on 2 (TV series)
Himself
 
1970 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 ...And Beautiful II (TV movie)
Himself - Singer
 
1970 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
Satchmo at 70 (1970) … Himself
 
1968 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1965-1968 BBC Show of the Week (TV series)
Himself
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars (1968) … Himself
Satchmo (1965) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.168 (1968) … Himself
 
1965-1968 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself - Trumpeter
Jazz, the Intimate Art (1968) … Himself - Trumpeter
The American Song (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1964-1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself - Host / Singer
Episode #5.22 (1968) … Himself - Singer
Episode #4.26 (1967) … Himself - Singer
Episode #3.2 (1965) … Himself - Singer
Episode #2.30 (1965) … Himself - Host/Singer
Episode #2.13 (1964) … Himself - Singer
 
1968 Operation: Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #2.16 (1967) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
...And All That Brass (1967) … Himself
 
1966-1967 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #4.16 (1967) … Himself - Singer
Episode #4.9 (1966) … Himself - Singer
 
1965-1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 3 November 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 23 December 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 December 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 21 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1955-1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer / Himself - Band Leader / …
Episode #20.1 (1966) … Himself - Singer
Episode #18.2 (1964) … Himself - Singer
Episode #16.13 (1962) … Himself - Singer
Episode #15.14 (1961) … Himself - Trumpeter
Episode #15.5 (1961) … Himself - Trumpeter
 
1965 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 27 December 1965 (1965) … Himself - Guest
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
Episode #2.17 (1965) … Himself
Episode #2.15 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1965 The Best on Record (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 Hallo Satchmo (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954-1964 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 22 March 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 14 March 1954 (1954) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1962 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
Disneyland After Dark (1962) … Himself
 
1961 Discorama (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 April 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Swingin' at the Summit (1961) … Himself
 
1960 An Hour with Danny Kaye (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 The Bing Crosby Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1959 Jazz on a Summer's Day (documentary)
Himself
 
1959 La Paloma
Himself - Sänger
 
1959 Die Nacht vor der Premiere
Himself
 
1957-1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV series)
Himself
The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) … Himself
Episode dated 10 November 1958 (1958) … Himself
Episode dated 30 April 1958 (1958) … Himself
Episode dated 30 December 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Jazz Trumpeter
Episode #3.35 (1958) … Himself - Jazz Trumpeter
 
1957 The Edsel Show (TV special)
Himself - Singer/Trumpet Player
 
1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Himself
Crescendo (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Satchmo the Great (documentary)
Himself
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Himself
You're the Top (1956) … Himself
 
1955-1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself
The Lord Don't Play Favorites (1956) … Himself
Wide, Wide World (1955) … Himself
 
1955 See It Now (TV series documentary)
Himself
Two American Originals (1955) … Himself
 
1951-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself - Trumpet Player / Singer / …
Episode #5.18 (1955) … Himself - Singer/Trumpet Player
Episode #5.1 (1954) … Himself - Singer/Trumpeter
Episode #2.12 (1951) … Himself - Trumpet Player/Singer
 
1953 Saluti e baci
Himself / En personne
 
1953 Nothing But the Best (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1953) … Himself
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself - Guest Musician
Episode #3.16 (1952) … Himself - Guest Musician
 
1952 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Trumpeter
The New Bowling Ball (1952) … Himself - Guest Trumpeter
 
1951-1952 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Musician / Himself - Singer / Singer / …
Episode #4.37 (1952) … Himself - Musician / Singer
Episode #4.2 (1951) … Himself - Singer / Trumpeter
 
1950 College of Musical Knowledge (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 November 1950 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Cavalcade of Bands (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.6 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 I'm in the Revue
Himself
 
1949 Sugar Hill Times (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1949) … Himself
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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2012 My Music: Big Band Vocalists (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Bert Stern: Original Madman (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2009 The Legendary Bing Crosby (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (video)
Himself
 
2008 Trombone Shorty (documentary short)
Himself
 
1989-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2007 The Legendary Crooners (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Protagonistas del recuerdo (TV series)
 
2006 Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (video)
Himself
 
2005 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2005 Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2003 True Love (video short)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Himself - Orchestra Leader
 
2000 Playboy: The Party Continues (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Crossroads (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Masters of American Music
Himself
 
1993 One on One: Classic Television Interviews (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1991 The Magic of Bing Crosby (video)
Himself
 
1990 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 That's Black Entertainment (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet' (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 The Best of Louis Armstrong (video documentary)
Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'High Society'
 
1971 Louis Armstrong: 1900 - 1971 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (documentary short)
Himself
 
1958-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1956 Jazz Ball (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Louis Armstrong
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) TV commercial: Estee Lauder (song used: "What a Wonderful World") See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 15 Print Biographies  | 7 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »


Alternate Names:

Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars | Satchmo | Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has always been my music, it's always come first, but the music ain't worth nothing if you can't lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, 'cause what you're there for is to please the people. See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7601 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

Trademark:

He had a distinctively gravelly singing voice See more »

Nickname:

Satchmo diminutive of 'Satchel Mouth' See more »

Star Sign:

Leo