Harry James (I) (1916–1983)

Actor | Music Department | Composer

Harry James was born in a rundown hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia. His mother and ...

Born: March 15, 1916
Died: July 5, 1983 (age 67)

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Filmography

Known For

The Matrix Soundtrack (1999)
The Matrix Revolutions Soundtrack (2003)
Raging Bull Soundtrack (1980)
Known For

The Game Soundtrack (1997)
Soundtrack

Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020)
Hollywood (2020)
The Plot Against America (2020)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018)
The Last Ship (2018)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
The Sopranos (2007)
Emile Norman: By His Own Design (2007)
Rumor Has It... (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
Cold Case (2004)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Livshunger (2002)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
The Yards (2000)
My Dog Skip (2000)
The Matrix (1999)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
The Game (1997)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Swingers (1996)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
Baseball (1994)
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
Swing Kids (1993)
Flirting (1991)
Valentina (1989)
Radio Days (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982)
Zoot Suit (1981)
Raging Bull (1980)
The First 40 Years (1980)
Dinah! (1977)
The Steagle (1971)
Happy Days (1970)
The Mike Douglas Show (1970)
Center Stage (1967)
Glenn Miller Time (1961)
The Danny Thomas Show (1961)
The Arthur Haynes Show (1961)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960)
Peter Gunn (1960)
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1958)
The Lux Show (1957)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Shower of Stars (1955)
Harry James and His Music Makers (1953)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
Carnegie Hall (1947)
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)
If I'm Lucky (1946)
Do You Love Me (1946)
Man from Oklahoma (1945)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Shining Future (1944)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Soundtrack

New Faces of 1937 (1937)
Actor

The Sting II Band Leader (1983)
Happy Days Harry James (1970)
The Danny Thomas Show Larry Norman (1961)
The Ladies Man Harry James (1961)
The Donna Reed Show Trumpet Player (1960)
The Big Beat Harry James (1958)
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Harry James (1958)
Outlaw Queen Rick Mason (1957)
The Opposite Sex Harry James (1956)
The Benny Goodman Story Harry James - Trumpeter at Carnegie Hall (1956)
Shower of Stars (1955)
How to Marry a Millionaire Radio Trumpeter (1953)
The Jackpot Harry James (1950)
I'll Get By Harry James (1950)
On Our Merry Way Harry James (1948)
Carnegie Hall Harry James (1947)
If I'm Lucky Earl Gordon (1946)
Do You Love Me Barry Clayton (1946)
The Road to Victory Harry James (1944)
Two Girls and a Sailor Harry James (1944)
The Shining Future Harry James (1944)
Swing Fever Harry James (1943)
Best Foot Forward Harry James (1943)
Springtime in the Rockies Harry James (1942)
Private Buckaroo Harry James (1942)
Syncopation Harry James (1942)
Too Many Girls Orchestra Leader (1940)
Actor

Hollywood Hotel Benny Goodman Trumpeter (1937)
Archive footage

American Masters (1993-2017)
My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
My Music: The Big Band Years (2009)
Great Performances (2005)
Biography (1998)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980)
All You Need Is Love (1977)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Archive footage

The Ed Sullivan Show (1955)
Moments in Music (1950)
Music Department

My Dog Skip (2000)
Music Department

Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Private Buckaroo (1942)
Composer

Bully the Kid (2005)

Did You Know

Trivia

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 421-422. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

Some of our most popular numbers are by the great classical composers. Take our arrangements of 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' or of 'The Afternoon of a Faun'. The kids go crazy over them In order to give them their proper rendering I added a string...