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Duke Ellington (1899–1974)


Composer ("It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", "Solitude", "In a Mellotone", "Satin Doll"), pianist and conductor, holder of an honorary music degree from Wilberforce University and an LHD from Milton College, Duke Ellington led his own orchestra by 1918... See full bio »

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2013 42 (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
2009-2013 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Week 2 (2013) ("It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
Round Two (2011) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
Round Nine: Results (2009) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Master (writer: "Dancers in Love" / performer: "Dancers in Love", "Lotus Blossom")
 
2012 Breaking Bad (TV series)
Say My Name (2012) (writer: "Overture" - uncredited / performer: "Overture" - uncredited)
 
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #8.8 (2012) (writer: "Mood Indigo")
 
2011 Friends with Kids (writer: "Angelica")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #18.177 (2011) (writer: "Caravan" - uncredited)
 
2011 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top 16 Perform (2011) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
2011/I The Artist (performer: "Jubilee Stomp" / "Jubilee Stomp")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (music: "Satin Doll" / performer: "Satin Doll")
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009) (writer: "Creole Love Call", "Jubilee Stomp", "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" / performer: "Jubilee Stomp")
 
2009/I Up in the Air (writer: "Mood Indigo" 1931 / as Edward Ellington)
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (writer: "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life" - uncredited, "I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues" - uncredited)
 
2009 He's Just Not That Into You (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
 
2008 Eli Stone (TV series)
Grace (2008) (writer: "Hit Me With a Hot Note" - uncredited)
 
2008 Two Lovers (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" 1931)
 
2008 A Christmas Tale (writer: "Fleurette africaine" African Flower, "Ad Lib On Nippon" / performer: "Fleurette africaine" African Flower, "Ad Lib On Nippon")
 
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game) ("Take the "A" Train")
 
2008 Be Kind Rewind (writer: "Solitude")
 
2007 The Great Debaters (writer: "Delta Serenade" / as Edward Ellington)
 
2005-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (music: "In a Mellow Tone", "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - uncredited)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (performer: "Blowin' in the Wind")
 
2007 Melba Moore: Live in Concert (video) (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
2007 Ocean's Thirteen (writer: "Caravan" 1937)
 
2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
The Second Coming (2007) (writer: "Caravan" - uncredited)
Kennedy and Heidi (2007) (writer: "Sophisticated Lady" / performer: "Sophisticated Lady")
Walk Like a Man (2007) (writer: "Mood Indigo")
 
2007/II Ella (documentary short) ("IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING")
 
2007 Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (documentary) (writer: "Solitude")
 
2007 King of California (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood inst")
 
2005 Munich (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss" / as Edward "Duke" Ellington)
 
2005 Rumor Has It... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light" / performer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
 
2005 The White Countess (music: "Mood Indigo" 1930)
 
2005 Prime (writer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD" / performer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD")
 
2005 Stranded in Canton (documentary) (writer: "Sophisticated lady")
 
2005 Breakfast on Pluto (writer: "Caravan" 1937)
 
2005 The Lost City (writer: "Limbo Jazz" / performer: "Limbo Jazz")
 
2004 Melinda and Melinda (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)
 
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (writer: "I'm a Just a Lucky So & So")
 
2004 The Notebook (writer: "Alabamy Home" 1937)
 
2004 Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (video short) (writer: "I'm Checkin' Out, Goom-bye")
 
2003 Mona Lisa Smile (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
2003 Angels in America (TV mini-series)
Part 1 Millennium Approaches (2003) (writer: "Solitude" / as Edward "Duke" Ellington / performer: "Solitude")
 
2003 The Matrix Revolutions (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
 
2003 The Human Stain (writer: "Day Dream" 1939 / music: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" 1941)
 
2003 Bright Young Things (writer: "Caravan")
 
2003 Ben Webster (TV documentary) (writer: "In a Mellow Tone" / as Ellington)
 
2002 Comedian (documentary) (writer: "Caravan")
 
2002 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (Video Game) (writer: "The Mooche", "Caravan")
 
2002 Minority Report (writer: "Solitude" 1934)
 
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (music: "Mood Indigo" 1931 / lyrics: "Mood Indigo" 1931 / performer: "Mood Indigo" 1931)
 
2002 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
With Honor (2002) (performer: "Stardust" - uncredited)
Blood Relatives (2002) (performer: "Daydream" - uncredited)
 
2002 Hart's War (writer: "Mood Indigo" / as Edward Ellington)
 
2001 Ocean's Eleven (writer: "Caravan")
 
2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV special documentary) (writer: "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me")
 
