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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Composer ("It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated... more
Trivia:
(1971) Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
2 wins
&
1 nomination
more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
Dancer Coles Dead At 94
(From WENN. 9 November 2009, 4:16 AM, PST)
Broward State Door Theatre's Bubbling Brown Sugar Charms Audiences and Critics, Runs Thru 11/22
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 October 2009, 3:26 PM, PDT)
(From WENN. 9 November 2009, 4:16 AM, PST)
Broward State Door Theatre's Bubbling Brown Sugar Charms Audiences and Critics, Runs Thru 11/22
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 October 2009, 3:26 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Duke Ellington's Orchestra
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) (music: "Satin Doll") (performer: "Satin Doll")
- "Dancing with the Stars" (1 episode, 2009)
- Round Nine: Results (2009) TV episode (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited)) - He's Just Not That Into You (2009) (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
... aka Er steht einfach nicht auf Dich! (Germany) - "Eli Stone" (1 episode, 2008)
- Grace (2008) TV episode (writer: "Hit Me With a Hot Note" (uncredited)) - Two Lovers (2008) (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm")
- Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG) ("Take the "A" Train")
... aka GTA IV (International: English title: short title) - Be Kind Rewind (2008) (writer: "Solitude")
- The Great Debaters (2007) (writer: "Delta Serenade")
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (TV) (music: "In a Mellow Tone", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited))
- Melba Moore: Live in Concert (2007) (V) (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007) (writer: "Caravan")
... aka 13 (USA: promotional abbreviation) - "The Sopranos" (3 episodes, 2007)
- The Second Coming (2007) TV episode ("Caravan" (uncredited))
- Kennedy and Heidi (2007) TV episode (writer: "Sophisticated Lady") (performer: "Sophisticated Lady")
- Walk Like a Man (2007) TV episode ("Mood Indigo") - Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (2007) (writer: "Solitude")
- King of California (2007) (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood (inst)")
- Munich (2005) (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss")
... aka Munich (Canada: French title) (France)
... aka Steven Spielberg's Munich (Australia) - Rumor Has It... (2005) (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light") (performer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
... aka Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title) - The White Countess (2005) (music: "Mood Indigo" (1930))
- Prime (2005) (writer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD") (performer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD")
- The Lost City (2005) (writer: "Limbo Jazz") (performer: "Limbo Jazz")
- Breakfast on Pluto (2005) (writer: "Caravan" (1937))
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (performer: "Blowin' in the Wind")
... aka Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia) - Melinda and Melinda (2004) (music: "In a Mellow Tone" (1939), "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (1942), "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938)) (performer: "In a Mellow Tone" (1939), "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938))
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) (writer: "I'm a Just a Lucky So & So")
- The Notebook (2004) (writer: "Alabamy Home" (1937))
- Mona Lisa Smile (2003) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
- "Angels in America" (2003) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
... aka The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title)) - The Human Stain (2003) (writer: "Day Dream" (1939)) (music: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (1941))
... aka Der menschliche Makel (Germany)
... aka La couleur du mensonge (France) - Bright Young Things (2003) (writer: "Caravan")
- Ben Webster (2003) (TV) ("In a Mellow Tone")
- Comedian (2002) (writer: "Caravan")
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) (VG) (writer: "The Mooche", "Caravan")
... aka Mafia (Czech Republic) (International: English title: game box title) (USA: working title) - Minority Report (2002) (writer: "Solitude" (1934))
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) (music: "Mood Indigo" (1931)) (lyrics: "Mood Indigo" (1931)) (performer: "Mood Indigo" (1931))
- "Crossing Jordan" (2 episodes, 2002)
- With Honor (2002) TV episode (performer: "Stardust" (uncredited))
- Blood Relatives (2002) TV episode (performer: "Daydream" (uncredited)) - Hart's War (2002) (writer: "Mood Indigo")
- Ocean's Eleven (2001) (writer: "Caravan")
... aka 11 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka O11 (USA: informal short title) - One Night with Robbie Williams (2001) (TV) (writer: "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me")
... aka Robbie Williams: Live at the Albert (UK: DVD title) - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) (music: "Sophisticated Lady") (performer: "Sophisticated Lady")
... aka Im Bann des Jade Skorpions (Germany) - An American Rhapsody (2001) (music: "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (1945))
... aka Amerikai rapszódia (Hungary) - Angel Eyes (2001) (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood")
... aka Ojos de ángel (USA: Spanish title) - Chocolat (2000) (writer: "Caravan" (1937))
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) (performer: "Mood Indigo")
- Yksityisetsivän tytär (2000) (music: "A Drum is a Woman") (lyrics: "A Drum is a Woman")
