Louis Armstrong (I) (1901–1971)

Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department

Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. He was 13 when he celebrated the New ...

Born: August 4, 1901
Died: July 6, 1971 (age 69)

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Filmography

Known For

High Society Louis Armstrong (1956)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Soundtrack (1969)
12 Monkeys Soundtrack (1995)
Known For

Southland Tales Soundtrack (2006)
Soundtrack

The Deuce (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Mindhunter (2019)
Second Act (2018)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018)
Bilkrigen (2018)
Der Kurier des Kaisers (2018)
Planeta Singli 2 (2018)
Ben Is Back (2018)
Patrick Melrose (2018)
The Simpsons (2009-2018)
America's Musical Journey (2018)
Podatek od milosci (2018)
Golic and Wingo (2018)
Popular Voices at the BBC (2017)
Spielberg (2017)
The Wife (2017)
Salvation (2017)
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
The Farthest (2017)
Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017)
Moon Rock City (2017)
The Sense of an Ending (2017)
The Grand Tour (2016)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Blue Bloods (2016)
The Good Place (2016)
Gotham (2016)
20th Century Women (2016)
Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016)
A United Kingdom (2016)
The Age of Shadows (2016)
Containment (2016)
Range 15 (2016)
Finding Dory (2016)
Morfi, todos a la mesa (2016)
Supergirl (2015)
My Hindu Friend (2015)
Phantom Boy (2015)
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure (2015)
Mein Salzburg (2015)
Bessie (2015)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2013-2015)
Long Story Short (2015)
Shut Up and Talk (2015)
Forever (2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
Strictly Come Dancing (2014)
Intresseklubben (2014)
Grantchester (2014)
Boardwalk Empire (2013-2014)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (2014)
Rizzoli & Isles (2014)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Easy Life (2014)
Salaud, on t'aime (2014)
Alive Inside (2014)
Sorrow and Joy (2013)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
The Mark of Beauty (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
From the Future with Love (2013)
Mob Short: An Inconvenient Affair (2013)
Förtroligheten (2013)
Three Vignettes (2012)
Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012)
For Sale (2012)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Rude Tube (2012)
Inspector George Gently (2012)
A Little Dream of Me (2012)
The Four (2012)
Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)
Castle (2012)
Back to the Sea (2012)
New Year's Eve (2011)
The Mentalist (2011)
Tom Sawyer (2011)
Friends with Kids (2011)
Treme (2010-2011)
Monte Carlo (2011)
The Fairy (2011)
Jumping the Broom (2011)
Ostrichs Feathers (2010)
Head Over Heels (2010)
American Dad! (2010)
An Idiot Abroad (2010)
Di Di Hollywood (2010)
Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
Shanghai (2010)
Annie MG (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2009)
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Banda sonora (2009)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
The Cry of the Owl (2009)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
French Film (2008)
Getaway (2008)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Dancing with the Stars (2006-2008)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Skins (2008)
Brothers & Sisters (2007)
Criminal Minds (2007)
American Gangster (2007)
American Masters (1989-2007)
House (2005-2006)
Men in Trees (2006)
Cold Case (2004-2006)
The Dark Hour (2006)
20 to 1 (2006)
Relative Strangers (2006)
Southland Tales (2006)
Life on Mars (2006)
Just Love Me (2006)
Lord of War (2005)
Bewitched (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Independent Lens (2004-2005)
Kam zmizel ten starý song (2005)
Constellation (2005)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
Boston Legal (2004)
Swing Girls (2004)
The Practice (1997-2004)
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1999-2004)
Miracle (2004)
Die Lugners (2003)
Skeppsholmen (2003)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Pepper Chocolate (2003)
Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Cuéntame (2003)
Chooch (2003)
Everybody Loves Raymond (2003)
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (2003)
Normal (2003)
Livshunger (2002)
Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002)
The Quiet American (2002)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Forsthaus Falkenau (2002)
Crossing Jordan (2001-2002)
Malcolm in the Middle (2002)
Les Refrains de la mémoire (2001)
Serendipity (2001)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Town & Country (2001)
Russian Doll (2001)
Blow (2001)
Dawson's Creek (2001)
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Pollock (2000)
The Closer You Get (2000)
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Liberty Heights (1999)
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999)
My Life So Far (1999)
The Love Letter (1999)
Seven Days (1999)
Nash Bridges (1999)
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
Office Space (1999)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
At First Sight (1999)
You've Got Mail (1998)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998)
The King of Queens (1998)
Castle Einstein (1998)
Where the Heart Is (1998)
Madeline (1998)
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
The Impostors (1998)
Faut pas rêver (1998)
The Newton Boys (1998)
Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
My Son the Fanatic (1997)
George Wallace (1997)
Out to Sea (1997)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
That Old Feeling (1997)
Secrets of the Heart (1997)
Still Breathing (1997)
Wild Man Blues (1997)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
7th Heaven (1996)
Nitrate Base (1996)
Children of the Revolution (1996)
Chloé (1996)
The Outer Limits (1996)
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Marsalis on Music (1995)
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Cybill (1995)
The Seclet of the Tlumpet! (1995)
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
Forget Paris (1995)
French Kiss (1995)
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
Top of the Pops (1994)
Love Affair (1994)
Baseball (1994)
Only You (1994)
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
Florida Lady (1994)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)
The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Northern Exposure (1992)
Erotic Liaisons (1992)
Ciao, Professore! (1992)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Storyville (1992)
Class Act (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
Rambling Rose (1991)
Vamp (1991)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Queens Logic (1991)
Twin Peaks (1990)
The Green Man (1990)
Texasville (1990)
Come See the Paradise (1990)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Harlem Nights (1989)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
Moonlighting (1988)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Frank's Place (1987)
The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
Soul Man (1986)
The Color Purple (1985)
100 years of automobile (1985)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Karkalou (1984)
Repo Man (1984)
FDR (1982)
They All Laughed (1981)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Stardust Memories (1980)
The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Saint Jack (1979)
Escape to Athena (1979)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Otto V (1977)
The Muppet Show (1977)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Pete, Pearl & the Pole (1973)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
The Johnny Cash Show (1970)
Wenn die tollen Tanten kommen (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
BBC Show of the Week (1968)
The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968)
July Rain (1967)
The Danny Kaye Show (1966-1967)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1949-1966)
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Shindig! (1965)
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
The Hollywood Palace (1965)
Douce France (1964)
Measure of a Man (1962)
Auf Wiedersehen (1961)
Paris Blues (1961)
Discorama (1961)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961)
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
The Beat Generation (1959)
The Five Pennies (1959)
Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959)
Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1957-1959)
Youthful Sinners (1958)
The Edsel Show (1957)
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Satchmo the Great (1957)
High Society (1956)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
The Frank Sinatra Show (1952)
Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (1951)
The Milton Berle Show (1951)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
The Strip (1951)
Sugar Hill Times (1949)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Boarding House Blues (1948)
New Orleans (1947)
Jasper in a Jam (1946)
Headline Bands (1946)
Atlantic City (1944)
Jam Session (1944)
Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra (1939)
Lying Lips (1939)
Going Places (1938)
Alibi Time (1938)
Artists & Models (1937)
Clean Pastures (1937)
Swing Wedding (1937)
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)
Soundtrack

Remember When... (1981)
Actor

Hello, Dolly! Orchestra Leader (1969)
That's Life (1969)
A Man Called Adam Willie Ferguson (1966)
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune Louis Armstrong (1966)
When the Boys Meet the Girls Louis Armstrong (1965)
Berlin-Melodie - Vom Zille-Ball zum Jazzlokal (1963)
Auf Wiedersehen Louis Armstrong (1961)
Paris Blues Wild Man Moore (1961)
Kærlighedens melodi Musician with Orchestra (1959)
La Paloma Louis Armstrong (1959)
The Beat Generation Louis Armstrong (1959)
The Five Pennies Louis Armstrong (1959)
Die Nacht vor der Premiere Louis Armstrong (1959)
High Society Louis Armstrong (1956)
You Are There King Oliver (1954)
The Glenn Miller Story Louis Armstrong (1954)
Saluti e baci Louis Armstrong (1953)
Glory Alley Shadow Johnson (1952)
Here Comes the Groom Louis Armstrong (1951)
I'm in the Revue Band Leader (1950)
A Song Is Born Louis Armstrong (1948)
New Orleans Louis Armstrong (1947)
Pillow to Post Orchestra Leader (1945)
Jam Session Louis Armstrong (1944)
Cabin in the Sky The Trumpeter (1943)
Birth of the Blues Louis Armstrong (1941)
Going Places Gabe (1938)
Doctor Rhythm Trumpet Player (1938)
Every Day's a Holiday Louis Armstrong (1937)
Artists & Models Louis Armstrong (1937)
Pennies from Heaven Henry (1936)
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You Louis Armstrong (1932)
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue Louis Armstrong (1932)
Actor

Ex-Flame Louis Armstrong (1930)
Archive footage

The Black Godfather (2019)
Quincy (2018)
Dooley's Not Dooby (2018)
ITV News at Ten (2018)
Popular Voices at the BBC (2017)
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017)
The Andrew Klavan Show (2017)
My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015)
Sound of Song (2015)
American Masters (1989-2014)
Strictly Come Dancing (2014)
The Normal Heart (2014)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014)
Behind the Freedom Curtain (2013)
Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013)
50s Britannia (2013)
My Music: Big Band Vocalists (2012)
Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (2011)
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011)
No me la puc treure del cap (2010)
The Legendary Bing Crosby (2010)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)
Hollywood on the Tiber (2009)
Banda sonora (2009)
Passage to Panama: A Musical Journey (2008)
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008)
Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (2008)
Trombone Shorty (2008)
The Legendary Crooners (2007)
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)
The South Bank Show (1993-2007)
Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (2007)
Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (2007)
Protagonistas del recuerdo (2006)
Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe (2006)
20 to 1 (2006)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
Great Performances (2005)
Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years (2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
True Love (2003)
Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
Les Refrains de la mémoire (2001)
Reputations (2001)
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000)
Playboy: The Party Continues (2000)
Tutti for Louis - Omaggio a Louis Amstrong (2000)
Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (1999)
New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Crossroads (1999)
Omnibus (1999)
Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (1998)
The Fifties (1997)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
Masters of American Music (1995)
Top of the Pops (1994)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)
One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993)
Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993)
Roxette: How Do You Do! (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
The Magic of Bing Crosby (1991)
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love (1990)
That's Black Entertainment (1990)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (1990)
Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet' (1981)
The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980)
Die Drehscheibe (1980)
Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979)
All You Need Is Love (1977)
The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (1971)
Louis Armstrong: 1900 - 1971 (1971)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1958-1963)
Archive footage

The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
Jazz Ball (1956)
Music Department

Thomas Pesquet: L'odyssée de l'Espace (2017)
Music Department

Karmu: A Place in the Sun (2015)
Pete, Pearl & the Pole (1973)

Awards

4 wins.

Did You Know

On June 26, 1950, he recorded the American version of the French songs "La Vie en Rose" and "C'est si bon". "La Vie en Rose" was written by Louiguy (music) and Édith Piaf (lyrics) in 1946 and "C'est si bon" was written by Henri Betti (music) and ...