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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
A clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader, he appeared with his own orchestra... more
Trivia:
His wife was Miss Detroit of 1925. more
Alternate Names:
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- Nancy LaMott: I'll Be Here with You (2008) (V) (writer: "I'm Glad There Is You")
... aka Nancy Lamott: I'll Be Here with You - A Collection of Rare Live Performances 1978-1995 (USA: DVD box title) - Red Betsy (2003) (performer: "SWEET SUE JUST YOU")
- Playing by Heart (1998) (writer: "I'm Glad There Is You" (1941))
- Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996) (writer: "I am glad there is you")
... aka Ma vie sexuelle (UK: video title)
... aka Ma vie sexuelle - Paul Dedalus' Journey (UK: DVD box title)
... aka My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (USA) - "Today" (1 episode, 1995)
... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 7 January 1995 (1995) TV episode (writer: "I'm Glad There Is You") - Second Best (1994) (performer: "The Wren" (La Capinera))
- Cool as Ice (1991) (writer: "Clarinet Polka")
- Cookie (1989) (writer: "Jay Dee's Boogie Woogie")
- Racing with the Moon (1984) (performer: "Tangerine")
- Missing (1982) (performer: "ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL")
- Tangerine (1979) (writer: "Tangerine" (uncredited))
- The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) (TV) (performer: "Tangerine")
- "The Jack Benny Program" (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
- I Am the Fiddler (1964) TV episode (writer: "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World Of Ordinary People)" (uncredited)) - Varieties (1952) ("Sweet Georgia Brown", "Will Cowan Special", "South Rampart Street Parade")
... aka Jimmy Dorsey's Varieties (USA: complete title) - Make Believe Ballroom (1949) (performer: "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho")
- Catalina Interlude (1948) (performer: "Perfidia" (uncredited), "Catalina" (uncredited), "My Ideal" (uncredited), "Tangerine" (uncredited), "Muskrat Ramble" (uncredited), "Hit the Road To Dreamland" (uncredited))
... aka Musical Parade: Catalina Interlude (USA: series title) - The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) (music: "Contrasts")
... aka The Fighting Dorseys (USA: TV title) - Headline Bands (1946) (writer: "Dusk in Upper Sandusky")
- Lost in a Harem (1944) (music: "John Silver" (1944) (uncredited)) (lyrics: "John Silver" (1944) (uncredited))
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) (writer: "The Champ")
- You Can't Ration Love (1944) (writer: "Oodles of Noodles")
- Groovie Movie (1944) (performer: "One O'Clock Jump")
- I Dood It (1943) (music: "Contrast" (uncredited))
... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK) - The Fleet's In (1942) (performer: "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" (uncredited), "Not Mine" (uncredited), "Tangerine" (uncredited), "When You Hear the Time Signal" (uncredited), "If You Build a Better Mousetrap" (uncredited), "Tomorrow You Belong to Uncle Sammy")
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938) (writer: "Beebe" (1929), "Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps" (1936), "I Love You In Technicolor" (1938), "Dusk In Upper Sandusky" (1936)) (lyrics: "It's the Dreamer In Me" (1938)) (performer: "Beebe" (1929), "Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps" (1936), "It's the Dreamer In Me" (1938), "I Love You In Technicolor" (1938), "Dusk In Upper Sandusky" (1936))
... aka Melody Masters (1938-1939) (#3): Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (USA: series title)
Actor:
- "Stage Show" (1954) TV series .... Co-host (1954-55) (unknown episodes)
- Music Man (1948) (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) .... Band Leader Jimmy Dorsey
- That Girl from Paris (1936) (uncredited) .... Band Member at Hammacher's
Self:
- "Stage Show" .... Himself - Co-host (4 episodes, 1956)
- Episode dated 18 February 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Co-host
- Episode dated 11 February 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Co-host
- Episode dated 4 February 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Co-host
- Episode dated 28 January 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Co-host - "What's My Line?" .... One of The Dorsey Brothers (1 episode, 1955)
- Episode dated 16 October 1955 (1955) TV episode (uncredited) .... One of The Dorsey Brothers - "The George Jessel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1954)
- Episode #1.19 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - "The Jackie Gleason Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
... aka The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes (USA: rerun title)
- The Honeymooners: New Year's Eve Party (1953) TV episode .... Himself - The Dorsey Brothers' Encore (1953) .... Himself
... aka Musical Featurettes: The Dorsey Brothers Encore (USA: series title) - Varieties (1952) .... Himself
... aka Jimmy Dorsey's Varieties (USA: complete title) - Make Believe Ballroom (1949) .... Himself - Band Leader Jimmy Dorsey
- Catalina Interlude (1948) (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) .... Himself - Orchestra Leader Jimmy Dorsey
... aka Musical Parade: Catalina Interlude (USA: series title) - The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) .... Himself
... aka The Fighting Dorseys (USA: TV title) - Hollywood Canteen (1944) .... Himself - Leader of His Band
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) .... Himself
- I Dood It (1943) (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) .... Himself
... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK) - The Fleet's In (1942) (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) .... Himself - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938) .... Himself - Orchestra Leader
... aka Melody Masters (1938-1939) (#3): Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (USA: series title) - You Leave Me Breathless (1938) .... Himself
- Mirrors (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself/Clarinet Solo
Archive Footage:
- This Is Elvis (1981) .... Himself
- Jazz Ball (1956) (TV) .... Himself
- Headline Bands (1946) .... Himself - 'Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, 1938'
- Birth of the Blues (1941) .... Himself, Jimmy Dorsey
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