Acting
Benny Goodman
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 played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".
Filmography
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Film · 2022
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
Film · 2004
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Film · 2001
Jazz
Series · 2001
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Film · 2000
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
Film · 2000
The World of Polygoon
Film · 1994
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
Film · 1993
Åke Hasselgård story
Film · 1983
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
Film · 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
Bio’s Bahnhof
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Copland Conducts Copland
Film · 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film · 1975
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
John Gunther's High Road
Film · 1959
The Big Party
Series · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
Film · 1958
DuPont Show of the Month
Series · 1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
Allen in Movieland
Film · 1955
Music Land
Film · 1955
Two for the Record
Film · 1954
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
A Song Is Born
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Make Mine Music
Film · 1946
All the Cats Join In
Film · 1946
Sweet and Low-Down
Film · 1944
The Shining Future
Film · 1944
The Gang's All Here
Film · 1943
The Powers Girl
Film · 1943
Stage Door Canteen
Film · 1943
Syncopation
Film · 1942
Birth of the Blues
Film · 1941
Hollywood Hotel
Film · 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Film · 1936
Me and the Boys
Film · 1929