... aka Helsinki 2000 - Yksityisetsivän tytär (Finland: long title) - Pollock (2000) (performer: "It's Sad But True")
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) (TV) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- The Yards (2000) (music: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944))
- My Dog Skip (2000) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
- Any Given Sunday (1999) (writer: "I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU")
- The Green Mile (1999) (performer: "Three Little Words")
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title) - Pitch People (1999) (writer: "Mood Indigo")
- Sweet and Lowdown (1999) (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "Caravan")
- Curtain Call (1999) (writer: "Mood Indigo", "Rockin' In Rhythm")
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) (writer: "Rent Party Blues")
... aka Face of an Angel (UK: DVD title) - Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (1999) (TV) (writer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE") (performer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE")
... aka The Fillmore (USA: short title) - Eyes Wide Shut (1999) (music: "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (1941))
... aka EWS (USA: promotional abbreviation) - The Thirteenth Floor (1999) (writer: "Caravan")
... aka Abwärts in die Zukunft (Germany: TV title) - Life (1999/I) (writer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem")
- The Matrix (1999) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light") (performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
- "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1 episode, 1999)
... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
- Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) TV episode ("Night Train") - "Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy" (1 episode, 1999)
- Home Alone (1999) TV episode (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (uncredited)) - The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Living Out Loud (1998) (writer: "Low Key Lightly", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- Rounders (1998) (writer: "Warm Valley") (performer: "Warm Valley")
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) (writer: "Solitude")
- The Odd Couple II (1998) ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
... aka Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II - The Big Lebowski (1998) (writer: "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good")
- Sphere (1998) (music: "DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE")
- The Big One (1997) (writer: "Mississipi Moan" (1927)) (performer: "Mississipi Moan" (1927))
- Double Tap (1997) (performer: "One O'Clock Jump")
- Hoodlum (1997) (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Addicted to Love (1997) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
... aka Forlorn - Ulee's Gold (1997) (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
- Metro (1997) (performer: "THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE")
- Love Jones (1997) (writer: "In a Sentimental Mood") (performer: "In a Sentimental Mood")
- Swingers (1996) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
- Larger Than Life (1996) (writer: "Just a Lucky So & So")
- "The Beatles Anthology" (1995) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
- Let It Be Me (1995) (writer: "C Jam Blues")
... aka Love Dance (UK) - White Man's Burden (1995) (writer: "Prelude To A Kiss")
... aka White Man (France) - Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) (writer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS") (performer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS")
- Forget Paris (1995) (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Miami Rhapsody (1995) (writer: "I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD")
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (performer: "That Jungle Jamboree")
- Corrina, Corrina (1994) (performer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)")
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (performer: "Flying Home") ("In A Sentimental Mood")
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany) - Bottle Rocket (1994) (writer: "Stevie") ("Stevie")
- Memory (1993) (TV) (music: "Pega'm amb el saxo i fes-me mal")
- Short Cuts (1993) ("I'm Gonna Go Fishin")
- Rising Sun (1993) (writer: "SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE")
- Swing Kids (1993) (writer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)")
- Malcolm X (1992) (writer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem", "Azure", "Arabesque Cookie") (performer: "Arabesque Cookie")
... aka X (USA: poster title) - En dag i oktober (1992) ("THE JEEP IS JUMPIN'")
... aka A Day in October - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss", "Daydream")
... aka Glengarry Glen Ross (Australia) - Prelude to a Kiss (1992) (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss")
- A League of Their Own (1992) (writer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD")
- White Men Can't Jump (1992) (writer: "MOOD INDIGO")
- The Mambo Kings (1992) (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood") (performer: "In A Sentimental Mood")
... aka Les mambo kings (France) - The Addams Family (1991) ("The Mooche")
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) ("SATIN DOLL")
... aka The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (Canada: English title) - The Rocketeer (1991) (writer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD")
... aka Rocketeer (UK)
... aka The Adventures of the Rocketeer (Australia) - Oscar (1991) (writer: "ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM")
