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Al Hirt
Actor
Died April 27, 1999 (76 years)
Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme music to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor Records, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent much of his professional recording career, had dubbed him with another moniker: "The King." Hirt was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in November 2009.
Filmography
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Al Hirt |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Super Bowl XII · as Self - Halftime Show Performer |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Manhunter · as Al Hirt |
| 1972 | Super Bowl VI · as Self - Halftime Perfomer |
| 1970 | Super Bowl IV · as Self - National Anthem Performer |
| 1969 | Number One · as Himself |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1967 | AFL-NFL World Championship Game · as Self - National Anthem Performer |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1963 | The Jimmy Dean Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | Rome Adventure · as Al Hirt |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpeter |
| 1961 | World by Night No. 2 · as Self |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpet Player |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | The Lawrence Welk Show (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpeter |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Jazz Musician |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Trumpet Player |