Acting credits
16
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jimmy Dorsey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
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Movies: 14Series: 2
TMDB ID: 514757
IMDb ID: nm0234153
Known for: Acting
Born: February 29, 1904
Died: June 17, 1957
Age: 53
Place of birth: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 1981
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q560716
Also known as
James Francis Dorsey
Biography
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 orchestra after Tommy's death.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jimmy Dorsey.
7.0
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981 Movie
7.0
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1956 Movie
5.5
Make Believe Ballroom
as Self
1949 Movie
6.0
Music Man
as Self
1948 Movie
6.0
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Jimmy Dorsey
1947 Movie
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944 Movie
5.4
Lost in a Harem
as Jimmy Dorsey
1944 Movie
5.7
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Himself
1944 Movie
4.2
I Dood It
as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
1943 Movie
5.5
Au Reet
1943 Movie
7.0
The Fleet's In
as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
1942 Movie
6.0
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1941 Movie
You Leave Me Breathless
1938 Movie
6.5
That Girl from Paris
as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
1936 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jimmy Dorsey.
