Actor

Sonny Terry

Birthday: October 24, 1911

Born in: Mineola, New York, U.S.

Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Movie Credits

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004) as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Age: 92
Red, White and Blues (2003) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 91
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003) as Self
Age: 91
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003) as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Age: 91
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003) as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Age: 91
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 76
The Color Purple (1985) as Jook Joint Musician
Age: 74
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984) as Self
Age: 72
The Jerk (1979) as Blues Singer
Age: 68
Festival (1967) as Self
Age: 55
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
Age: 52
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) as Self
Age: 35