Personal Info
Known Credits
24
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1909-05-30 (116 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known For
Benjamin David GoodmanThe King of SwingThe Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman
Biography
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
| Self (archive footage)
1993 --
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
| Self (archive footage)
1983 --
Åke Hasselgård story
|
1978 --
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
| Self
1976 --
Copland Conducts Copland
| Self - Clarinet
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1959 --
John Gunther's High Road
| Self
1955 --
Allen in Movieland
| Self
1955 --
Music Land
| Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
1954 --
Two for the Record
| Self
1948 --
A Song Is Born
| Professor Magenbruch
1946 --
Make Mine Music
| Self (voice)
1944 --
Sweet and Low-Down
| Benny Goodman
1944 --
The Shining Future
| Self
1943 --
The Gang's All Here
| Benny Goodman
1943 --
Stage Door Canteen
| Benny Goodman
1943 --
The Powers Girl
| Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1942 --
Syncopation
| Benny Goodman
1941 --
Birth of the Blues
| Self (archive footage)
1938 --
Hollywood Hotel
| Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
1936 --
The Big Broadcast of 1937
| Benny Goodman
1929 --
Me and the Boys
| Self - Clarinet