- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 29, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- June 17, 1957
Jimmy Dorsey
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.
Filmography
movieThis Is Elvis
1981 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJazz Ball
1956 · Self (archive footage)
tvStage Show
1954
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieMake Believe Ballroom
1949 · Self
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
movieJimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1948 · Self
movieMusic Man
1948 · Self
movieThe Fabulous Dorseys
1947 · Jimmy Dorsey
movieHollywood Canteen
1944 · Self
movieLost in a Harem
1944 · Jimmy Dorsey
movieFour Jills in a Jeep
1944 · Himself
movieI Dood It
1943 · Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
La Rosita
movieLa Rosita
1943
Man That's Groovy
movieMan That's Groovy
1943
movieAu Reet
1943
movieThe Fleet's In
1942 · Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
movieBirth of the Blues
1941 · Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
movieJimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1938 · Orchestra Leader
movieYou Leave Me Breathless
1938
movieThat Girl from Paris
1936 · Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)