Benny Goodman
Acting
1909-05-30 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Tag! You’re It!
2026 · Movie
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · Movie
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004 · Movie
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001 · Movie
Jazz
2001 · Series
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000 · Movie
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000 · Movie
The World of Polygoon
1994 · Movie
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Movie
Åke Hasselgård story
1983 · Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978 · Movie
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Series
Copland Conducts Copland
1976 · Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
Sackgasse
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Big Party
1959 · Series
John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Movie
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Allen in Movieland
1955 · Movie
Music Land
1955 · Movie
Two for the Record
1954 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
A Song Is Born
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
All the Cats Join In
1946 · Movie
Make Mine Music
1946 · Movie
Sweet and Low-Down
1944 · Movie
The Shining Future
1944 · Movie
The Gang's All Here
1943 · Movie
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
The Powers Girl
1943 · Movie
Syncopation
1942 · Movie
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Movie
Hollywood Hotel
1938 · Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Movie
Me and the Boys
1929 · Movie