Perry Como
Actor
- Born
- May 18, 1912 · Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 12, 2001 (age 88)
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Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943. "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world.
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Como received five Emmys from 1955 to 1959, a Christopher Award (1956), and shared a Peabody Award with good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1987. Posthumously, Como received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music.
Known for
Tab Hunter Confidential
March 15, 2015
Words and Music
December 31, 1948
Doll Face
December 31, 1945
Something for the Boys
November 1, 1944
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
March 31, 2002
The Perry Como Christmas Show
December 17, 1974
If I'm Lucky
September 2, 1946
Night of 100 Stars III
May 21, 1990
Julie on Sesame Street
November 23, 1973
Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas
December 12, 1981
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
March 14, 1971
My Music: A Classic Christmas
November 16, 2019
Acting27
- 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Tab Hunter Confidential as Self (archive)
- 2012Christmas Around the World with Perry Como as Self
- 2006Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer as Self (archive footage)
- 2002The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2001The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2001The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1994Perry Como's Irish Christmas as Self
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self