Spike Jones
Birthday
1911/12/14
Day of death
1965/05/01 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also know as
Lindley Jones
Biography
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Deprecia...Read more
Acting
(1947) Variety Girl
as Spike Jones
(1942) Blacksmith Song
as ---
(1952) The Spike Jones Show
as Self
(1947) Ladies' Man
as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
(1942) Clink! Clink! Another Drink
as Spike Jones
(1984) DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
(1945) Bring on the Girls
as Himself
(1944) Meet the People
as Spike Jones (uncredited)
(1954) Fireman Save My Child
as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
(1942) Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
as Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat
(1946) Breakfast in Hollywood
as Spike Jones
(1988) The Spike Jones Story
as Self
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self
(1953) Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood
as Self
(1963) Burke's Law
as Duke of Epsom
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1957) Club Oasis
as ---
(1954) The Spike Jones Show
as ---
(1957) Club Oasis
as Host
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Spike Jones
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest