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Artie Shaw (1910–2004)

Soundtrack | Actor | Composer

Artie Shaw was the rival of Benny Goodman in the Swing era. With a different style of playing, his sound on clarinet was more liquid than Goodman's sound. After playing in different orchestras in the late 1920s and '30s, he formed his own orchestra in 1936, and he added a string quartet to the Big Band... See full bio »

Born:

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 94) in Thousand Oaks, California, USA
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2013 42 (performer: "Moon Glow")
 
2009 Soul Kitchen (performer: "La Paloma")
 
2009 Grey Gardens (TV movie) (performer: "All the Things You Are")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (music: "Concerto for Clarinet" - uncredited)
 
2008 Tres caminos ("My heart stood still", "This time the dream is on me")
 
2007 Midnight Son (short) (performer: "Moonglow")
 
2006 Flags of Our Fathers (writer: "Summit Ridge Drive" / performer: "Summit Ridge Drive")
 
2004-2006 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Members Only (2006) (performer: "Comes Love" - uncredited)
– Marco Polo (2004) (performer: "Stardust" - uncredited)
 
2006 Ask the Dust (performer: "Gloomy Sunday")
 
2006 Wristcutters: A Love Story (performer: "Gloomy Sunday")
 
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page (performer: "I Surrender, Dear")
 
2004 The Aviator (writer: "Nightmare" 1937)
 
2002 Livshunger (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (2002) ("FRENESI")
 
1999 Gloomy Sunday ("Gloomy Sunday")
 
1999/I Treasure Island ("Nightmare")
 
1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (documentary) (performer: "Begin the Beguine")
 
1998 Such a Long Journey (performer: "The Donkey Serenade")
 
1998 The Impostors (performer: "I'm Comin' Virginia")
 
1997 Lolita (performer: "Stardust")
 
1997 I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (writer: "Special Delivery Stomp" / performer: "Special Delivery Stomp")
 
1994 The Joust (short) (performer: "BEGINE THE BEGUINE")
 
1991 My Girl (performer: "MOONGLOW")
 
1991 The Rocketeer (writer: "ANY OLD TIME" / performer: "YOU'RE A SWEET LITTLE HEADACHE", "VILLA", "ANY OLD TIME", "ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO")
 
1989 The Lunch Date (short) ("I Don't Want To Walk Without You")
 
1989 The Flame of Functionalism (documentary short) (performer: "Begin the Beguine")
 
1987 Radio Days (performer: "Frenesi" 1939)
 
1980 Raging Bull (performer: "Frenesi" 1939)
 
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth (performer: "Star Dust")
 
1975 Aloha Bobby and Rose (performer: "Begin the Beguine")
 
1959 The Five Pennies (music: "Back Bay Shuffle" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1941 The Big Store (music: "If It's You" 1941 / lyrics: "If It's You" 1941)
 
1940 Second Chorus (music: "Everything's Jumping" - uncredited, "Double Mellow" - uncredited, "Concerto for Clarinet" - uncredited / performer: "Everything's Jumping" - uncredited, "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life", "I'm Yours" - uncredited, "Double Mellow" - uncredited, "Concerto for Clarinet" - uncredited / "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life", "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life" reprise)
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed (writer: "Nightmare" 1938 - uncredited, "Non-Stop Flight" 1937 - uncredited, "Gangbusters" - uncredited, "Traffic Jam" 1939 - uncredited, "Double Mellow" - uncredited / performer: "Gangbusters" - uncredited)
 
1939 Symphony of Swing (short) (performer: "Alone Together" - uncredited, "Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited, "Deep Purple" - uncredited, "Lady Be Good" - uncredited)
 
1939 Artie Shaw's Class in Swing (short) (performer: "Free Wheeling", "I Have Eyes", "Shoot The Likker To Me John Boy")
 
1939 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (short) (writer: "Nightmare", "Non-Stop Flight" / performer: "Nightmare", "Begin the Beguine", "Let's Stop the Clock", "Non-Stop Flight", "Pross Tchai")
 
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1978 Crash (TV movie)
Elderly Passenger
 
1975 Police Woman (TV series)
– Blaze of Glory (1975) (uncredited)
 
1973 McCloud (TV series)
Fire Chief
– Butch Cassidy Rides Again (1973) … Fire Chief
 
1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Guest Clarinetist
– Norton Moves In (1953) … Guest Clarinetist
 
1940 Second Chorus
Artie Shaw
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed
Artie Shaw
 
1932 The Yacht Party (short)
Orchestra Member (uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1985 Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (documentary)
 
1940 Second Chorus
 
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1959 Night Train (theme: "Moon Ray")
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2005 Sinatra: Dark Star (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Bandleader / Himself - Musician
– Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) … Himself - Musician/Bandleader (voice)
 
2003 Artie Shaw: Quest for Perfection (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Begin the Beguine (video documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1985 Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1981 Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet' (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Judy Garland (1978) … Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Swing That Music!: Swing … Himself (also archive footage)
 
1962-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 January 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 March 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
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1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.231 (1970) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.72 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1969) … Himself
 
1950-1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 31 August 1952 (1952) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 2 March 1950 (1950) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1939 Symphony of Swing (short)
Himself
 
1939 Artie Shaw's Class in Swing (short)
Himself
 
1939 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2005 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1956 Jazz Ball (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Second Chorus -- When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD (plus DVD): "Artie Shaw: The Centennial Collection" (RCA) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 14 Articles  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Ava Gardner] Ava has been completely victimized by the kind of life she has led, and as a result has become the kind of person she is today. See more »

Trivia:

Was the son-in-law of composer Jerome Kern while married to Kern's daughter Elizabeth See more »

Trademark:

Theme song: "Nightmare" See more »

Nickname:

King of the Clarinet See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini