Acting
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Filmography
Steve e il Duca
Film · 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Film · 2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Film · 2024
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Film · 2022
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
Film · 2021
The Apollo
Film · 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Film · 2019
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
Film · 2019
The Jazz Ambassadors
Film · 2018
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Film · 2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Film · 2014
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Film · 2012
Jazz Evolution
Film · 2008
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
Film · 2007
Alice Babs - Swing It!
Film · 2007
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Film · 2005
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
Film · 2005
The Story Of The Blues
Film · 2004
The Harlem Renaissance
Film · 2004
Improvisation
Film · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
Film · 2003
Piano Blues
Film · 2003
The Intimate Duke Ellington
Film · 2003
It's Black Entertainment
Film · 2002
Jazz
Series · 2001
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
Film · 2000
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
Film · 1991
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
Film · 1991
Moments without Proper Names
Film · 1987
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Film · 1975
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Film · 1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
Film · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Film · 1967
The Strolling '20s
Film · 1966
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
Film · 1966
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Film · 1966
NET Playhouse
Series · 1966
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Anatomy of a Murder
Film · 1959
Discorama
Series · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
Aktuelle Schaubude
Series · 1957
Jazz Ball
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Mood Indigo
Film · 1952
Sophisticated Lady
Film · 1952
Solitude
Film · 1952
German Film Award
Series · 1951
Salute to Duke Ellington
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Symphony In Swing
Film · 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Bambi
Series · 1948
Date with Duke
Film · 1947
Reveille with Beverly
Film · 1943
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Film · 1943
Cabin in the Sky
Film · 1943
Bli-Blip
Film · 1942
Flamingo
Film · 1942
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
Film · 1942
Birth of the Blues
Film · 1941
The Hit Parade
Film · 1937
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Film · 1935
Murder at the Vanities
Film · 1934
Belle of the Nineties
Film · 1934
Many Happy Returns
Film · 1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Film · 1934
A Bundle of Blues
Film · 1933
Check and Double Check
Film · 1930
Black and Tan
Film · 1929
What's Happening
Series