Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Sonny Terry
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 15Series: 1Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 70275
IMDb ID: nm0856079
Known for: Acting
Born: October 24, 1911
Died: March 11, 1986
Age: 74
Place of birth: Mineola, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2004
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 7.31
Wikidata: Q781878
Also known as
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee • Saunders Terrell
Other jobs
Musician (2)Music (1)Original Music Composer (1)
Biography
Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sonny Terry.
10.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2004 Movie
7.5
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003 Movie
3.8
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
2003 Movie
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003 Movie
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003 Movie
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
1988 Movie
7.4
Crossroads
Musician
1986 Movie
7.7
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
1985 Movie
5.0
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1984 Movie
6.9
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
1979 Movie
7.3
Stroszek
Original Music Composer
1977 Movie
6.1
Leadbelly
Musician
1976 Movie
5.7
Festival
as Self
1967 Movie
The End of the Line
Music
1959 Movie
4.5
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
1947 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sonny Terry.
