Kay Kyser
Biography
Bandleader and radio personality memorable for his "Kollege of Musical Knowledge". Often sporting his trademark mortarboard and gown, he appeared with his band in a few World War II-era movies.
Date of Birth 18 June 1905, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death 23 July 1985, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (heart attack)
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Acting History
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage)
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1944Carolina Blues as Himself
1944G.I. Journal as Self
1943Around the World as Kay Kyser
1943Swing Fever as Lowell Blackford
1943Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3) as Himself
1943Thousands Cheer as Kay Kyser
1943Stage Door Canteen as Kay Kyser
1943Show-Business at War as Self
1942My Favorite Spy as Kay Kyser
1941Playmates as Kay Kyser
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Himself
1940You'll Find Out as Himself
1940If I Forget You as Orchestra
1940Africa Squeaks as Cake Icer (voice)
1939That's Right – You're Wrong as Kay Kyser
1933Unsichtbare Gegner as Sir Thomas