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Hoagy Carmichael
Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born November 22, 1899Died December 27, 1981 (82 years)
Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.
American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.
American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.
Hoagy Carmichael Filmography
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Uncle Walter |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Willie Meeker |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Carl Baker |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Jonesy |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Marty Dix |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Frazier |
| 1955 | Timberjack · as Jingles |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Jazzman |
| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes · as Tom Bracken |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story · as Happy |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn · as Willie 'smoke' Willoughby |
| 1947 | Night Song · as Chick Morgan |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Butch Engle |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage · as Hi Linnet |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel · as Celestial O'brien |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not · as Cricket |
| 1937 |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me · as Self |
| 2003 | Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty · as Self (clip From Lazybones (1941)) |
| 1981 | |
| 1977 | All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | Die Caterina-Valente-Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | The Flintstones (TV Series) · as Self (voice) |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) · as Self - Pianist |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1951 | The Name's the Same (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | Johnny Holiday · as Hoagy Carmichael |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Composer |
| 1964 | De muziek van Hoagy Carmichael · as Composer |
| 1953 | Those Redheads from Seattle · as Songs |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as Songs |
| 1941 | Mr. Bug Goes to Town · as Songs |
| 1939 | Some Like It Hot · as Songs |
| 1938 | Thanks for the Memory · as Songs |
| 1938 | College Swing · as Songs |
| 1936 | Anything Goes · as Songs |