Nelson Eddy
Birthday
1901/06/29
Day of death
1967/03/06 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby-soxers as well as opera purists, and in his he...Read more
Acting
(1946) Make Mine Music
as Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
(1937) Rosalie
as Dick Thorpe
(1940) New Moon
as Charles
(1943) Phantom of the Opera
as Anatole Garron
(1933) Dancing Lady
as Nelson Eddy
(1938) The Girl of the Golden West
as Ramirez
(1938) Sweethearts
as Ernest Lane
(1937) Maytime
as Paul Allison
(1936) Rose Marie
as Sgt. Bruce
(1935) Naughty Marietta
as Captain Richard Warrington
(1946) Willie the Operatic Whale
as Narrator
(1941) The Chocolate Soldier
as Karl Lang
(1940) Bitter Sweet
as Carl Linden
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Balalaika
as Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
(1947) Northwest Outpost
as Captain Jim Laurence
(1939) Let Freedom Ring
as Steve Logan
(1955) The Desert Song
as Pierre / The Red Shadow
(1934) Student Tour
as Singer
(1944) Knickerbocker Holiday
as Brom Broeck
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as John Sylvester
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1942) I Married an Angel
as Count Palaffi
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1933) Handlebars
as Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
(1939) From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1940) A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1992) Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1957) The Lux Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self