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Duke Ellington
Composer, Actor, Director
Born April 29, 1899Died May 24, 1974 (75 years)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Duke Ellington Filmography
| 2016 | Talking Sticks · as Composer |
| 1997 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | Change of Mind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1961 | Paris Blues · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Holiday · as Composer |
| 1953 | |
| 1950 | Salute to Duke Ellington · as Composer |
| 1945 | |
| 1943 |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Pie Eye (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky · as Duke Ellington (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly · as Duke - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Belle of the Nineties · as Piano Player |
| 1934 | Many Happy Returns · as Piano Player (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Check and Double Check · as Orchestra Leader |
| 2025 | Köln 75 · as Self |
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Cover Your Ears · as Self - Jazz Pianist & Composer |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self |
| 2022 | Charlie Parker, Bird Songs · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Grass is Greener · as Self |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom · as Self - Musician (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Le Grand Échiquier (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | The Jazz Ambassadors · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark · as Self |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Black Wings · as Self |
| 2011 | Michel Petrucciani · as Self |
| 2010 | Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Alice Babs - Swing it! · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me · as Self |
| 2008 | Jazz Evolution · as Self - Piano |
| 2007 | Jazz Giants of the 20th Century · as Self |
| 2003 | Piano Blues · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Cinerama Adventure · as Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Century: America's Time (TV Series) · as Self ("boom To Bust - 1920-1929") |
| 1997 | The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Mafia: The History of the Mob in America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | That's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 1987 | Moments Without Proper Names · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Jazz Greats · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-Up (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Australia · as Self |
| 1960 | Schlager-Raketen · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Garry Moore Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Self - 'duke Ellington' |
| 1957 | The Twentieth Century (1957) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | Jazz Ball · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1955 | Rock 'n' Roll Revue · as Self |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Orchestra Leader |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Orchestra Conductor |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | Salute to Duke Ellington · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1943 | The March of Time, Vol. 10, No. 5: Upbeat in Music · as Self - Band Leader |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1937 | The Hit Parade · as Duke Ellington |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities · as Duke Ellington |
| 1929 | Black and Tan · as Duke Ellington |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) |