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11/12/89: Miles Davis -- Jazz great Miles Davis told Harry Reasoner, 19 years ago this week, that unlike what many think, race did not play a role in developing his talent.
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) -- Open-ended Trailer from Warner Brothers Pictures

Overview

Date of Birth:
26 May 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA more
Date of Death:
28 September 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Miles Davis, famous jazz trumpeter, composer and band-leader was born... more
Trivia:
He was married to Cicely Tyson by Andrew Young in the home of Bill Cosby... more
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(41 articles)
Standing Eight Count
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Comedian Soupy Sales Dead At 83
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department, Actor, Self, Archive Footage
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Later with Jools Holland" (1992)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 8.1 (99)
AKAs:
  • A Little Later (USA: cut version)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Banda sonora" (2007)   (2 episodes, 2007-2009) 2009 - 6.9 (19)
2 TV episodes:
- 3. "The Simpsons" (1989)   (1 episode, 2008) 2008 - 9.2 (392)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG)   ("Move") 2008 - 9.6 (6,534)
AKAs:
  • GTA IV (International: English title: short title)
- 5. "Parashat Ha-Shavua" (2006)   (9 episodes, 2006-2008) 2008 - 6.1 (16)
9 TV episodes: 4 episodes not shown.
- 6. "Dexter" (2006)   (1 episode, 2007) 2007 - 9.2 (661)
1 TV episode:
- 7. Zodiac (2007/I) (writer: "Solar") (performer: "Solar") 2007 $76.8M 7.9 (84,308)
- 8. Midnight Son (2007) (performer: "Nature Boy") 2007 - 5.2 (28)
- 9. "Druckfrisch" (2003)   (1 episode, 2006) 2006 - 9.2 (8)
1 TV episode:
- 10. Collateral (2004) (writer: "Spanish Key") (performer: "Spanish Key") 2004 $208M 7.8 (95,513)
- 11. Levity (2003) (writer: "Blue in Green" (1959)) (performer: "Blue in Green" (1959)) 2003 - 6.5 (3,788)
- 12. "The West Wing" (1999)   (1 episode, 2003) 2003 - 9.0 (8,562)
1 TV episode:
- 13. Comedian (2002) (performer: "If I Were a Bell") 2002 - 7.0 (3,199)
- 14. "The Wire" (2002)   (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - 9.7 (21,061)
1 TV episode:
- 15. "Crossing Jordan" (2001)   (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - 7.3 (1,542)
1 TV episode:
- 16. "Livshunger" (2002)   (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - -
1 TV episode:
- 17. The Score (2001)   (performer: "Autumn Leaves") 2001 - 6.8 (39,081)
AKAs:
  • The Score (Germany)
- 18. Scratch (2001) (writer: "Doo Bop Song") (performer: "Doo Bop Song") 2001 - 7.8 (1,340)
- 19. Extranjeros de sí mismos (2000)   (performer: "Soleá") 2000 - 7.3 (43)
AKAs:
  • Aliens to Themselves (International: English title)
  • Strangers to Themselves (International: English title)
- 20. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)   (performer: "NATURE BOY") ("FOUR") 1999 $125M 7.2 (58,175)
AKAs:
  • The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley (USA: complete title)
- 21. In Too Deep (1999) (performer: "I Thought About You") 1999 - 5.5 (2,375)
- 22. Runaway Bride (1999) (performer: "It Never Entered My Mind") 1999 $308M 5.2 (26,366)
- 23. Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) (performer: "It Never Entered My Mind") 1998 - 8.3 (316)
- 24. Where's Marlowe? (1998) (writer: "All Blues") 1998 - 5.9 (369)
- 25. Pleasantville (1998) (writer: "So What") (performer: "So What") 1998 $44.2M 7.5 (46,058)
- 26. Day 532 (1998) (writer: "Ife") (performer: "Ife") 1998 - -
- 27. One Eight Seven (1997) (writer: "Blue in Green") (performer: "Blue in Green") 1997 - 6.5 (8,354)
- 28. The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) (performer: "Move") 1997 - 5.7 (1,110)
- 29. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1997)   (writer: "Call It Anything") (performer: "Call It Anything") 1997 - 7.5 (256)
AKAs:
  • Message of Love: The Isle of Wight Festival: The Movie (USA: video title)
  • Message to Love (UK)
- 30. Trzy dni z zycia malzenskiego (1997)   (performer: "The Pan Piper") 1997 - -
AKAs:
  • Three Days from a Marriage
- 31. Terra Estrangeira (1996)   (performer: "Fran Dance") ("Fran Dance") 1996 - 7.9 (752)
AKAs:
  • Foreign Land
- 32. Basquiat (1996)   (writer: "Flamenco Sketches") (performer: "Flamenco Sketches") 1996 - 6.7 (7,314)
AKAs:
  • Build a Fort, Set It on Fire
- 33. La flor de mi secreto (1995)   (performer: "Soleá") 1995 - 7.0 (3,539)
AKAs:
  • La fleur de mon secret (France)
  • The Flower of My Secret (USA)
- 34. A Bronx Tale (1993) (performer: "Flamenco Sketches") 1993 - 7.7 (27,313)
- 35. In the Line of Fire (1993) (writer: "All Blues") (performer: "All Blues") 1993 $187M 7.2 (28,118)
- 36. Sneakers (1992) (writer: "Flamenco Sketches") (performer: "Flamenco Sketches") 1992 - 7.0 (22,708)
- 37. Tacones lejanos (1991)   (performer: "Soleá", "Saeta") 1991 - 7.1 (3,994)
AKAs:
  • High Heels (USA)
  • Talons aiguilles (France)
- 38. A Kiss Before Dying (1991) (writer: "So What") (performer: "So What") 1991 - 5.5 (2,000)
- 39. Scrooged (1988) (performer: "We Three Kings of Orient Are") 1988 - 6.7 (19,651)
- 40. 36 fillette (1988)   (performer: "Moon Dreams") 1988 - 6.1 (466)
AKAs:
  • Junior Size 36 (Canada: English title: festival title)
  • Virgin (UK)
- 41. Absolute Beginners (1986)   (writer: "So What (Lyric Version)") 1986 - 5.4 (1,295)
