Louis Armstrong
Acting
1901-08-04 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.
Filmography
Deadly Melody
2025 · Movie
Memories
2025 · Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Movie
Espetáculo
2023 · Movie
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022 · Movie
The Sound of 007
2022 · Movie
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Movie
Dark Eyes
2021 · Movie
Tight Shoes
2021 · Movie
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021 · Movie
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019 · Movie
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
2019 · Movie
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 · Movie
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 · Movie
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014 · Movie
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013 · Movie
…Sings Musicals
2012 · Movie
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011 · Movie
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009 · Movie
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Jazz Evolution
2008 · Movie
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008 · Movie
Music Inn
2007 · Movie
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007 · Movie
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006 · Movie
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006 · Movie
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005 · Movie
Året var 1955
2005 · Movie
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005 · Movie
The Story Of The Blues
2004 · Movie
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Movie
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003 · Movie
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001 · Movie
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001 · Movie
Jazz
2001 · Series
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999 · Movie
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997 · Movie
The World of Polygoon
1994 · Movie
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Movie
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Movie
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993 · Movie
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992 · Movie
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991 · Movie
Tenderness
1985 · Movie
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974 · Movie
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Series
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Series
Why America
1970 · Movie
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Movie
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Movie
The Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
A Man Called Adam
1966 · Movie
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
1966 · Movie
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965 · Movie
Hallo Satchmo
1965 · Movie
Louis Armstrong v Praze
1965 · Movie
The Day of the Oath
1965 · Movie
Shindig!
1964 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
1964 · Movie
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
Berlin-Melodie
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Disneyland After Dark
1962 · Movie
Auf Wiedersehen
1961 · Movie
Paris Blues
1961 · Movie
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960 · Movie
Kærlighedens melodi
1959 · Movie
La Paloma
1959 · Movie
The Beat Generation
1959 · Movie
The Five Pennies
1959 · Movie
Discorama
1959 · Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Edsel Show
1957 · Movie
Satchmo the Great
1957 · Movie
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
High Society
1956 · Movie
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Jazz Ball
1956 · Movie
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 · Movie
Saluti e baci
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Glory Alley
1952 · Movie
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Movie
The Strip
1951 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
I'm in the Revue
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
A Song Is Born
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
New Orleans
1947 · Movie
Pillow to Post
1945 · Movie
Atlantic City
1944 · Movie
Jam Session
1944 · Movie
Show-Business at War
1943 · Movie
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Movie
Sleepy Time Down South
1942 · Movie
Shine
1942 · Movie
Swingin' on Nothin'
1942 · Movie
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Movie
Going Places
1938 · Movie
Doctor Rhythm
1938 · Movie
Every Day's a Holiday
1937 · Movie
Artists & Models
1937 · Movie
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Movie
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934 · Movie
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
1934 · Movie
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
1932 · Movie
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
1932 · Movie
Ex-Flame
1930 · Movie