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Nat 'King' Cole (1919–1965)

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Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles at Montgomery, Alabama. He received music lessons from his mother and his family moved to Chicago when he was only five, where his father Edward James Coles was a minister at the True Light Baptist Church and later Pastor of the First Baptist Church. At 12 he was playing the church organ and at 14 he formed a 14 piece band called the Royal Dukes... See full bio »

Born:

Nathaniel Adams Coles
in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Died:

(age 45) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Nat 'King' Cole and Sammy Davis Jr. at a party Nat 'King' Cole at a Capitol Records recording session circa 1957 Ciro's Nightclub Louella PArsons, Larry Finley, Jimmy McHugh & Nat King Cole Nat King Cole, 1952. Nat King Cole, c. 1960. Nat 'King' Cole chatting with Frank Sinatra at an event surrounding the Democratic National Convention
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2013 42 (writer: "Straighten Up And Fly Right")
 
2012 The Richest Songs in the World (documentary) (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
2012 Love Me Do: The Beatles '62 (TV documentary) (performer: "Let There Be Love")
 
2012 Jack Irish: Bad Debts (TV movie) (performer: "The Very Thought of You")
 
2012 Lotta & die großen Erwartungen (TV movie) (performer: "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" - uncredited / as Nat King Cole)
 
2008-2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #8.8 (2012) (performer: "Yo vendo unos ojos negros")
– Episode #8.2 (2012) (performer: "Ansiedad")
– Episode #5.4 (2009) (performer: "Unforgettable")
– Episode #4.1 (2008) (performer: "María Elena")
– Episode #2.7 (2008) (performer: "Aquellos ojos verdes")
 
2012 Cuéntame (TV series)
– Sorpresas (2012) (performer: "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons")
 
2011 My Week with Marilyn (performer: "You Stepped Out of a Dream", "Autumn Leaves")
 
2011 Bienvenue à bord (performer: "L.O.V.E.")
 
2011 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
– The British Grand Prix: Qualifying (2011) (performer: "Let There Be Love" - uncredited)
 
2011 American Idol (TV series)
– 8 Finalists Compete (2011) ("Nature Boy")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #19.79 (2011) (performer: "Nature Boy")
 
2010/I Valentine's Day (performer: "Te Quiero, Dijiste")
 
2010 Desperate Housewives (TV series)
– The Glamorous Life (2010) (performer: " I Love You For Sentimental Reasons" - uncredited)
 
2010 Leap Year (performer: "MORE AND MORE OF YOUR AMOR")
 
2009 Prep & Landing (TV short) (performer: "The Christmas Song" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2009 Fringe (TV series)
– Earthling (2009) (writer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" - uncredited / performer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" - uncredited)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Dream", "Save the Bones for Henry Jones", "Autumn Leaves")
 
2009 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– The Top 18 Perform (2009) (performer: "Almost Like Being in Love" - uncredited)
 
2009 La chica de ayer (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (2009) (performer: "The More I See You")
 
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (performer: "L O V E" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
– Episode #13.120 (2009) (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home")
 
2009 Watchmen (performer: "Unforgettable" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2009 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
– Episode #4.10 (2009) (performer: "Smile")
– Episode #4.9 (2009) (performer: "Smile")
 
2009 Dieta mediterránea (performer: "Ay, cosita linda")
 
2008 The Express (performer: "Send For Me")
 
2008 Doctors (TV series)
– Hearts Will Go On (2008) (performer: "Unforgettable")
 
2007 The War (TV mini-series documentary)
– The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 (2007) (performer: "If You Can't Smile and Say Yes Please Don't Cry and Say No")
 
2007 Entourage (TV series)
– The Cannes Kids (2007) (performer: "L.O.V.E. Je Ne Pepartrai Pas" - uncredited)
 
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (performer: "L O V E" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
– The Blue Comet (2007) (performer: "Ramblin' Rose" - uncredited)
 
2006 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
– Dance with the Dead (2006) (performer: "For All We Know")
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– World's Best Love Songs (2006) (performer: "Unforgettable")
 
2006 Running with Scissors (performer: "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" 1947, "Stardust" 1927 / as Nat King Cole)
 
2006 Love and Other Disasters (performer: "L.O.V.E." / as Nat King Cole)
 
2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TV documentary) (performer: "Star Dust")
 
2006 Take the Lead (performer: "Fascination")
 
2005 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
– Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2005) (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
2005 Little Manhattan (performer: "The Very Thought Of You")
 
2005 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– Everyone's Waiting (2005) ("What'll I Do" - uncredited)
 
2005 Wah-Wah (performer: "Stay As Sweet As You Are")
 
2002-2004 EastEnders (TV series)
– Episode dated 20 December 2004 (2004) (performer: "The Christmas Song" - uncredited)
– Christmas Day 2002: Part 1 (2002) (performer: "The Christmas Song" - uncredited)
 
2004 Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (TV series)
– Rosenkrieg (2004) (performer: "Unforgettable")
 
2004 School for Seduction (performer: "Cappucina/Permettete Signorina" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2004/I Ray (writer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2004 Swing Girls (performer: "L. O. V. E.")
 
2003 Mona Lisa Smile (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" / as Nat King Cole)
 
2003 Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (documentary) (performer: "Avalon" 1920)
 
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
2002 Catch Me If You Can (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
2002 If I Were a Rich Man (performer: "Smile")
 
2002 He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (performer: "L.O.V.E.")
 
2002 The Rookie (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
2001 The Majestic (performer: "Orange Colored Sky", "I Remember You")
 
2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV special documentary) (writer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right")
 
2001 Corky Romano (performer: "L O V E")
 
2001 Boycott (TV movie) (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home')
 
2000 In the Mood for Love (performer: "Aquellos Ojos Verdes", "Te Quiero Dijiste", "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás")
 
1999 Liberty Heights (performer: "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1999 End of Days (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (performer: "Nature Boy")
 
1998 Rounders (performer: "That's The Kind Of Girl I Dream Of")
 
1998 Wrongfully Accused (performer: "When I Fall In Love" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1998 The Parent Trap (performer: "L O V E")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– 1968 (1998) (performer: "The Christmas Song" / as Nat King Cole)
– We Have Cleared the Tower (1998) (performer: "The Christmas Song" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1998 Primary Colors (performer: "UNFORGETTABLE" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1997 British Men Behaving Badly (TV series)
– Jingle B***s! (1997) (performer: "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot")
 
1997 As Good as It Gets (performer: "FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS I LOVE YOU" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1997 Stag (performer: "How Does It Feel")
 
1997 That Old Feeling (performer: "Love")
 
1997 Private Parts (performer: "Pretend" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1996 101 Dalmatians (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
1996 Jingle All the Way (performer: "The Christmas Song")
 
1996 Faithful (performer: "Let's Face The Music And Dance")
 
1996 Unforgettable (performer: "Unforgettable" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1995 Grumpier Old Men (performer: "Almost Like Being In Love")
 
1995 Friends (TV series)
– The One with Phoebe's Dad (1995) (performer: "The Chirstmas Song" - uncredited)
 
1995 Golden Anniversary (TV documentary) (music: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" / lyrics: "Straighten Up and Fly Right")
 
1995 The American President (performer: "Deck the Halls" - uncredited)
 
1995 Home for the Holidays (performer: "Candy", "The Very Thought of You")
 
1995 Three Wishes (performer: "A Blossom Fell")
 
1995 The Tuskegee Airmen (TV movie) (writer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right")
 
1994 ER (TV series)
– Blizzard (1994) (performer: "The Christmas Song" - uncredited)
 
1994 I Like It Like That (performer: "L-O-V-E" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1994 With Honors (performer: "The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire")
 
1994 The Ref (performer: "The Christmas Song", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "Adeste Fidelis" / arranger: "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "Adeste Fidelis")
 
