Benny Goodman
Acting • Born 1909-05-30 – Died 1986-06-13
Biography
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".
Filmography
43 credits
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Make Mine Music
Movie • 1946
Self (voice)
Allen in Movieland
Movie • 1955
Self
Two for the Record
Movie • 1954
Self
Hollywood Hotel
Movie • 1938
Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
A Song Is Born
Movie • 1948
Professor Magenbruch
The Gang's All Here
Movie • 1943
Benny Goodman
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage)
Sweet and Low-Down
Movie • 1944
Benny Goodman
John Gunther's High Road
Movie • 1959
Self
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Movie • 1936
Benny Goodman
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
The Shining Future
Movie • 1944
Self
The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Me and the Boys
Movie • 1929
Self - Clarinet
Åke Hasselgård story
Movie • 1983
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Benny Goodman
Syncopation
Movie • 1942
Benny Goodman
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Music Land
Movie • 1955
Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
Copland Conducts Copland
Movie • 1976
Self - Clarinet
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
Movie • 1978
Self
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
Movie • 2004
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
All the Cats Join In
Movie • 1946
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
Movie • 2000
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Movie • 2001
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Jazz
TV • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Star Time
TV • 1950
Self - Musician
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
TV • 1978
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Self
The Big Party
TV • 1959
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self