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (music: "Sophisticated Lady" / performer: "Sophisticated Lady")
 
2001 An American Rhapsody (music: "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" 1945)
 
2001 Angel Eyes (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood")
 
2000 Chocolat (writer: "Caravan")
 
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance (performer: "Mood Indigo")
 
2000 Yksityisetsivän tytär (short) (music: "A Drum is a Woman" / lyrics: "A Drum is a Woman")
 
2000 Pollock (performer: "It's Sad But True")
 
2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (TV movie) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
2000 The Yards (music: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" 1944 / as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
 
2000 My Dog Skip (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
1999 Any Given Sunday (writer: "I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU")
 
1999 The Green Mile (performer: "Three Little Words")
 
1999 Pitch People (documentary) (writer: "Mood Indigo")
 
1999 Sweet and Lowdown (writer: "Caravan" 1936 / music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" 1931)
 
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV movie) (writer: "Rent Party Blues")
 
1999 Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (TV documentary) (writer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE" / performer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE")
 
1999 Eyes Wide Shut (music: "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" 1941)
 
1999 The Thirteenth Floor (writer: "Caravan")
 
1999/I Life (writer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem")
 
1999 The Matrix (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" / performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) ("Night Train")
 
1999 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (TV series)
Home Alone (1999) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (documentary) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1998 It All Came True (writer: "Mood Indigo", "Rockin' In Rhythm")
 
1998 Living Out Loud (writer: "Low Key Lightly", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1998 Rounders (writer: "Warm Valley" / performer: "Warm Valley")
 
1998 Saving Private Ryan (music: "Solitude" 1934)
 
1998 The Odd Couple II ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1998 The Big Lebowski (writer: "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good")
 
1998 Sphere (music: "DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE")
 
1998 Fallen Arches (writer: "Solitude" / as Ellington)
 
1997 The Big One (documentary) (writer: "Mississipi Moan" 1927 / performer: "Mississipi Moan" 1927)
 
1997 Double Tap (performer: "One O'Clock Jump")
 
1997 Hoodlum (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1997 Addicted to Love (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
1997 Ulee's Gold (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
 
1997 Metro (performer: "THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE")
 
1997 Love Jones (writer: "In a Sentimental Mood" / performer: "In a Sentimental Mood")
 
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces (writer: "In a Sentimental Mood")
 
1996 Swingers (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
 
1996 Larger Than Life (writer: "Just a Lucky So & So")
 
1995 Let It Be Me (writer: "C Jam Blues")
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 White Man's Burden (writer: "Prelude To A Kiss")
 
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress (writer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS" / performer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS")
 
1995 Forget Paris (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1995 Miami Rhapsody (writer: "I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD")
 
1994 Bert (TV series)
 
1994 Bullets Over Broadway (performer: "That Jungle Jamboree")
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING")
 
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (performer: "Flying Home" / "In A Sentimental Mood")
 
1994 Bottle Rocket (short) (writer: "Stevie" / performer: "Stevie")
 
1993 Memory (TV movie) (music: "Pega'm amb el saxo i fes-me mal")
 
1993 Short Cuts (music: "I'm Gonna Go Fishin" 1959)
 
1993 Rising Sun (writer: "SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE")
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
Episode #1.4 (1993) (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
 
1993 Swing Kids (writer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING")
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary) (performer: "Ko-Ko")
 
1992 Malcolm X (writer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem", "Azure", "Arabesque Cookie" / performer: "Arabesque Cookie")
 
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss", "Daydream")
 
1992 Prelude to a Kiss (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss")
 
1992 A League of Their Own (writer: "In a Sentimental Mood")
 
1992 White Men Can't Jump (writer: "MOOD INDIGO")
 
1992 The Mambo Kings (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood" / performer: "In A Sentimental Mood")
 
1991 The Addams Family ("The Mooche")
 
1991 En dag i oktober (writer: "THE JEEP IS JUMPIN'")
 
1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ("SATIN DOLL")
 
1991 The Rocketeer (writer: "IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD")
 
1991 Oscar (writer: "ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM")
 
1991 Flirting (writer: "The Moochie" / as Ellington)
 
1991 Guilty by Suspicion (writer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO" / performer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO")
 
1991 He Said, She Said ("I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So", "In A Sentimental Mood")
 
1991 Wild Blade (performer: "El Gato")
 
1990 Alice (writer: "Caravan" 1937 / as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
 
1990 Wild at Heart (writer: "First Movement" / performer: "First Movement")
 
1990 White Hunter Black Heart (writer: "SATIN DOLL")
 
1990 Dolly and Her Lover (writer: "Caravan")
 
1990 Strike It Rich (music: "Prelude to a Kiss" - uncredited)
 
1989 Valentina (TV series)
Ciao Valentina (1989) (performer: "In a Mellowtone")
 
1989 Harlem Nights (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", "Take The 'A' Train")
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (writer: "Prelude to a Kiss", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", "Solitude" / as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
 
1989 When Harry Met Sally... (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway (writer: "The Mooch")
 
1989 Field of Dreams (performer: "Lotus Blossom")
 
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part II (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1988 The Bengali Night (writer: "East St-Louis Toodle-oo")
 
1988 Driving Me Crazy (documentary) (writer: "Ive Got To Be a Rug Cutter" - uncredited)
 
1988 Envoyez les violons (writer: "C JamBlues")
 
1988 Biloxi Blues (writer: "Solitude")
 
1987 The Untouchables (writer: "MOOD INDIGO")
 
1987 In the Mood (writer: "SOLITUDE")
 
1987 Radio Days (performer: "Take the 'A' Train" 1941)
 
1986 Royal Society Jazz Orchestra (TV special) (music: "Black and Tan Fantasy")
 
1986 The Singing Detective (TV mini-series)
Clues (1986) (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
Heat (1986) (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
Skin (1986) (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
 
1986 Tough Guys (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" / as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
 
1986 Miss Mary (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (writer: "Just Squeeze Me")
 
1984 The Cotton Club (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" / lyrics: "Creole Love Call", "Mood Indigo")
 
1984 Maria's Lovers (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1984 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Episode dated 25 June 1984 (1984) (writer: "I Got it Bad And That Ain't Good")
 
1982 Frances (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1982 Let's Spend the Night Together (documentary) ("Take The A Train")
 
1982 Police Squad! (TV series)
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (1982) ("Satin Doll")
 
1981 Reborn ("Mood Indigo")
 
1980 Rough Cut (writer: "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited, "Satin Doll" - uncredited, "C Jam Blues" - uncredited, "Mood Indigo" - uncredited, "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" - uncredited, "In a Sentimental Mood" - uncredited, "Prelude to a Kiss" - uncredited, "Caravan" - uncredited, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1979 Série noire ("Moonlight fiesta")
 
1977 The Turning Point (music: "Elingtonia")
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Episode #2.16 (1977) (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing")
 
1977 Ecco noi per esempio... ("Sofisticated Lady")
 
1977 The Richard Pryor Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1977) (writer: "Solitude", "Satin Doll")
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (writer: "Downtown Uproar" 1938 / music: "Saddest Tale Blues" 1934 / performer: "Downtown Uproar" 1938)
 
1974 The Conversation (music: "Sophisticated Lady" 1932)
 
1973 Teresa la ladra (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Never No Lament)
 
1973 England Made Me (music: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING')
 
1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV special) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues", "Rocks in My Bed", "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "Mood Indigo")
 
1971 My Tongue Is -Quick! ("My Old Flame" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Episode dated 11 September 1970 (1970) (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
 
1969 Adalen 31 (music: "Black and Tan Fantasy" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Episode #1.15 (1968) (music: "Satin Doll" - uncredited)
 
1968 Handicap (short) ("My Funny Valentine")
 
1966 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Episode #4.4 (1966) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - uncredited, "Mood Indigo" - uncredited, "Satin Doll" - uncredited)
 
1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV series)
Episode #1.14 (1966) (music: "In My Solitude" - uncredited)
 
1966 A la memoria del autor (short) (writer: "The Single Petal of a Rose")
 
1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Episode #7.8 (1963) (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
 
1962 The Avengers (TV series)
The Decapod (1962) (writer: "You Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" - uncredited)
 
1962 Boccaccio '70 (writer: "Day Dream")
 
1962 All Night Long (writer: "In A Sentimmental Mood", "Mood Indigo")
 
1961 Paris Blues (music: "Mood Indigo" - uncredited, "Autumnal Suite" - uncredited, "Wild Man Moore" - uncredited)
 
1960 Dante (TV series)
A Punch from Judy (1960) (writer: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
 
1958-1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
The Judgement (1960) (writer: "Just Squeeze Me But Please Don't Tease Me")
The Long, Long Ride (1960) (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
The Vicious Dog (1958) (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1957-1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV series)
The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) (music: "Satin Doll" - uncredited, "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited / performer: "Satin Doll" - uncredited, "Take the 'A' Train" - uncredited, "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited)
Episode dated 30 December 1957 (1957) (music: "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" - uncredited)
 