1993 Grumpy Old Men (performer: "O HOLY NIGHT", "JOY TO THE WORLD" / arranger: "O HOLY NIGHT", "JOY TO THE WORLD")
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (performer: "Stardust")
 
1993 Torch Song (TV movie) (performer: "WHEN I FALL IN LOVE")
 
1993 The Red Squirrel (performer: "Let There Be Love")
 
1993 This Boy's Life (performer: "Smile")
 
1993 El amante bilingüe (performer: "Perfidia")
 
1993 Untamed Heart (performer: "Nature Boy")
 
1993 Groundhog Day (performer: "Almost Like Being in Love" / as Nat King Cole)
 
1993 Kung kailangan mo ako (performer: "Unforgetable")
 
1992 That Night (performer: "LET THERE BE LOVE")
 
1992 Home Improvement (TV series)
– Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor (1992) (performer: "When I Fall in Love" - uncredited)
 
1991 Guilty by Suspicion (writer: "STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT" / performer: "STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT")
 
1988-1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– The Ties That Bind (1990) (performer: "At Last" - uncredited)
– Cocoa and Sympathy (1990) (performer: "Unforgettable" - uncredited)
– Pottery Will Get You Nowhere (1989) (performer: "When I Fall In Love")
– Angel (1988) (performer: "Sentimental Reasons")
 
1990 The Freshman (performer: "MONA LISA")
 
1990 Quick Change (performer: "L-O-V-E")
 
1989 The Last Winter (performer: "Smile")
 
1989 Strapless (performer: "When I Fall In Love")
 
1989 See You in the Morning (performer: "When I Fall in Love")
 
1989 Scandal ("Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer")
 
1989 Lágrimas al desayuno (short) ("El bodeguero")
 
1987 Tin Men (performer: "Sweet Lorraine")
 
1986 Un hombre de éxito ("El bodeguero")
 
1986 Mona Lisa (performer: "MONA LISA", "WHEN I FALL IN LOVE")
 
1982 My Favorite Year (performer: "Stardust" 1927)
 
1982 The World According to Garp (performer: "There Will Never Be Another You")
 
1980 Raging Bull (performer: "Mona Lisa" 1949)
 
1980 Cabo Blanco (performer: "The Very Thought Of You")
 
1978 Fedora (performer: "Tenderly" - uncredited)
 
1975 Smile (performer: "Smile" 1936)
 
1973 Badlands (performer: "A BLOSSOM FELL")
 
1973 Some Call It Loving ("The Very Thought of You")
 
1965 Cat Ballou (performer: "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" - uncredited)
 
1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
– Nat King Cole, Guest (1964) (performer: "Day In, Day Out" - uncredited, "When I Fall In Love" - uncredited, "Sweet Sue" - uncredited)
 
1964 Felicia (performer: "Felicia")
 
1963 In the Cool of the Day (performer: "In the Cool of the Day")
 
1960 Schlager-Raketen (performer: "Mona Lisa")
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
– Academy Award Songs (1960) (performer: "Mona Lisa" - uncredited, "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" - uncredited, "Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited, "The Five Pennies" - uncredited)
 
1958 St. Louis Blues (performer: "Morning Star", "Careless Love", "Saint Louis Blues")
 
1957 Raintree County (performer: "Raintree County")
 
1957 China Gate (performer: "China Gate")
 
1957 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.27 (1957) (performer: "Sweet Lorraine", "Lucky Day", "Stay as Sweet as You Are")
– Episode #1.22 (1957) (performer: "Stardust")
– Episode #1.21 (1957) (performer: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me")
– Episode #1.17 (1957) (performer: "Should I?", "It All Depends on You", "Namely You", "This Is My Night to Dream", "Unforgettable")
– Episode #1.15 (1957) (performer: "That's My Girl", "Coquette", "True Love", "Tea for Two", "My Funny Valentine")
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1957 Istanbul (performer: "I WAS A LITTLE TOO LONELY", "WHEN I FALL IN LOVE")
 
