Duke Ellington
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
German Film Award
Self
1951
Series
Discorama
Self (archive footage)
1959
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
2004
Series
NET Playhouse
Self
1966
Series
Aktuelle Schaubude
Self
1957
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Film
Anatomy of a Murder
Pie Eye (uncredited)
1959
Series
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
The Intimate Duke Ellington
Self
2003
Film
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
Film
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Piano Blues
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Cabin in the Sky
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
1943
Film
Murder at the Vanities
Duke Ellington
1934
Film
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
Film
Alice Babs - Swing It!
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Film
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Jazz Evolution
Self - Piano
2008
Film
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Birth of the Blues
Self (archive footage)
1941
Film
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Check and Double Check
Orchestra Leader
1930
Film
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Moments without Proper Names
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Story Of The Blues
Self
2004
Film
The Strolling '20s
Self
1966
Film
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
Film
Belle of the Nineties
Piano Player
1934
Film
Bli-Blip
Himself
1942
Film
Improvisation
Self
2004
Series
What's Happening
Self
Film
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Reveille with Beverly
Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1943
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
Self
1967
Mood Indigo
Self
1952
Solitude
Self
1952
Steve e il Duca
Self (archival)
2024
Film
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
Self
1969
Film
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Himself
2005
Sophisticated Lady
Self
1952
Film
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
Self - Piano
2007
Film
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self
1935
Film
A Bundle of Blues
Self
1933
Film
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Self
2014
Film
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Himself
1966
Film
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
Self
1991
Salute to Duke Ellington
1950
Film
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
Himself
2019
Film
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
Self
2005
Film
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
Self
1966
Film
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
Self
2003
Film
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
Self
2000
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Self
1974
Film
Many Happy Returns
Piano Player (uncredited)
1934
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1942
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1943
Symphony In Swing
1949
Film
The Hit Parade
Duke Ellington
1937
Film
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
2018
Date with Duke
Self
1947
Film
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
1956
Film
Black and Tan
Duke Ellington
1929
Flamingo
1942