Jimmy Dorsey
Feb 29, 1904 - Jun 17, 1957 (53 years old) in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
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
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Fleet's In
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Lost in a Harem
Jimmy Dorsey
I Dood It
Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris
Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Dorseys
Jimmy Dorsey
Credits
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This Is Elvis 1981Self (archive footage) (uncredited)★ 7 -
Jazz Ball 1956Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
Stage Show 1954★ NR -
What's My Line? 1950Self - Mystery Guest★ 6.9 -
Self★ 5.5 -
Music Man 1948Phil Russo★ 6 -
The Fabulous Dorseys 1947Jimmy Dorsey★ 6 -
Hollywood Canteen 1944Self★ 7.3 -
Lost in a Harem 1944Jimmy Dorsey★ 5.4 -
Four Jills in a Jeep 1944Himself★ 5.7 -
I Dood It 1943Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)★ 3.5 -
Man That's Groovy 1943★ NR
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La Rosita 1943★ NR
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Au Reet 1943★ 5.5 -
The Fleet's In 1942Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader★ 7 -
Birth of the Blues 1941Self (archive footage)★ 5.5 -
Orchestra Leader★ 5
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That Girl from Paris 1936Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)★ 6.6
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