Louis Armstrong
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday4 August 1901
Died6 July 1971 (age 69)
Place of birthNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known credits119
Biography
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also gre…
Deadly Melody
2025 · Music
Memories
2025 · Music
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Espetáculo
2023 · Music
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022 · Self (voice) (archive sound)
The Sound of 007
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Tight Shoes
2021 · Compositor
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021 · Self - Performer (archive footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019 · Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
2019 · Songs
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013 · Self
…Sings Musicals
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009 · Self
The Mentalist
2008 · Songs
Jazz Evolution
2008 · Self - Trumpet
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008 · Self
Music Inn
2007 · Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007 · Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006 · Trumpet, Vocal
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005 · Himself
Året var 1955
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005 · Trumpet/Vocals
The Story Of The Blues
2004 · Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003 · Self (Archive Footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001 · Himself (archive footage)
Jazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
The World of Polygoon
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992 · Self (archival footage)
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Tenderness
1985 · Music
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982 · Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
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