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.
111 acting credits
Acting · 111
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
What's My Line?
1950
Omnibus
1967
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Discorama
1959
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
Shindig!
1964
Jazz
2001
Hello, Dolly!
1969
High Society
1956
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
The Five Pennies
1959
A Song Is Born
1948
Paris Blues
1961
The Sound of 007
2022
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
The Strip
1951
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
The Beat Generation
1959
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Show-Business at War
1943
A Man Called Adam
1966
Every Day's a Holiday
1937
Pillow to Post
1945
Cabin in the Sky
1943
New Orleans
1947
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
Artists & Models
1937
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960
Going Places
1938
Pennies from Heaven
1936
Ex-Flame
1930
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992
Birth of the Blues
1941
Disneyland After Dark
1962
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Saluti e baci
1953
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
1932
Doctor Rhythm
1938
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
1932
Why America
1970
Music Inn
2007
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
Glory Alley
1952
Jazz Ball
1956
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Atlantic City
1944
The Story Of The Blues
2004
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
I'm in the Revue
1950
The Edsel Show
1957
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
Året var 1955
2005
The Day of the Oath
1965
La Paloma
1959
Kærlighedens melodi
1959
Jam Session
1944
Satchmo the Great
1957
Dark Eyes
2021
Auf Wiedersehen
1961
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982
Berlin-Melodie
1963
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
1934
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993
Film Tribute Video Vol.1
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974
Hallo Satchmo
1965
Louis Armstrong v Praze
1965
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
…Sings Musicals
2012
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
1966
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003
Jazz Evolution
2008
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006
Shine
1942
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
1964
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021
Swingin' on Nothin'
1942
Sleepy Time Down South
1942
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001