Nelson Eddy
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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 "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby-soxers as well as opera purists, and in his heyday was the highest paid singer in the world. During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelson Eddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Make Mine Music (1946)
as Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Anatole Garron
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Captain Richard Warrington
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Nelson Eddy
Rosalie (1937)
as Dick Thorpe
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Rose Marie (1936)
as Sgt. Bruce
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
as Brom Broeck
Handlebars (1933)
as Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
Moments in Music (1950)
as Self
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Carl Linden
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Maytime (1937)
as Paul Allison
Balalaika (1939)
as Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Willie the Operatic Whale (1946)
as Narrator
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
as Steve Logan
New Moon (1940)
as Charles
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Ramirez
Student Tour (1934)
as Singer
Sweethearts (1938)
as Ernest Lane
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
as Karl Lang
I Married an Angel (1942)
as Count Palaffi
The Desert Song (1955)
as Pierre / The Red Shadow
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as John Sylvester
Northwest Outpost (1947)
as Captain Jim Laurence
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts (1992)
as Self (archive footage)