Duke Ellington
Acting
Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
As actor 74
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bambi
1948
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
The Steve Allen Show
1956
German Film Award
1951
Discorama
1959
NET Playhouse
1966
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Jazz
2001
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
The Intimate Duke Ellington
2003
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Piano Blues
2003
Check and Double Check
1930
Cabin in the Sky
1943
The Apollo
2019
Sophisticated Lady
1952
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Mood Indigo
1952
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Jazz Evolution
2008
Alice Babs - Swing It!
2007
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
Improvisation
2004
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Moments without Proper Names
1987
Jazz Ball
1956
The Hit Parade
1937
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
Birth of the Blues
1941
Solitude
1952
Many Happy Returns
1934
Bli-Blip
1942
It's Black Entertainment
2002
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
The Story Of The Blues
2004
The Strolling '20s
1966
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
What's Happening
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
1969
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
2007
Steve e il Duca
2024
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
2000
Salute to Duke Ellington
1950
Symphony In Swing
1949
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
2005
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
2003
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1942
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1943
A Bundle of Blues
1933
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
2021
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
Black and Tan
1929
Date with Duke
1947
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
2019
Flamingo
1942
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
1991
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
On the crew 21
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Paris Blues
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
The Turning Point
1977
Assault on a Queen
1966
Cabin in the Sky
1943
Nutcracker Sweeties
1997
The War of the Infras
1978
So Long
2012
Daybreak Express
1957
Misanthrope
1987
Change of Mind
1969
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
2026
The Bankbus
2010
Masks and Memories
1934
Sophisticated Ladies
1982
Concerto Ellington-Marsalis
2014
The Vampire
1945
A Smattering of Spots
1958
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935