
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