Actor

Jimmy Dorsey

Birthday: February 29, 1904

Born in: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movie Credits

This Is Elvis (1981) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 77
Jazz Ball (1956) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 51
Make Believe Ballroom (1949) as Self
Age: 45
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1948) as Self
Age: 44
Music Man (1948) as Self
Age: 44
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) as Jimmy Dorsey
Age: 42
Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self
Age: 40
Lost in a Harem (1944) as Jimmy Dorsey
Age: 40
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) as Himself
Age: 40
I Dood It (1943) as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Age: 39
Man That's Groovy (1943)
Age: 38
La Rosita (1943)
Age: 38
Au Reet (1943)
Age: 38
The Fleet's In (1942) as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
Age: 37
Birth of the Blues (1941) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 37
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938) as Orchestra Leader
Age: 34
You Leave Me Breathless (1938)
Age: 34
That Girl from Paris (1936) as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
Age: 32