Benny Goodman
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday30 May 1909
Died13 June 1986 (age 77)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits45
Biography
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 …
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2026 · Original Music Composer
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Jazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
The World of Polygoon
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978 · Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Self
Copland Conducts Copland
1976 · Self - Clarinet
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Sackgasse
1963 · Original Music Composer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Big Party
1959 · Self
John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
Allen in Movieland
1955 · Self
Music Land
1955 · Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
Two for the Record
1954 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
A Song Is Born
1948 · Professor Magenbruch
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
All the Cats Join In
1946
Make Mine Music
1946 · Self (voice)
Sweet and Low-Down
1944 · Benny Goodman
The Shining Future
1944 · Self
The Gang's All Here
1943 · Benny Goodman
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Benny Goodman
The Powers Girl
1943 · Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Syncopation
1942 · Benny Goodman
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hotel
1938 · Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Benny Goodman
Me and the Boys
1929 · Self - Clarinet
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