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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) -- An Emmy winning docu-comedy about the famous stand-up comedian Don Rickles with interviews from Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Sara Silverman, Clint Eastwood, and more.
The Jungle Book (1967) -- The Jungle Book - Trailer
The Jungle Book (1967) -- Inspired by Rudyard Kipling�s "Mowgli" story, The Jungle Book follows the ups and downs of the man-cub Mowgli as he makes his way back to the human village with wise panther Bagheera to escape ruthless tiger Shere Khan. Along the way, he meets unforgett

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Date of Death:
24 August 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA more
Mini Biography:
Born in New Orleans' French Quarter, Louis Prima longed to play jazz.... more
Trivia:
Already a celebrated swing singer and orchestra conductor, Louie Prima... more
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Filmography

Soundtrack:
  1. "Banda sonora" (2 episodes, 2007-2009)
        - Episode #5.6 (2009) TV episode (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
        - Episode #1.12 (2007) TV episode (performer: "Just a Gigolo")
  2. De feu et de glace (2008) (TV) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  3. My Best Friend's Girl (2008) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  4. "The Sopranos" (1 episode, 2007)
        - Remember When (2007) TV episode ("Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
  5. Mission: Impossible III (2006) ("A Sunday Kind of Love")
    ... aka M:i:III (International: English title: promotional abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Mission: Impossible III (Germany)
  6. Find Me Guilty (2006) (performer: "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)")
    ... aka Find Me Guilty: The Jackie Dee Story (USA: long title)
    ... aka Find me guilty - Der Mafiaprozess (Germany)
  7. "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 2005)
        - Simpsons Christmas Stories (2005) TV episode (music: "Sing Sing Sing" (uncredited))
  8. "History Detectives" (1 episode, 2005)
        - Home for Unwed Mothers/Long Expedition Encampment/Evelyn Nesbit Portrait (2005) TV episode (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing" (uncredited))
  9. Where the Truth Lies (2005) (performer: "Josephine, Please No Lean on the Bell" (1945))
  10. Kicking & Screaming (2005) (performer: "ZUMA ZUMA BACA LA")
  11. Elf (2003) (performer: "Pennies From Heaven" (1936))
    ... aka Buddy - Der Weihnachtself (Germany)
  12. Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1936))
  13. Crooked Lines (2003) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
  14. Bright Young Things (2003) (writer: "Sing Sing Sing")
  15. Anger Management (2003) (performer: "When You're Smiling")
  16. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
  17. "Gilmore Girls" (1 episode, 2002)
    ... aka "Gilmore Girls: Beginnings" (USA: rerun title)
        - They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (2002) TV episode (performer: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)")
  18. Below (2002) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)")
  19. Hyper (2002) (music: "Sing Sing Sing")
  20. Mafia: Lost Heaven (2002) (VG) (performer: "'Long About Midnight", "Sing It 'Way Down Low", "I'm Living In A Great Big Way")
  21. "Livshunger" (1 episode, 2002)
        - Episode #1.6 (2002) TV episode (music: "SING SING SING")
  22. The Majestic (2001) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
  23. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing [With a Swing]")
  24. Don't Say a Word (2001) (writer: "Fee Fie Foo") (performer: "Fee Fie Foo")
  25. Bella Martha (2001) (performer: "Angelina - Zooma Zooma (Medley)")
    ... aka Mostly Martha (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
    ... aka Ricette d'amore (Italy)
  26. "Great Performances: Dance in America" (1 episode, 2001)
    ... aka "Dance in America" (USA: short title)
        - From Broadway: Fosse (2001) TV episode (music: "Sing, Sing, Sing") (lyrics: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  27. Amy's Orgasm (2001) (writer: "Oh Louie (Oh Marie)")
    ... aka Amy's O (USA: DVD title)
  28. Pollock (2000) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  29. Bored Silly (2000) (performer: "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days")
  30. My Dog Skip (2000) (performer: "Chasing Shadows")

  31. Liberty Heights (1999) (writer: "A Sunday Kind of Love")
  32. The Bachelor (1999) (performer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Medley)")
  33. One More Kiss (1999) (performer: "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!")
  34. Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) (performer: "Just a Gigolo", "Buena Sera Senorita")
  35. "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1 episode, 1999)
    ... aka "Raymond" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Dancing with Debra (1999) TV episode (writer: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)" (uncredited))
  36. Swing (1999) (performer: "Five Months Two Weeks Two Days")
  37. The Out-of-Towners (1999) (performer: "That Old Black Magic")
  38. La fille sur le pont (1999) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
    ... aka Girl on the Bridge (USA: DVD title)
  39. Analyze This (1999) (writer: "Angelina (The Waitress At The Pizzeria)", "Zooma Zooma") (performer: "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", "The Sheik of Araby", "Angelina (The Waitress At The Pizzeria)", "Zooma Zooma")
  40. Blast from the Past (1999) (performer: "That Old Black Magic")
  41. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  42. Permanent Midnight (1998) (performer: "WHEN YOU'RE SMILING (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU)")
  43. Dance with Me (1998) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
  44. City of Angels (1998) (performer: "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop")
    ... aka Stadt der Engel (Germany)
  45. Lolita (1997) (performer: "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)")
    ... aka Lolita (France)
  46. Deconstructing Harry (1997) (writer: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)")
  47. Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV) (performer: "JUMP, JIVE, 'N' WAIL") ("JUMP, JIVE, 'N' WAIL")
  48. Sprung (1997) (writer: "Sunday Kind of Love")
  49. Going All the Way (1997) ("A Sunday Kind Of Love")
  50. Bogus (1996) (writer: "Banana Split For My Baby") (performer: "Banana Split For My Baby")
  51. Big Night (1996) (performer: "Buona Sera", "Oh Marie", "Love of My Life (O Sole Mio)", "Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days")
  52. Casino (1995) (writer: "Zooma Zooma", "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)") (performer: "Zooma Zooma", "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)", "Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)")
    ... aka Casino (France)
  53. Smoke (1995) (writer: "Brooklyn Boogie") (performer: "Brooklyn Boogie")
    ... aka Smoke - Raucher unter sich (Germany)
  54. Forget Paris (1995) (performer: "Lazy River")
  55. Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) (performer: "That old black magic" - end titles)
  56. Blue in the Face (1995) (writer: "Brooklyn Boogie") (performer: "Brooklyn Boogie")
    ... aka Brooklyn Boogie (UK)
  57. Cobb (1994) (performer: "That Old Black Magic")
  58. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ("Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
  59. Mad Dog and Glory (1993) (performer: "That Old Black Magic" (1942), "Just a Gigolo" (1929), "I Ain't Got Nobody" (1915))
  60. Swing Kids (1993) (writer: "SING, SING, SING (WITH A SWING)")
  61. Sinatra (1992) (TV) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  62. Mac (1992) (performer: "JUST A GIGOLO (I AIN'T GOT NOBODY)")
  63. The Butcher's Wife (1991) ("SING, SING, SING")
  64. "The Man in the Family" (1991) TV series (unknown episodes)
  65. Awakenings (1990) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  66. Love Hurts (1990) (writer: "SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE")

  67. New York Stories (1989) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  68. Mystic Pizza (1988) (performer: "I AIN'T GOT NOBODY")
  69. Big Business (1988) (writer: "SING SING SING")
  70. Star 80 (1983) (writer: "Sing Sing Sing")
  71. On Location: Robert Klein at Yale (1982) (TV) (writer: "Sunday Kind of Love")
  72. American Pop (1981) ("Sing, Sing, Sing")
  73. Raging Bull (1980) (performer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")

  74. All That Jazz (1979) (music: "Sing, Sing, Sing") (lyrics: "Sing, Sing, Sing")

  75. The Jungle Book (1967) (performer: "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)")
  76. The Man Called Flintstone (1966) (performer: "Pensate Amore")
  77. Jóvenes y rebeldes (1961) (writer: "Canta, Canta, Canta (Sing, Sing, Sing)")
  78. "Dante" (1 episode, 1960)
        - A Punch from Judy (1960) TV episode (writer: "Sunday Kind of Love")

