Jimmy Dorsey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-02-29
Day of Death
1957-06-17 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Jimmy Dorsey
Biography
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.
Acting
(1981)
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1956)
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
(1949)
Make Believe Ballroom
as Self
(1948)
Music Man
as Phil Russo
(1948)
(1947)
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Jimmy Dorsey
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
(1944)
Lost in a Harem
as Jimmy Dorsey
(1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Himself
(1943)
I Dood It
as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
(1943)
(1943)
(1943)
(1942)
The Fleet's In
as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
(1941)
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1938)
(1938)
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
as Orchestra Leader
(1936)
That Girl from Paris
as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)