Nelson Eddy (1901–1967)

Soundtrack | Actor | Art Department

The only career Nelson Eddy ever considered was singing. His parents were singers, his grandparents...

Born: June 29, 1901
Died: March 6, 1967 (age 65)

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Filmography

Known For

Phantom of the Opera Anatole Garron (1943)
Let Freedom Ring Steve Logan (1939)
Balalaika Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda (1939)
Known For

Naughty Marietta Warrington (1935)
Soundtrack

Gotham (2016)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
Flawless (1999)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The Waltons (1978)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
The Mike Douglas Show (1966)
The Hollywood Palace (1965)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1956-1960)
The Lux Show (1958)
The Big Record (1957)
The Spike Jones Show (1957)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
Make Room for Daddy (1956)
The Bob Hope Show (1954)
This Is Your Life (1953)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953)
The Alan Young Show (1951)
Moments in Music (1950)
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met (1946)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
I Married an Angel (1942)
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
New Moon (1940)
Balalaika (1939)
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
Sweethearts (1938)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Rosalie (1937)
Maytime (1937)
Rose-Marie (1936)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Student Tour (1934)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Soundtrack

Handlebars (1933)
Actor

Make Room for Daddy Nelson Eddy (1956)
The Desert Song Pierre / The Red Shadow (1955)
Northwest Outpost Captain Jim Laurence (1947)
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met Narrator / voices (1946)
Make Mine Music Narrator / Willie (1946)
Knickerbocker Holiday Brom Broeck (1944)
Phantom of the Opera Anatole Garron (1943)
I Married an Angel Count Palaffi (1942)
The Chocolate Soldier Karl Lang (1941)
Bitter Sweet Carl Linden (1940)
New Moon Charles (1940)
Balalaika Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda (1939)
Let Freedom Ring Steve Logan (1939)
Sweethearts Ernest Lane (1938)
The Girl of the Golden West Ramirez / Lieutenant Johnson (1938)
Rosalie Dick Thorpe (1937)
Maytime Paul Allison (1937)
Rose-Marie Sergeant Bruce (1936)
Naughty Marietta Warrington (1935)
Student Tour Nelson Eddy (1934)
Dancing Lady Nelson Eddy (1933)
Broadway to Hollywood John Sylvester (1933)
Actor

Handlebars Singer (1933)
Archive footage

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Great Performances (2003)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Nelson and Jeanette (1992)
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1966-1981)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Just One More Time (1974)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
Moments in Music (1950)
Some of the Best (1944)
Archive footage

Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Art Department

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Awards

3 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

MGM chief Louis B. Mayer hired singer Igor Gorin as a backup in case Eddy became temperamental, but he never did and Gorin never played a role intended for Eddy.

[about some of the films he and Jeanette MacDonald were offered in their later career] We've been asked to do what might be called "B" pictures. Rather than do that, we decided to leave it on a high note.