  79. The Benny Goodman Story (1956) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
  80. Shack Out on 101 (1955) (writer: "A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE")

  81. Tica Ti Tica Ta (1942) (writer: "Tica ti - Tica ta")

  82. Swing Cat's Jamboree (1938) (performer: "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "Loch Lomond") ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love")
  83. Hollywood Hotel (1937) (music: "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1936) (uncredited))
  84. The Star Reporter in Hollywood (1937) (performer: "Chinatown, My Chinatown")
  85. You Can't Have Everything (1937) (writer: "It's a Southern Holiday" (uncredited)) (music: "Rhythm of the Radio" (1937) (uncredited))
  86. Torture Money (1937) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
    ... aka A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: Torture Money (USA: series title)
  87. After the Thin Man (1936) (music: "Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing)" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing)" (uncredited))
  88. Swing It (1936) (performer: "Way Down Younder in New Orleans", "Lazy River", "Dinah", "Basin Street Blues", "Johnny, Get Your Gun")
  89. Rhythm on the Range (1936) (performer: "I'm an Old Cowhand From The Rio Grande", "If You Can't Sing It (You'll Have to Swing It)" (uncredited))
  90. Swing Banditry (1936) (writer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
Actor:
  1. The Jungle Book (1967) (voice) .... King Louie
  2. Buona Sera in Las Vegas (1965) (TV)
  3. The Continental Twist (1961) .... Louis Evans
    ... aka The Young and the Cool (UK)
    ... aka Twist All Night

  4. Universal Special: The Wildest (1958) .... Louis Prima

  5. Rose of Washington Square (1939) .... Bandleader
  6. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) .... Bandleader
    ... aka Manhattan Music Box (UK)
  7. You Can't Have Everything (1937) .... Orchestra Leader
  8. Swing It (1936) .... Louis Prima - Band Leader
  9. Rhythm on the Range (1936) (uncredited) .... Trumpet player
  10. The Champ's a Chump (1936) .... Band Leader Louis
Music Department:
  1. Start Cheering (1938) (composer: background cues) (uncredited)
Self:
  1. Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975) .... Himself
    ... aka Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers (USA: reissue title)
  2. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
        - Episode dated 30 March 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 14 July 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 22 March 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
    ... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 11 March 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself

  4. "The Joey Bishop Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - Episode dated 17 April 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "The Danny Thomas Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - America, I Love You (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  6. "Toast of the Town" .... Singer / ... (10 episodes, 1949-1962)
    ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #16.5 (1962) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #16.3 (1962) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #15.36 (1962) TV episode .... Himself - Singer/Trumpeter
        - Episode #15.18 (1962) TV episode (voice) .... Singer
        - Episode #13.37 (1960) TV episode .... Singer
          (5 more)

  7. "Sunday Showcase" .... Himself - Recipient (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 - Recipient
  8. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1957-1959)
    ... aka "The Dinah Shore Show" (USA: sixth season title)
        - Episode #4.3 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #3.27 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #2.26 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #2.5 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
  9. Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959) .... Himself
  10. Senior Prom (1958) .... Himself
  11. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Singer (2 episodes, 1954-1955)
    ... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #5.31 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
        - Episode #4.48 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
  12. "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
        - Episode dated 7 June 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself

  13. Rhythm Masters (1949) .... Himself
  14. "The Milton Berle Show" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1948)
    ... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
    ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #1.21 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Singer

  15. Swing Cat's Jamboree (1938) .... Himself
  16. The Star Reporter in Hollywood (1937) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. My Music: That's Amore, Italian-American Favorites (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  2. "Banda sonora"
        - Episode #1.12 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "Legends"
        - Louis Prima: King of the Swingers (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  4. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) (uncredited) .... Himself
  5. Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999) .... Himself
  6. "The Rat Pack" (1999) .... Himself
  7. "The Real Las Vegas" (1996) .... Himself
  8. Playgirls International (1963) .... Himself
  9. Jazz Ball (1956) (TV) .... Himself


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Other Works:
CD (w/Gia Maione): "Let's Fly with Mary Poppins" (ZWD) more
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1 Biographical Movie | 1 Portrayal | 3 Articles more
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Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance more

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