Person

Jimmy Dorsey

Acting · 1904–1957 · 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.

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  What's My Line?

  Self

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  This Is Elvis

  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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  Lost in a Harem

  Jimmy Dorsey

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  Birth of the Blues

  Self (archive footage)

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  Stage Show

  1954

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  Hollywood Canteen

  Self

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  I Dood It

  Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)

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  That Girl from Paris

  Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)

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  Four Jills in a Jeep

  Himself

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  The Fabulous Dorseys

  Jimmy Dorsey

• 1981This Is ElvisSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1956Jazz BallSelf (archive footage)
• 1954Stage Show
• 1950What's My Line?Self
• 1949Make Believe BallroomSelf
• 1948Jimmy Dorsey and His OrchestraSelf
• 1948Music ManSelf
• 1947The Fabulous DorseysJimmy Dorsey
• 1944Hollywood CanteenSelf
• 1944Lost in a HaremJimmy Dorsey
• 1944Four Jills in a JeepHimself
• 1943I Dood ItHimself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
• 1943La Rosita
• 1943Man That's Groovy
• 1943Au Reet
• 1942The Fleet's InJimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
• 1941Birth of the BluesSelf (archive footage)
• 1938Jimmy Dorsey and His OrchestraOrchestra Leader
• 1938You Leave Me Breathless
• 1936That Girl from ParisHammacher's Band Member (uncredited)