Jimmy Dorsey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

20

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-02-29

Deathday

1957-06-17 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • James Francis Dorsey

Jimmy 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.

Known For

This Is Elvis
7.0%

This Is Elvis

Apr 3, 1981

Hollywood Canteen
7.3%

Hollywood Canteen

Dec 15, 1944

What's My Line?
6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

Lost in a Harem
5.5%

Lost in a Harem

Dec 1, 1944

The Fabulous Dorseys
6.0%

The Fabulous Dorseys

Feb 26, 1947

Birth of the Blues
5.3%

Birth of the Blues

Nov 7, 1941

I Dood It
3.5%

I Dood It

Sep 1, 1943

That Girl from Paris
6.5%

That Girl from Paris

Dec 31, 1936

Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7%

Four Jills in a Jeep

Mar 17, 1944

The Fleet's In
7.0%

The Fleet's In

Jan 24, 1942

Au Reet
5.5%

Au Reet

Jan 1, 1943

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Acting

1981
This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1954
Stage Show
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949
Make Believe Ballroom as Self
1948
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Self
1948
Music Man as Phil Russo
1947
The Fabulous Dorseys as Jimmy Dorsey
1944
Hollywood Canteen as Self
1944
Lost in a Harem as Jimmy Dorsey
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep as Himself
1943
I Dood It as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
1943
Au Reet
1943
Man That's Groovy
1943
La Rosita
1942
The Fleet's In as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
1941
Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
1938
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Orchestra Leader
1938
You Leave Me Breathless
1936
That Girl from Paris as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
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