- Flirting (1991) (writer: "The Moochie")
- Guilty by Suspicion (1991) (writer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO") (performer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO")
... aka La liste noire (France) - He Said, She Said (1991) ("I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So", "In A Sentimental Mood")
- Wild Blade (1991) (performer: "El Gato")
- Alice (1990) (writer: "Caravan")
- Wild at Heart (1990) (writer: "First Movement") (performer: "First Movement")
... aka David Lynch's Wild at Heart (USA: complete title) - White Hunter Black Heart (1990) (writer: "SATIN DOLL")
- Harlem Nights (1989) (writer: "Black Beauty", "Mood Indigo") (music: "Drop Me Off In Harlem", "The Gal From Joe's", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "Sophisticated Lady") (performer: "Drop Me Off In Harlem")
- The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) (writer: "Prelude To A Kiss", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", "Solitude")
- When Harry Met Sally... (1989) (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
... aka When Harry Met Sally (USA: DVD box title) - Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) (writer: "The Mooch")
- Field of Dreams (1989) (performer: "Lotus Blossom")
- Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- La nuit Bengali (1988) (writer: "East St-Louis Toodle-oo")
... aka The Bengali Night (International: English title) - Envoyez les violons (1988) (writer: "C JamBlues")
... aka La flûte (France: alternative title) - Biloxi Blues (1988) (writer: "Solitude")
... aka Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues - The Untouchables (1987) (writer: "MOOD INDIGO")
- In the Mood (1987) (writer: "SOLITUDE")
... aka The Woo Woo Kid - Radio Days (1987) (performer: "Take the 'A' Train" (1941))
- Royal Society Jazz Orchestra (1986) (TV) (music: "Black and Tan Fantasy")
- "The Singing Detective" (3 episodes, 1986)
- Clues (1986) TV episode (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" (uncredited))
- Heat (1986) TV episode (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" (uncredited))
- Skin (1986) TV episode (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" (uncredited)) - Tough Guys (1986) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- Miss Mary (1986) ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- The Cotton Club (1984) (music: "The Mooche", "Cotton Club Stomp #2", "Drop Me Off In Harlem", "Creole Love Call", "Ring Dem Bells", "East St.Louis Toodle-O", "Cotton Club Stomp #1", "Mood Indigo", "Daybreak Express Medley")
- Maria's Lovers (1984) (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1984)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 25 June 1984 (1984) TV episode (writer: "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)") - Let's Spend the Night Together (1983) ("Take The A Train")
- Frances (1982) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- "Police Squad!" (1 episode, 1982)
- The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (1982) TV episode ("Satin Doll") - Reborn (1981) ("Mood Indigo")
... aka Renacer (Spain) - Série noire (1979) ("Moonlight fiesta")
- The Turning Point (1977) ("THE RIVER" (Vortex))
- Ecco noi per esempio... (1977) ("Sofisticated Lady")
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (writer: "Downtown Uproar") (music: "Saddest Tale (Blues)") (performer: "Downtown Uproar")
- The Conversation (1974) (music: "Sophisticated Lady")
- Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (1973) (TV) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues", "Rocks in My Bed", "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "Mood Indigo")
- My Tongue Is -Quick! (1971) ("My Old Flame")
... aka John Holmes Caballero Classic Series Volume Three: My Tongue Is Quick (USA: video title)
... aka John Holmes Signature Series 4: My Tongue Is Quick (USA: video title) - "The Mike Douglas Show" (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 11 September 1970 (1970) TV episode (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light") - Handicap (1968) ("My Funny Valentine")
- "The Danny Kaye Show" (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode dated 5 October 1966 (1966) TV episode (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited), "Mood Indigo" (uncredited), "Satin Doll" (uncredited)) - "The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show" (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #1.14 (1966) TV episode (music: "In My Solitude" (uncredited)) - A la memoria del autor (1966) ("The Single Petal of a Rose")
- "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #7.8 (1963) TV episode (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing") - "The Avengers" (1 episode, 1962)
- The Decapod (1962) TV episode ("You Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (uncredited)) - Boccaccio '70 (1962) (writer: "Day Dream")
... aka Boccaccio '70 (USA)
... aka Boccace 70 (France) - "Dante" (1 episode, 1960)
- A Punch from Judy (1960) TV episode (writer: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good") - "Peter Gunn" (3 episodes, 1958-1960)
- The Judgement (1960) TV episode (writer: "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)")
- The Long, Long Ride (1960) TV episode (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
- The Vicious Dog (1958) TV episode (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore") - "Jazz Party" (3 episodes, 1958)
... aka Art Ford's Jazz Party (USA: informal title)
- Episode dated 16 October 1958 (1958) TV episode (music: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)")
- Episode dated 9 October 1958 (1958) TV episode (writer: "C Jam Blues" (uncredited))
- Episode dated 25 September 1958 (1958) TV episode (writer: "Solitude") - "The Perry Como Show" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 25 January 1958 (1958) TV episode (writer: "Jump for Joy" (uncredited)) - "The Lux Show" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.7 (1957) TV episode (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (uncredited)) - A Hatful of Rain (1957) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- This Could Be the Night (1957) (music: "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" (uncredited))
- The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
... aka Beyond the River (UK) - No Way Out (1950) ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Sophisticated Lady")
- Symphony in Swing (1949) (performer: "Frankie and Johnnie")
- Breakin' It Down (1946) (writer: "Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'")
... aka Name Band Musical: Breakin' It Down (USA: series title) - People Are Funny (1946) ("Every Hour on the Hour")
- Man from Oklahoma (1945) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
- The Mouse Comes to Dinner (1945) (music: "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "Don't Get Around Much Any More")
... aka Mouse to Dinner - So's Your Uncle (1943) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) (writer: "Going Up")
- Air Force (1943) (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1923) (uncredited))
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
- Jam Session (1942) (writer: "C-Jam Blues") (performer: "C-Jam Blues")
- The Shining Hour (1938) (music: "Mood Indigo" (1930) (uncredited))
- Underworld (1937/I) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing")
- Hit Parade of 1937 (1937) (music: "I've Got to be a Rough Cutter")
... aka I'll Pick a Star (reissue title)
... aka I'll Reach for a Star (USA: TV title (reissue title))
... aka The Hit Parade - Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935) (music: "Mood Indigo")
... aka Broadway Brevities: Roof Tops of Manhattan (USA: series title) - Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) (writer: "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life")
... aka Headliners (1935-1936 Season) (#3): Symphony in Black (USA: series title)
... aka Symphony in Black (Australia) - Masks and Memories (1934) (music: "Sophisticated Lady")
... aka Broadway Brevities (1935-1936): Masks and Memories (USA: series title) - A Bundle of Blues (1933) (writer: "Lightnin'", "Rockin' In Rhythm", "A Bundle of Blues")
- Check and Double Check (1930) (writer: "Ring Dem Bells", "Old Man Blues") (performer: "Three Little Words", "Ring Dem Bells", "Old Man Blues")
- Black and Tan (1929) (writer: "Black and Tan Fantasy", "Black Beauty", "The Duke Steps Out") (music: "Cotton Club Stomp") ("Black and Tan Fantasy")
- Leo Reisman and His Hotel Brunswick Orchestra in Rhythms (1929) ("The Mooche")
Music Department:
- Nutcracker Sweeties (2006) (TV) (musical adaptation)
- "The Asphalt Jungle" (composer: theme music) (13 episodes, 1961)
- The Scott Machine (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
- The Dark Night (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
- The Kidnapping (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
- The Fighter (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
- The Professor (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
(8 more)
Actor:
- "The Red Skelton Show" .... Guest Orchestra Conductor (1 episode, 1970)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven? (1970) TV episode .... Guest Orchestra Conductor - "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Color Honeymooners (USA: rerun title)
- Episode #1.10 (1966) TV episode - Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (uncredited) .... Pie Eye
- "The United States Steel Hour" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- A Drum Is a Woman (1957) TV episode .... Narrator - Symphony in Swing (1949) .... Duke Ellington
- Reveille with Beverly (1943) .... Duke Ellington
- Belle of the Nineties (1934) .... Piano player (Sensation House)
Composer:
- Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan (2005) (V)
- "Say Brother" (1 episode, 1981)
- Blues and Gone (1981) TV episode - Paris Blues (1961)
- "The Asphalt Jungle" (1 episode, 1961)
- The Burglary Ring (1961) TV episode - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- Holiday (1957)
Self:
- Improvisation (2004) .... Himself
- Rhapsody in Black (2002) (TV)
... aka That Old Black Magic (Canada: English title: DVD title) (USA: DVD title) - Memories of Duke (1980) .... Himself
- On the Road with Duke Ellington (1974) .... Himself
- "Iltatähti" .... Himself - Interviewee (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode dated 6 November 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - Interviewee - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Peggy Lee (1973) TV episode .... Himself - "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode #2.34 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (1973) (TV) .... Himself
- Timex All Star Swing Festival (1972) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Big Bands and All That Jazz (USA: alternative title) - ...And Beautiful II (1970) (TV) .... Himself - Pianist
- "Toast of the Town" .... Himself - Band Leader / ... (11 episodes, 1959-1970)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #23.22 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Band Leader
- Episode #22.26 (1969) TV episode
- Episode #21.39 (1968) TV episode .... Pianist
- Episode #21.19 (1968) TV episode .... Band Leader
- Episode #20.7 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - Band Leader
(6 more) - "Frost on Saturday" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode dated 29 November 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode #1.14 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special (1968) (TV) .... Himself - Pianist
- Newport Jazz Festival (1968) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Himself - Pianist / ... (4 episodes, 1959-1967)
... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967) TV episode .... Himself
- The Music of Harold Arlen (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Band Leader
- Love Makes the World Go Round (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Pianist
- American Festival (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Pianist - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 29 September 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - "Noche del sábado" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1966)
- Episode dated 23 July 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 March 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - The Strolling '20s (1966) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Twentieth Century" (1 episode, 1964)
- Duke Ellington Swings Through Japan (1964) TV episode - "That Regis Philbin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 25 November 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself-Guest (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 13 May 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself-Guest - "The Garry Moore Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1962)
- Episode #4.30 (1962) TV episode .... Himself - Schlager-Raketen (1960) .... Himself and his orchestra
- "Sunday Showcase" .... Himself - Performer (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Performer - "Spectacular" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Val Parnell's Spectacular (UK: complete title)
- Hughie Green (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #4.27 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1956)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #2.9 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - "Frankie Laine Time" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
- Episode #2.1 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.1 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - "Music 55" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
- Episode #1.3 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Rock 'n' Roll Revue (1955) .... Himself
... aka Harlem Rock 'n' Roll (UK)
... aka Rock and Roll Review (USA: alternative title) - "What's My Line?" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
- Episode dated 12 July 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 30 June 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - "Kreisler Bandstand" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode #1.7 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Date with Duke (1947) .... Himself
- Upbeat in Music (1943) .... Band Leader
... aka March of Time Volume 10, No. 5: Upbeat in Music (USA: series title) - Cabin in the Sky (1943) .... Himself
- Jam Session (1942) .... Himself/Piano
- Flamingo (1942) .... Himself/Bandleader
- Verdensberømtheder i København (1939) .... Himself
- Hit Parade of 1937 (1937) .... Himself
... aka I'll Pick a Star (reissue title)
... aka I'll Reach for a Star (USA: TV title (reissue title))
... aka The Hit Parade - Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) .... Himself
... aka Headliners (1935-1936 Season) (#3): Symphony in Black (USA: series title)
... aka Symphony in Black (Australia) - Murder at the Vanities (1934) (as Duke Ellington's Orchestra) .... Himself
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933) (uncredited) .... Himself
- A Bundle of Blues (1933) .... Himself
- Check and Double Check (1930) .... Himself, Duke Ellington
- Black and Tan (1929) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) .... Himself
- Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Reminiscing in Tempo (2006) .... Himself
- Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005) (V) .... Himself
- From Shtetl to Swing (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Duke Ellington Swinging at His Best (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Harlem Renaissance (2004) (V)
- Cinerama Adventure (2002) .... Himself
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- "New York: A Documentary Film" (1999) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "The Century: America's Time" (1999) .... Himself ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929")
- "The Fifties" (1997) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "American Justice: Target - Mafia" (1993) .... Himself
- Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (1993) (TV) .... Himself - Performer
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"The American Experience"
- Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo (1991) TV episode .... Himself - The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991) (TV) .... Himself
- That's Black Entertainment (1990) .... Himself
- Jazz Ball (1956) (TV) .... Himself
- Birth of the Blues (1941) .... Himself, Duke Ellington
Additional Details
Other Works:
Works: "Black, Brown and Beige"; "Deep South Suite"; "New World A'Comin'"; "Sepia Panorama"; "A Drum Is a Woman"; "Harlem" (NBC commission); "Suite Thursday"; "Liberian Suite" (Liberian government commission); "Such Sweet Thunder"; "Shakespearean Suite"; "My People" (Century Negro Progress Exhibition, 1963); "Night Creatures"; "Non-Violent Integration"; and "Far Eastern Suite".
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Publicity Listings:
5 Biographical Movies | 2 Portrayals | 7 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 6 Articles
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