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Perry Como (1912–2001)

In a singing (and sometimes acting) career that spanned over six decades, the name Perry Como has come to mean that warm, smooth, easy-listening, general-audience, slow-flame romance that characterized popular music in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. It has also come to represent an overall good feeling. Telling of the success of the appeal of that good feeling early on in his career... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2011 Hiver rouge (TV movie) (performer: "Jingle Bells")
 
2011 Fringe (TV series)
6B (2011) (writer: "Feelings" - uncredited / performer: "Feelings" - uncredited)
 
2010 Rock & Chips (TV series)
Pilot (2010) (writer: "Delaware" - uncredited / performer: "Delaware" - uncredited)
 
2009 Everybody's Fine (performer: "Catch a Falling Star", "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "Dig You Later A-Hubba Hubba Hubba" - uncredited)
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
Episode #13.123 (2009) (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
2008 Four Christmases (performer: " There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays")
 
2008 Chuck (TV series)
Chuck Versus the Ex (2008) (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
 
2008 Pride and Glory (performer: "Jingle Bells")
 
2008 That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (TV movie) (performer: "Till the End of Time" - uncredited, "It's Impossible" - uncredited)
 
2007 A Life in Words and Music (video short) ("Blue Room")
 
2007 Daphne (TV movie) (performer: "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" - uncredited)
 
2007 Zodiac (performer: "There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas")
 
2007 Smother (performer: "Till the End of Time")
 
2006 Bobby (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
2006 Stick It (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
2005 History Detectives (TV series documentary)
Jim Thorpe Ticket/Land Grant/Leisurama Homes (2005) (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
 
2005 Empire Falls (TV movie) (performer: "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes")
 
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
2004 The Polar Express (performer: "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas")
 
2004 Going the Distance (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
2004 Cold Case (TV series)
The Boy in the Box (2004) (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
 
2003 Mona Lisa Smile (performer: "Hoop-De-Doo")
 
2003 The Night We Called It a Day (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
2003 Normal (TV movie) (performer: "Home for the Holidays")
 
2002 Two Weeks Notice (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1999-2002 The Sopranos (TV series)
The Weight (2002) (performer: "No Other Love" - uncredited, "It's Impossible" - uncredited)
Meadowlands (1999) (performer: "Prisoner of Love" - uncredited)
 
2002 Serving Sara (performer: "Love Is a Christmas Rose")
 
2002 Hart's War (performer: "Lili Marlene")
 
2002 Sex and the City (TV series)
I Heart NY (2002) (performer: "Moon River" - uncredited)
 
2001 Ocean's Eleven (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
2000 Angel (TV series)
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (2000) (performer: "Hoop-De-Doo" - uncredited)
 
2000 Joe Gould's Secret (performer: "Dreamer's Holiday")
 
1999 Liberty Heights (performer: "Ko Ko Mo I Love You So")
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley (1999) (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - uncredited, "The Way You Look Tonight" - uncredited)
 
1999 Bowfinger (performer: "And I Love You So")
 
1999 Dogma (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1999 Blast from the Past (performer: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "It's a Good Day", "Like Someone in Love", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Round and Round")
 
1998 Home Fries (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
Apollo One (1998) (performer: "Magic Moments")
Can We Do This? (1998) (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1998 Johnny Skidmarks (performer: "Magic Moments", "Round and Round")
 
1997 Paws (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
1996 The Pallbearer (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
1994 Bert (TV series)
Hjärnsläpp (1994) ("IT'S IMPOSSIBLE")
 
1994 Paint Cans (performer: "Dig You Latter Hubba Hubba")
 
1993 A Perfect World (performer: "Catch a Falling Star")
 
1993 This Boy's Life (performer: "Mi Casa, Su Casa", "Magic Moments")
 
1992 Malcolm X (performer: "Round and Round")
 
1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (performer: "Forget Domani")
 
1990/I Havana (performer: "Round and Round")
 
1990/II Peacemaker (short) (performer: "Round & Round")
 
1989 Back to the Future Part II (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
 
1989 Uncle Buck (performer: "JUKE BOX BABY")
 
1988 Mystic Pizza (performer: "DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES")
 
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam (performer: "Dream On Little Dreamer")
 
1986 Alex Is Lovesick (performer: "Magic Moments")
 
1984 Speed (documentary short) (performer: "Moonglow")
 
1982 Cat People (performer: "Faraway Places")
 
1980 Christmas in the Holy Land (TV special) (performer: "The City of Tradition", "I Wonder As I Wander", "Hava Nagila")
 
1980 Raging Bull (performer: "Prisoner of Love" 1931)
 
1977 The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (TV special) (performer: "You Light Up My Life", "Prisoner of Love", "It's Impossible")
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley (1977) (performer: "Now" - uncredited)
 
1974 The Odessa File (performer: "Christmas Dream")
 
1969 Mondo Trasho ("Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", "Hot Diggity")
 
1954-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) (performer: "Spring, Spring, Spring", "I Love You", "Yellow Bird", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Young at Heart", "Spring Is Here", "Hey, Mr. Banjo", "New Sun in the Sky", "Dream", "A Very Special Love", "Easter Parade")
Episode dated 23 May 1962 (1962) (performer: "When the Beach Umbrellas Bloom" - uncredited, "The Picnic Song" - uncredited, "Moon Glow" - uncredited)
Episode dated 7 June 1961 (1961) (performer: "The Party's Over" - uncredited, "Begin the Beguine" - uncredited, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - uncredited)
Episode dated 26 April 1961 (1961) (performer: "Bonjour, Paris!" - uncredited, "The Latin Quarter" - uncredited, "If You Love Me" - uncredited, "April in Paris" - uncredited, "C'est si bon" - uncredited, "I Love Paris" - uncredited / "Bonjour, Paris!" - uncredited)
Episode #13.11 (1960) (performer: "The Music Makers" - uncredited, "I've Heard That Song Before" - uncredited, "I Had the Craziest Dream" - uncredited, "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" - uncredited, "Ciri-Biri-Bin" - uncredited, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - uncredited, "The Christmas Song" - uncredited, "In the Garden" - uncredited, "What'll I Do?" - uncredited, "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - uncredited, "This Nearly Was Mine" - uncredited)
 
1961 Hazel (TV series)
What'll We Watch Tonight? (1961) (performer: "Dream Along With Me I'm On My Way To A Star" - uncredited)
 
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me (performer: "Somebody Up There Likes Me" 1956)
 
1956 The Walter Winchell Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1956) (performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited, "Moonlight Love" - uncredited)
 
1948 Words and Music (performer: "Mountain Greenery", "Blue Room", "With a Song in My Heart" Reprise)
 
1946 If I'm Lucky (performer: "Follow the Band" - uncredited, "If I'm Lucky" - uncredited, "One More Kiss" - uncredited, "One More Vote" - uncredited)
 
1945 Doll Face (performer: "Red Hot and Beautiful" - uncredited, "Here Comes Heaven Again" - uncredited, "Dig You Later A-Hubba Hubba Hubba" - uncredited)
 
1944 Something for the Boys (performer: "I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY GOODNIGHT", "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1983 Perry Como's Christmas in New York (TV movie)
Host/Performer
 
1948 Words and Music
Eddie Lorrison Anders/Himself
 
1946 If I'm Lucky
Allen Clark
 
1945 Doll Face
Nicky Ricci
 
1944 Something for the Boys
Sergeant Laddie Green
 
Show ShowSelf (61 titles)
1994 Irish Christmas (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 July 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1987 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself - Honoree
 
1986 The Perry Como Christmas Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Christmas in San Antonio (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 Perry Como's Christmas in England (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1983 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honoree & Presenter: Best Variety, Music or Comedy Program
 
1982 Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 Easter in Guadalajara (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 French-Canadian Christmas (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 Spring in San Francisco (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Christmas in the Holy Land (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Bahamas Holiday (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 Christmas in New Mexico (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The 6th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 Early American Christmas (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Easter by the Sea (TV special)
Himself
 
1977 The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (TV special)
Luke Sleepwalker/Musical Guest
 
1977 Olde English Christmas (TV special)
Himself
 
1977 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.13 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Music from Hollywood (TV special)
Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
Introduction (1977) … Himself
 
1976 Christmas in Austria (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 Perry Como, Las Vegas Style (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1976 Spring in New Orleans (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 Como Country: Perry and His Nashville Friends (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1974 The Perry Como Christmas Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 The Royal Variety Performance 1974 (TV movie)
Himself - Singer
 
1973 Julie on Sesame Street (TV special)
Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Pat Boone (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 May 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (TV special)
Himself
 
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #3.7 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1960-1970 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
Potomac Madness (1960) … Himself
 
1968-1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.22 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.25 (1969) … Himself (uncredited)
Episode #2.15 (1969) … Himself (uncredited)
Episode #2.10 (1968) … Himself
 
1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer
Episode #7.10 (1969) … Himself - Host/Singer
 
1969 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.15 (1969) … Himself
 
1950-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer / Host / …
Episode dated 28 February 1966 (1966) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 18 October 1965 (1965) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 5 June 1965 (1965) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 3 October 1963 (1963) … Himself - Host
 
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Celebrity Golf (TV series)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Recipient
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) … Himself - Recipient
 
1959 Some of Manie's Friends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.13 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 December 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Dinah Shore Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 January 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (1957) … Himself
 
1950-1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode #10.15 (1956) … Himself
Episode #3.43 (1950) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1956 The Walter Winchell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: Variety (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1954 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Dateline (1954) … Himself
 
1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode #4.11 (1953) … Himself - Host
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Comedic Dancer / Himself - Host / Vocalist
Episode #3.24 (1953) … Himself - Host/Vocalist/Comedic Dancer
 
1949-1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
Episode #3.17 (1951) … Himself - Singer
Episode #2.14 (1949) … Himself
 
1943 Upbeat in Music (documentary short)
Himself - Singer, Fred Waring Orchestra
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2012 My Music: Big Band Vocalists (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
 
2008 That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 A Life in Words and Music (video short)
Himself
 
2007 The Legendary Crooners (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Moments to Remember: My Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (video documentary)
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1993 The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Bravo, Catrin (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've done nothing that I can call exciting. I was a barber. Since then I've been a singer. That's it. See more »

Trivia:

Commenting on the relaxing effect his music has on people, Dean Martin once joked that he "used to go over to Perry's to borrow a cup of sleep". See more »

Trademark:

Opening theme: "Dream Along With Me," Closing theme: "You Are Never Far Away (From Me)." See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus