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