1956 Autumn Leaves (performer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour (performer: "Never Let Me Go")
 
1955 The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (short) (performer: "Sweet Lorraine", "Route 66", "Pretend", "That's My Girl")
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue (performer: "The Trouble With Me Is You")
 
1955 Kiss Me Deadly (performer: "Rather Have the Blues")
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
– All Star Review (performer: "Route 66")
– Downbeat Revue (performer: "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons")
– Revue in Rhythm (performer: "The Trouble with Me Is You")
– Showtime in Harlem (performer: "You Call It Madness")
– Stars Over Harlem (performer: "Calypso Girl")
 
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue (documentary) (writer: "Calypso Blues" / performer: "Calypso Blues")
 
1954 The Adventures of Hajji Baba (performer: "Hajji Baba Persian Lament")
 
1953 Small Town Girl (performer: "My Flaming Heart")
 
1953 The Blue Gardenia (performer: "Blue Gardenia")
 
1952 Nat 'King' Cole and Joe Adams Orchestra (short) (performer: "Too Young", "Destination Moon", "That's My Girl")
 
1949 Make Believe Ballroom (performer: "The Trouble With Me is You")
 
1949 The Fight Never Ends (writer: "Call the Police")
 
1948 Killer Diller (music: "Breezy and the Bass", "Ooh, Kickeroonie" / lyrics: "Ooh, Kickeroonie")
 
1946 Make Mine Music (performer: "Tres Palabras" - uncredited)
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood (writer: "It's Better To Be By Yourself")
 
1945 Her Lucky Night (writer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" / as Nat Cole)
 
1944 Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? (short) (performer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
1943 Here Comes Elmer (writer: "Straighten Up Fly Right")
 
1943 Stormy Weather (music: "That Ain't Right" 1941 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (25 titles)
1965 Cat Ballou
Shouter (as Nat King Cole)
 
1964 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (1964)
 
1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Nat
– Nat King Cole, Guest (1964) … Nat
 
1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 29 December 1961 (1961)
 
1960 Schlager-Raketen
Sänger/Himself
 
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon
Cy Robbin
 
1958 St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
 
1957 China Gate
Goldie
 
1957 Istanbul
Danny Rice
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour
Nightclub Vocalist (singing "Never Let Me Go")
 
1955 Kiss Me Deadly
Singer (voice)
 
1953 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
– Episode dated 12 September 1953 (1953)
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Vocalist
– Episode #3.21 (1953) … Guest Vocalist
 
1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Horace Hambleton
– Song for a Banjo (1952) … Horace Hambleton
 
1951 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Performer
– Episode dated 4 March 1951 (1951) … Performer
 
1949 Make Believe Ballroom
Trio Leader (as King Cole Trio)
 
1948 We, the People (TV series)
Performers
– Episode #1.1 (1948) … Performers
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood
Nat 'King' Cole
 
1945 See My Lawyer
Specialty (as King Cole Trio)
 
1944 Swing in the Saddle
'King' Cole (uncredited)
 
1944 Stars on Parade
Nat 'King' Cole
 
1944 Pin Up Girl
Canteen Pianist (uncredited)
 
1943 Pistol Packin' Mama
Leader - The King Cole Trio (uncredited)
 
1943 Here Comes Elmer
King Cole
 
1941 Citizen Kane
Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2011 Ein Tag, eine Nacht und ein bisschen Morgen (singer)
 
1959 Night of the Quarter Moon (composer: song "To Whom it May Concern")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1986 Mona Lisa (grateful acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (51 titles)
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.8 (2012) … Himself
 
1992 Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 2 (video)
Himself
 
1991 Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 1 (video)
Himself
 
1989 Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (documentary)
Himself
 
1962-1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.8 (1964) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #2.3 (1963) … Himself
– Episode #1.27 (1963) … Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1962) … Himself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961-1964 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.21 (1964) … Himself
– Episode #5.8 (1962) … Himself
– Episode #4.7 (1961) … Himself
– Episode #3.26 (1961) … Himself
 
