Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1901-08-04

Died: 1971-07-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Ex-Flame	Louis Armstrong	0
2	1932	A Rhapsody in Black and Blue	Himself	61
3	1932	I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You	Louis Armstrong	61
4	1934	Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen	Himself	0
5	1934	København, Kalundborg og -?		55
6	1936	Pennies from Heaven	Henry	69
7	1937	Artists & Models	Self	60
8	1937	Every Day's a Holiday	Louis Armstrong	54
9	1938	Doctor Rhythm	Trumpet Player	60
10	1938	Going Places	Gabe	63
11	1941	Birth of the Blues	Self (archive footage)	55
12	1942	Swingin' on Nothin'	Self	0
13	1942	Shine	Self	0
14	1942	Sleepy Time Down South	Self	0
15	1943	Cabin in the Sky	The Trumpeter	65
16	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
17	1944	Jam Session	Himself	60
18	1944	Atlantic City	Himself	50
19	1945	Pillow to Post	Orchestra Leader	55
20	1947	New Orleans	Himself	66
21	1948	A Song Is Born	Louis Armstrong	65
22	1950	I'm in the Revue	Band Leader	48
23	1951	The Strip	Himself	57
24	1951	Here Comes the Groom	Louis Armstrong (uncredited)	52
25	1952	Glory Alley	Shadow Johnson	58
26	1953	Saluti e baci	himself	10
27	1954	The Glenn Miller Story	Louis Armstrong	69
28	1956	Jazz Ball	Self (archive footage)	70
29	1956	High Society	Self	69
30	1957	Satchmo the Great		60
31	1957	The Edsel Show	Self	0
32	1958	The All-Star Christmas Show		60
33	1959	The Five Pennies	Louis Armstrong	67
34	1959	The Beat Generation	Louis Armstrong	52
35	1959	La Paloma	Louis Armstrong	40
36	1959	Kærlighedens melodi	Musician with Orchestra	53
37	1960	Jazz on a Summer's Day	Self	72
38	1961	Paris Blues	Wild Man Moore	65
39	1961	Auf Wiedersehen	er selbst	0
40	1962	Disneyland After Dark		70
41	1963	Berlin-Melodie		0
42	1964	Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia	Chanteur, Trompettiste,	0
43	1965	Louis Armstrong v Praze	Self	0
44	1965	Hallo Satchmo	Self	80
45	1965	When the Boys Meet the Girls	Louise Armstrong	30
46	1966	Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune	himself	0
47	1966	A Man Called Adam	Willie Ferguson	60
48	1969	Hello, Dolly!	Orchestra Leader	70
49	1970	Why America	Self (archive footage)	0
50	1974	On the Road with Duke Ellington	Self	0
51	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
52	1982	Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet	Self	0
53	1991	The Magic of Bing Crosby	Self (archive footage)	0
54	1992	Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong	Self (archival footage)	70
55	1993	The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years	Self (archive footage)	0
56	1993	Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music	Self (archive footage)	60
57	1993	Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing	Self (archive footage)	60
58	1997	Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory		100
59	1999	The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong	Self (archive footage)	0
60	2001	Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001	Himself (archive footage)	0
61	2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self (archive footage)	80
62	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love	Self (Archive Footage)	0
63	2004	The Harlem Renaissance	Self (archive footage)	60
64	2004	The Story Of The Blues	Self	42
65	2005	Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show	Trumpet/Vocals	0
66	2005	Året var 1955	Self (archive footage)	0
67	2005	Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection	Himself	0
68	2006	Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer	Self (archive footage)	0
69	2006	Louis Armstrong: Live in '59	Trumpet, Vocal	0
70	2007	Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962	Self	70
71	2007	Music Inn	Himself (archive footage)	0
72	2008	Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong	Self	85
73	2008	Jazz Evolution	Self - Trumpet	60
74	2009	The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best	Self	0
75	2011	Bert Stern - Original Madman	Self (archive footage)	73
76	2012	…Sings Musicals	Self (archive footage)	70
77	2013	Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again	Self	0
78	2014	Jazz Legends in Their Own Words	Self	0
79	2014	Bing Crosby: Rediscovered	Self (archive footage)	70
80	2018	The Jazz Ambassadors	Self (archive footage)	70
81	2021	Louis Armstrong in Concert	Self - Performer	0
82	2021	Dark Eyes	Self (archive footage)	0
83	2022	The Sound of 007	Self (archive footage)	70
84	2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Self (archive footage)	66
85	2022	Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires	Self (archive Voice)	87
86	2024	Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat	Self (archive footage)	74

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
4	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
5	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Jazz Trumpeter	56
6	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
7	1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Self	68
8	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	47
9	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
10	1959	Discorama	Self	0
11	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
12	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
13	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
14	1964	Shindig!	Self - Singer	62
15	1964	Shindig!	Self	62
16	1967	Omnibus	Self	72
17	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
18	1969	The Johnny Cash Show	Self	65
19	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
20	1971	The Pearl Bailey Show	Self	0
21	2001	Jazz	Self (archive footage)	80

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