Jimmy Dorsey

Actor

Born: February 29, 1904
Died: June 17, 1957 (age 53)
From: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Filmography (18)

This Is Elvis (1981)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jazz Ball (1956)
Self (archive footage)
Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
Self
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1948)
Self
Music Man (1948)
Self
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Jimmy Dorsey
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Self
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Jimmy Dorsey
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Himself
I Dood It (1943)
Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Man That's Groovy
Man That's Groovy (1943)
La Rosita
La Rosita (1943)
Au Reet (1943)
The Fleet's In (1942)
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938)
Orchestra Leader
You Leave Me Breathless (1938)
That Girl from Paris (1936)
Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)