Benny Goodman

Actor

Born: May 30, 1909
Died: June 13, 1986 (age 77)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography (29)

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman (2004)
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett (2001)
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)
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978)
Self
Copland Conducts Copland (1976)
Self - Clarinet
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
John Gunther's High Road (1959)
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
Self
Allen in Movieland (1955)
Self
Music Land (1955)
Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
Two for the Record (1954)
Self
A Song Is Born (1948)
Professor Magenbruch
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
Me and the Boys (1929)
Self - Clarinet