Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-01-15

Deathday

1973-10-16 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gene Krupa

Biography

We don't have a biography for Gene Krupa.

Known For

7.8%

The Best Years of Our Lives

Dec 25, 1946

7.4%

Ball of Fire

Dec 2, 1941

6.9%

The Glenn Miller Story

Jan 4, 1954

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

6.3%

The Benny Goodman Story

Feb 2, 1956

5.4%

Hollywood Hotel

Jan 15, 1938

5.6%

The Merv Griffin Show

Oct 1, 1962

7.2%

Some Like It Hot

May 19, 1939

5.8%

Let Me Off Uptown

Jan 12, 1942

5.2%

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Oct 5, 1936

6.8%

Syncopation

May 22, 1942

5.3%

George White's Scandals

Oct 9, 1945

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Acting

1972

Born to Swing

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1959		The Big Party as Self
1959		Startime

1956		The Benny Goodman Story
1956		Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)

1955		Allen in Movieland as Self
1955		America's Greatest Bands

1954

The Glenn Miller Story as Gene Krupa

1950

Cavalcade of Bands

1949

Make Believe Ballroom as Self

1948		Thrills of Music: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra as Gene Krupa
1948		Glamour Girl as Gene Krupa
1948		Smart Politics as Himself

1947		The Drummer Man as Self
1947		Boy! What a Girl! as himself
1947		Beat the Band as Himself
1947		Follow That Music as Gene King

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

George White's Scandals as Gene Krupa

1944

The Shining Future as Self

1942		Syncopation as Gene Krupa
1942		Let Me Off Uptown as Himself

1941		Ball of Fire as Himself — Orchestra Leader
1941		Gene Krupa: America's Ace Drummer Man and His Orchestra as Self

1939

Some Like It Hot as Gene Krupa

1938

Hollywood Hotel as Benny Goodman Drummer (uncredited)

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937 as Band Drummer

Sound

1989

Desenho Abstrato n° 2 as Musician

1981

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued as Songs

1939

Some Like It Hot as Songs