Jimmy Dorsey

Biography

Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.

Known For

What's My Line?

Hollywood Canteen

This Is Elvis

Stage Show

Lost in a Harem

I Dood It

The Fleet's In

Four Jills in a Jeep

All Movies (18)

• This Is Elvis1981 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Jazz Ball1956 · as Self (archive footage)
• Make Believe Ballroom1949 · as Self
• Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra1948 · as Self
• Music Man1948 · as Self
• The Fabulous Dorseys1947 · as Jimmy Dorsey
• Hollywood Canteen1944 · as Self
• Lost in a Harem1944 · as Jimmy Dorsey
• Four Jills in a Jeep1944 · as Himself
• I Dood It1943 · as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
• La Rosita1943
• Man That's Groovy1943
• Au Reet1943
• The Fleet's In1942 · as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
• Birth of the Blues1941 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra1938 · as Orchestra Leader
• You Leave Me Breathless1938
• That Girl from Paris1936 · as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)

All TV Shows (2)

• Stage Show1954
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self