1958 Jazz Party (TV series)
Episode dated 16 October 1958 (1958) (music: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
Episode dated 9 October 1958 (1958) (writer: "C Jam Blues" - uncredited)
Episode dated 25 September 1958 (1958) (writer: "Solitude")
 
1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 25 January 1958 (1958) (writer: "Jump for Joy" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
Episode #1.7 (1957) (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
 
1957 A Hatful of Rain (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1957 This Could Be the Night (music: "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Blues in Harlem (writer: "Mood Indigo" / music: "Sophisticated Lady" / performer: "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady")
Harlem Merry-Go-Round (writer: "Caravan" / performer: "Caravan", "VIP Boogie")
Revue in Rhythm (performer: "The Hawk Talks", "The Mooche" / "The Mooche")
 
1951 Half Angel (music: "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited)
 
1950 No Way Out (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited, "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited, "In a Sentimental Mood" - uncredited)
 
1949 Symphony in Swing (short) (performer: "Frankie and Johnnie")
 
1947 Date with Duke (short) (writer: "Perfume Suite" - uncredited / performer: "Perfume Suite" - uncredited)
 
1946 Breakin' It Down (short) (writer: "Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'" - uncredited)
 
1946 The Dark Corner (music: "Mood Indigo" - uncredited)
 
1946 People Are Funny ("Every Hour on the Hour")
 
1945 Man from Oklahoma (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
 
1945 War Comes to America (documentary) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
 
1945 The Mouse Comes to Dinner (short) (music: "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" - uncredited, "Don't Get Around Much Any More" - uncredited)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (writer: "Going Up" 1943)
 
1943 So's Your Uncle (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1943 Air Force (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1943 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (short) (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1943 Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Septet (short) (writer: "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good")
 
1942 Jam Session (short) (writer: "C-Jam Blues" / performer: "C-Jam Blues")
 
1941 Ice-Capades (music: "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited)
 
1938 The Shining Hour (music: "Mood Indigo" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1937 Underworld (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing")
 
1937 The Hit Parade (music: "I've Got to be a Rough Cutter" / lyrics: "I've Got to be a Rough Cutter")
 
1935 Roof Tops of Manhattan (short) (music: "Mood Indigo" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1935 Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (short) (writer: "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life")
 
1934/II Vaudeville (short) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - uncredited)
 
1934 Masks and Memories (short) (music: "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited)
 
1933 Advice to the Lovelorn (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got That Swing" Uncredited)
 
1933 Betty Boop's May Party (short) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - uncredited)
 
1933 A Bundle of Blues (short) (writer: "Lightnin'", "Rockin' In Rhythm", "A Bundle of Blues")
 
1930 Check and Double Check (writer: "Harlem Speaks" 1930 - uncredited, "Old Man Blues" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1929 Black and Tan (short) (writer: "Black and Tan Fantasy", "Black Beauty", "The Duke Steps Out" / music: "Cotton Club Stomp" / performer: "Black and Tan Fantasy")
 
1929 Rhythms (short) (music: "The Mooche" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (8 titles)
2006 Nutcracker Sweeties (TV movie) (musical adaptation)
 
2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan (video) (music: arranged "Take The 'A' Train")
 
1981 Say Brother (TV series) (music - 1 episode)
Blues and Gone (1981) (music)
 
1969 Change of Mind (conductor)
 
1961 Paris Blues (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series) (composer: theme music - 13 episodes)
The Scott Machine (1961) (composer: theme music)
The Dark Night (1961) (composer: theme music)
The Kidnapping (1961) (composer: theme music)
The Fighter (1961) (composer: theme music)
The Professor (1961) (composer: theme music)
 
1959 Anatomy of a Murder (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
1934 Masks and Memories (short) (composer: song)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
1970 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Guest Orchestra Conductor
If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven? (1970) … Guest Orchestra Conductor
 
1966 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Episode #1.10 (1966)
 
1959 Anatomy of a Murder
Pie Eye (uncredited)
 
1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Narrator
A Drum Is a Woman (1957) … Narrator
 
1955 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Guest Band Leader / Pianist
Episode dated 1 January 1955 (1955) … Guest Band Leader/Pianist
 
1950 Salute to Duke Ellington (short)
 
1949 Symphony in Swing (short)
Duke Ellington
 
1943 Reveille with Beverly
Orchestra Leader
 
1937 The Hit Parade
Duke Ellington
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
Piano player (Sensation House)
 
Show ShowComposer (7 titles)
1969 Change of Mind
 
1961 Paris Blues
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
The Burglary Ring (1961)
 
1957 Holiday (documentary short)
 
1950 Salute to Duke Ellington (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (61 titles)
2004 Improvisation
Himself
 
1980 Memories of Duke (documentary)
Himself
 
1970-1976 Happy Days (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1976) … Himself
Episode #1.8 (1970) … Himself
 
1973 Iltatähti (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode dated 6 November 1973 (1973) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1973 3. November 1973 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Peggy Lee (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.34 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV special)
Himself
 
1972 Timex All Star Swing Festival (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 Music on 2 (TV series)
Himself
 
1970 ...And Beautiful II (TV movie)
Himself - Pianist
 
1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.201 (1970) … Himself
Episode #1.14 (1969) … Himself
 
1959-1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Band Leader / Himself - Pianist / Pianist / …
Episode #23.22 (1970) … Himself - Band Leader
Episode #22.26 (1969)
Episode #21.39 (1968) … Pianist
Episode #21.19 (1968) … Band Leader
Episode #20.7 (1966) … Himself - Band Leader
 
1969 Frost on Saturday (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.87 (1969) … Himself
Episode #2.228 (1968) … Himself
Episode #2.147 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.51 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special (TV movie)
Himself - Pianist
 
1968 Newport Jazz Festival (TV special)
Himself
 
1959-1967 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Pianist / Himself / Himself - Band Leader
On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967) … Himself
The Music of Harold Arlen (1965) … Himself - Band Leader
Love Makes the World Go Round (1965) … Himself - Pianist
American Festival (1959) … Himself - Pianist
 
1962-1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Bandleader
Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) … Himself - Bandleader
Episode #1.51 (1962) … Himself
Episode #1.50 (1962) … Himself
Episode #1.49 (1962) … Himself
Episode #1.48 (1962) … Himself
 
1967 NET Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
 
1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Noche del sábado (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 July 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 8 March 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Tempo (TV series)
Himself
Entertainers- Jazz (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Strolling '20s (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 March 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.23 (1964) … Himself
Episode #1.21 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1964 Jazz 625 (TV series)
Himself - music performer
Ellington in Concert Part 2 (1964) … Himself - music performer
Ellington in Concert Part 1 (1964) … Himself - music performer
 
1963 The Keefe Brasselle Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 13 May 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1962 Here's Edie (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1962) … Himself
 
1962 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.30 (1962) … Himself
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Performer
The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) … Himself - Performer
 
1959 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.23 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Hughie Green (1959) … Himself - Guest
 
1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV series)
Himself
The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) … Himself
 
1957 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #4.27 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #2.9 (1956) … Himself - Guest
 
1955-1956 Frankie Laine Time (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (1956) … Himself
Episode #1.1 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue
Himself
 
1955 Music 55 (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself - Orchestra Leader
Blues in Harlem … Himself - Orchestra Leader
Harlem Merry-Go-Round … Himself - Orchestra Leader
Revue in Rhythm … Himself - Orchestra Leader
 
1953 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 July 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1951 Songs for Sale (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 June 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 Kreisler Bandstand (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Himself
Halloween Party (1950) … Himself
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (1949) … Himself
 
1947 Date with Duke (short)
Himself
 
1943 Upbeat in Music (documentary short)
Himself - Band Leader
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky
Himself
 
1942 Flamingo (short)
Himself - Bandleader
 
1942 Jam Session (short)
Himself - Piano
 
1939 Verdensberømtheder i København (short)
Himself
 
1934 Murder at the Vanities
Himself (as Duke Ellington's Orchestra)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1933 A Bundle of Blues (short)
Himself
 
1929 Black and Tan (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (28 titles)
2011 Michel Petrucciani (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Reminiscing in Tempo (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (video)
Himself
 
2005 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2005 Duke Ellington Swinging at His Best (video)
Himself
 
2004 Harlem Renaissance (video documentary)
 
2003 My Kinda People (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Rhapsody in Black (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Cinerama Adventure (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 The Fifties
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (TV documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1991 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 That's Black Entertainment (documentary)
Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1975 Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1971 Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (documentary short)
Himself
 
1956 Jazz Ball (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Himself, Duke Ellington
 

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Biography: :  -- A short biography of Duke Ellington.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1966) Album: "Ellington '66" See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies  | 8 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 7 Articles  | See more »


Alternate Names:

Duke Ellington's Orchestra

Height:

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

Personal Quote:

If I'm the Duke, man, Peggy Lee is Queen. See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded the Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6535 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

Nickname:

Sir Duke See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus