Vaughn Monroe
Birthday
1911/10/07
Day of death
1973/05/21 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Ol' Leather Tonsils, Leather Lungs
Biography
Vaughn Wilton Monroe was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman, who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording and another for radio performance. Monroe formed his first orchestra in Boston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He began recording for RCA Victor's subsidiary Bluebird label. That same year, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub to the west of Boston on Mas...Read more
Acting
(1947) Carnegie Hall
as Vaughn Monroe
(1950) Singing Guns
as Rhiannon / John Gwyn
(1952) Toughest Man in Arizona
as Matt Landry
(1944) Meet the People
as Vaughn Monroe (uncredited)
(2012) Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) Vision In The Forest
as Himself
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1956) Air Time '57
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest