Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Acting

Birthday

1909/05/30

Day of death

1986/06/13 (77 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also know as

Benjamin David Goodman, The King of Swing, The Benny Goodman Sextet

Biography

The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and...Read more

Acting
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
6.0

(1993) Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

as Self (archive footage)

Make Mine Music
5.8

(1946) Make Mine Music

as Self (voice)

Allen in Movieland
5.0

(1955) Allen in Movieland

as Self

Two for the Record
0.0

(1954) Two for the Record

as Self

Hollywood Hotel
5.4

(1938) Hollywood Hotel

as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra

A Song Is Born
6.5

(1948) A Song Is Born

as Professor Magenbruch

The Gang's All Here
5.8

(1943) The Gang's All Here

as Benny Goodman

Birth of the Blues
5.3

(1941) Birth of the Blues

as Self (archive footage)

Sweet and Low-Down
5.2

(1944) Sweet and Low-Down

as Benny Goodman

John Gunther's High Road
10.0

(1959) John Gunther's High Road

as Self

The Big Broadcast of 1937
5.2

(1936) The Big Broadcast of 1937

as Benny Goodman

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
0.0

(2000) The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

as Self (archive footage)

The Shining Future
4.0

(1944) The Shining Future

as Self

The Powers Girl
6.5

(1943) The Powers Girl

as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

0.0

(1929) Me and the Boys

as Self - Clarinet

Åke Hasselgård story
0.0

(1983) Åke Hasselgård story

as ---

Stage Door Canteen
6.1

(1943) Stage Door Canteen

as Benny Goodman

Syncopation
6.8

(1942) Syncopation

as Benny Goodman

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7

(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Music Land
6.0

(1955) Music Land

as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)

Copland Conducts Copland
0.0

(1976) Copland Conducts Copland

as Self - Clarinet

Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
0.0

(1978) Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not

as Self

Charlie Parker - Bird Songs
6.8

(2022) Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

as Self (archive footage)

0.0

(2004) Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman

as ---

Le Grand Échiquier
8.0

(1972) Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Jazz
8.0

(2001) Jazz

as Self (archive footage)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
5.3

(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

0.0

(1950) Star Time

as Self - Musician

The Kennedy Center Honors
7.3

(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4

(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

0.0

(1978) Bio’s Bahnhof

as Self

DuPont Show of the Month
6.7

(1957) DuPont Show of the Month

as Self

0.0

(1959) The Big Party

as Self

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
6.6

(1968) The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

7.0

(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

The Danny Kaye Show
6.3

(1963) The Danny Kaye Show

as Self