1963 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.14 (1963) … Himself - Singer
 
1963 An Evening with Nat King Cole (TV movie)
Himself
 
1953-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 19 March 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 6 December 1953 (1953) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1949-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Pianist / Himself - Singer
– Episode #14.16 (1961) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #11.29 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #9.38 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #9.33 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #9.27 (1956) … Himself
See all 14 episodes »
 
1957-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.2 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #2.4 (1957) … Himself
 
1960 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself - Star
– A Cool Evening with Nat King Cole (1960) … Himself - Star
 
1960 Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Nat King Cole (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Royal Variety Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Academy Award Songs (TV movie)
Himself - Singer (as Nat King Cole)
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Himself
– Academy Award Songs (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Pianist
– Episode #5.21 (1960) … Himself - Pianist
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Performer
– The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) … Himself - Performer
 
1959 Playboy's Penthouse (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Premier Khrushchev in the USA (documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.10 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 January 1959 (1959) … Himself - Guest
 
1958 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1958) … Himself
 
1956-1957 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #3.13 (1957) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.12 (1957) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.11 (1957) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.10 (1957) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.9 (1957) … Himself - Host
See all 42 episodes »
 
1957 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.8 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Walter Winchell Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.11 (1956) … Himself - Guest
 
1956 Basin Street Revue
Himself
 
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Himself
– I Hear America Singing (1955) … Himself
 
1955 The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (short)
Himself
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue
Himself
 
1952-1955 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode dated 19 March 1955 (1955) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
– Lost Baby (1952) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1954-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer / Pianist
– Episode #5.16 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #4.49 (1954) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
– Away from It All (1954) … Himself
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– All Star Review … Himself - Singer
– Downbeat Revue … Himself - Singer
– Revue in Rhythm … Himself - Singer
– Showtime in Harlem … Himself - Singer
 
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue (documentary)
Himself
 
1953 The George Jessel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.13 (1953) … Himself
 
1953 Nat 'King' Cole and Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (short)
Himself
 
1953 Small Town Girl
Himself
 
1953 The Blue Gardenia
Himself
 
1953 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #2.20 (1953) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1952 Cavalcade of Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist
– Episode #3.42 (1952) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1951-1952 Songs for Sale (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 May 1952 (1952) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 December 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1951-1952 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #4.30 (1952) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #4.13 (1951) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #3.30 (1951) … Himself - Singer
 
1952 Nat 'King' Cole and Joe Adams Orchestra (short)
Himself
 
1951 The James Melton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra (short)
Himself
 
1948 Killer Diller
Himself (as King Cole Trio)
 
1944 Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? (short)
Himself (as the King Cole Trio)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (38 titles)
2012 My Music: Big Band Vocalists (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Tracks (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 100 Years of the London Palladium (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Love Letters in the Sands of Time (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2008 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 The Legendary Crooners (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Jeopardy! (TV series)
 
2004 Nat King Cole: Encore (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Calypso Dreams (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Harlem Renaissance (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Jack Paar: Smart Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Rhapsody in Black (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Shouter
 
2000 Playboy: The Party Continues (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 The Fifties (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
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1994 Corrina, Corrina
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1992 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 That's Black Entertainment (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Ain't Misbehavin'
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1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

His song compositions include "I'm a Shy Guy", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "That Ain't Right", "It's Better to Be by Yourself", "Just for Old Time's Sake", "Calypso Blues", "With You on My Mind", and "To Whom It May Concern". See more »

Publicity Listings:

12 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Nat King Cole | King Cole Trio | the King Cole Trio

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[In an interview the day before his TV show opened] Negroes have been exposed to many single appearances but have not been given a chance to do a regular show before now. I've been waging a personal campaign, aiming at a show of this kind. I hit a few snags here and there but I didn't give up the fight. It could be a turning point so that Negroes may be featured regularly on television. See more »

Trivia:

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage, right hand side of the corridor, at the very top. See more »

Nickname:

King Cole See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces