Nelson Eddy

Actor

Born: June 29, 1901
Died: March 6, 1967 (age 65)
From: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first…

Filmography (35)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
(archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts (1992)
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Self (archive footage)
The Desert Song (1955)
Pierre / The Red Shadow
Moments in Music (1950)
Self
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Captain Jim Laurence
Willie the Operatic Whale (1946)
Narrator
Make Mine Music (1946)
Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Brom Broeck
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Anatole Garron
I Married an Angel (1942)
Count Palaffi
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Karl Lang
Bitter Sweet (1940)
Carl Linden
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Self
New Moon (1940)
Charles
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Self
Balalaika (1939)
Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Self
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
Steve Logan
Sweethearts (1938)
Ernest Lane
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Ramirez
Rosalie (1937)
Dick Thorpe
Maytime (1937)
Paul Allison
Rose Marie (1936)
Sgt. Bruce