AKAs:
  • Absolute Beginners - The Musical (International: English title: poster title)
- 42. Lenny (1974) ("It Never Entered My Mind", "Tempus Fugit", "Well You Needn't") 1974 - 7.6 (4,845)
- 43. The Sound of Miles Davis (1959) (TV) (writer: "So What") 1959 - 8.2 (15)
Composer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Les lunettes (2007) 2007 - -
- 2. "Beef: The Series" (2006) (unknown episodes) 2006 - -
- 3. Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004) 2004 - 7.9 (76)
- 4. Dingo (1991)   1991 - 6.8 (125)
AKAs:
  • Dingo - Dog of the Desert
- 5. Siesta (1987) 1987 - 5.2 (1,020)
- 6. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985)   (1 episode, 1985) 1985 - 6.8 (260)
- 7. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968) 1968 - 7.9 (244)
- 8. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)   1958 - 8.0 (4,564)
AKAs:
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • Elevator to the Scaffold
  • Frantic (USA)
  • Lift to the Scaffold (UK)
Music Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Dresden (1999) (composer: song "Big Foot") 1999 - 5.2 (42)
- 2. Tacones lejanos (1991)   (musician: trumpet, "Solea" and "Saeta") 1991 - 7.1 (3,994)
AKAs:
  • High Heels (USA)
  • Talons aiguilles (France)
- 3. Street Smart (1987) (musician) 1987 - 6.2 (866)
- 4. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) (musician: trumpet, "Just Squeeze Me") 1986 - 5.5 (527)
- 5. Lenny (1974) (musician: "Tempus Fugit", "Well You Needn't" and "It Never Entered My Mind") 1974 - 7.6 (4,845)
- 6. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)   (musician: trumpet) 1958 - 8.0 (4,564)
AKAs:
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • Elevator to the Scaffold
  • Frantic (USA)
  • Lift to the Scaffold (UK)
Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Miles Davis: Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival (2000) (V) Trumpeter 2000 - 6.8 (6)
- 2. Dingo (1991)   Billy Cross 1991 - 6.8 (125)
AKAs:
  • Dingo - Dog of the Desert
- 3. Scrooged (1988) Street Musicians 1988 - 6.7 (19,651)
- 4. "VH1 New Visions" (1986) Guest Host VJ (1987) 1987 - -
- 5. "Miami Vice" (1984)   Ivory Jones (1 episode, 1985) 1985 - 7.8 (3,699)
1 TV episode:
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (V) Himself (segment "Nobody Told Me") 2003 - 7.7 (64)
- 2. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1997)   Himself 1997 - 7.5 (256)
AKAs:
  • Message of Love: The Isle of Wight Festival: The Movie (USA: video title)
  • Message to Love (UK)
- 3. Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)   Himself 1990 - 5.4 (108)
AKAs:
  • Listen Up
- 4. 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988) (TV) Himself - Presenter 1988 - 2.9 (16)
- 5. "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)   Himself (1 episode, 1987) 1987 - 8.0 (375)
- 6. Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (1986) (TV) Himself 1986 - -
- 7. "Crime Story" (1986)   Himself (1 episode, 1986) 1986 - 8.6 (538)
1 TV episode:
- 8. Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1986) (V) Himself 1986 - 6.9 (15)
- 9. Miles Davis live in Europe (1983) Himself 1983 - 8.1 (6)
- 10. "Saturday Night Live" (1975)   Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1981) 1981 - 8.2 (6,599)
AKAs:
  • NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
  • SNL (USA: informal title)
  • SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
  • Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
  • Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
  • Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
  • Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
  • Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
1 TV episode:
- 11. "In Concert" (1972)   Himself (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - -
1 TV episode:
- 12. Imagine (1972) (uncredited) Himself 1972 - 7.3 (175)
- 13. Fight of the Century (1971) (TV)   Himself - Audience Member 1971 - 6.7 (12)
AKAs:
  • Ali-Frazier I (USA: informal title)
- 14. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968) (uncredited) Himself 1968 - 7.9 (244)
- 15. The Sound of Miles Davis (1959) (TV) Himself 1959 - 8.2 (15)
- 16. "Tonight!" (1953)   Himself - Trumpet / Recipient Down Beat Award (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 9.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
  • The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • Tonight (USA: syndication title)
  • Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
Archive Footage
- 1. "Banda sonora"  
2 TV episodes:
- 2. "Tracks"  
1 TV episode:
- 3. "ETV tokushû"  
1 TV episode:
- 4. "Video on Trial"  
1 TV episode:
- 5. Marilyn Mazur: Queen of Percussion (2006) Himself
- 6. "The Greatest Canadian" (2004)
- 7. Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004) Himself
- 8. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) (TV) (uncredited) Himself
- 9. The Miles Davis Story (2001) (TV) Himself
- 10. Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000) (TV) (uncredited) Himself - Audience Member
- 11. Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (2000) (V) Himself
- 12. "CNN World Beat"  
1 TV episode:
- 13. Prince Interactive (1994) (VG) Himself
- 14. "Great Performances"  
1 TV episode:

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A member of the "Artists United Against Apartheid" charity project in 1985. more
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