Acting

Jimmy Dorsey

Born 1904-02-29 · Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1957-06-17

Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.

Credits

Newest first

This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1956
Stage Show
1954
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Make Believe Ballroom
as Self
1949
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
as Self
1948
Music Man
as Self
1948
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Jimmy Dorsey
1947
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
Lost in a Harem
as Jimmy Dorsey
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Himself
1944
I Dood It
as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
1943
Man That's Groovy
1943
La Rosita
1943
The Fleet's In
as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
1942
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1941
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
as Orchestra Leader
1938
You Leave Me Breathless
1938
That Girl from Paris
as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
1936