Jimmy Dorsey
Actor
- Born
- February 29, 1904 · Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- June 17, 1957 (age 53)
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.
Known for
This Is Elvis
April 3, 1981
Hollywood Canteen
December 15, 1944
Lost in a Harem
November 8, 1944
The Fabulous Dorseys
February 26, 1947
Birth of the Blues
November 7, 1941
I Dood It
September 1, 1943
That Girl from Paris
December 31, 1936
Four Jills in a Jeep
March 17, 1944
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
October 22, 1938
The Fleet's In
January 24, 1942
Make Believe Ballroom
April 1, 1949
Jazz Ball
January 1, 1956
Acting17
- 1981This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
- 1949Make Believe Ballroom as Self
- 1948Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Self
- 1948Music Man as Self
- 1947The Fabulous Dorseys as Jimmy Dorsey
- 1944Hollywood Canteen as Self
- 1944Lost in a Harem as Jimmy Dorsey
- 1944Four Jills in a Jeep as Himself
- 1943I Dood It