Duke Ellington
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage)
2024Steve e il Duca as Self (archival)
2022Charlie Parker: Bird Songs as Self (archive footage)
2021Duke Ellington in Isfahan as Self (archive footage)
2019The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
2019The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live as Himself
2018The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage)
2014Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
2014Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 as Self
2008Jazz Evolution as Self - Piano
2007Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58 as Self - Piano
2007Alice Babs - Swing It! as Himself (archive footage)
2005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection as Himself
2005Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling as Self
2004The Story Of The Blues as Self
2004The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archive footage)
2004Improvisation as Self
2003Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens as Self
2003Piano Blues as Self (archive footage)
2003The Intimate Duke Ellington as Self
2002It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
2001Jazz as Self (archive footage)
2000Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943 as Self
1991The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington as Self
1987Moments without Proper Names as Self (archive footage)
1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
1974On the Road with Duke Ellington as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1969Duke Ellington Orchestra - Berliner Jazztage 1969 as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967Duke Ellington: Love You Madly as Self
1966Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro as Self
1966The Strolling '20s as Self
1966The First World Festival of Negro Arts as Himself
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959Anatomy of a Murder as Pie Eye (uncredited)
1959Discorama as Self (archive footage)
1959The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1957Aktuelle Schaubude as Self
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1952Solitude as Self
1952Mood Indigo as Self
1952Sophisticated Lady as Self
1951German Film Award as Self
1950Salute to Duke Ellington
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949Symphony In Swing
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948Bambi as Self
1947Date with Duke as Self
1943Cabin in the Sky as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
1943Reveille with Beverly as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1943Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1942Jam Session as Self - Piano
1942Bli-Blip as Himself
1942Flamingo
1942I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1941Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
1941Hot Chocolate as Self (uncredited)
1937The Hit Parade as Duke Ellington
1935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life as Self
1934Belle of the Nineties as Piano Player
1934Many Happy Returns as Piano Player (uncredited)
1934Murder at the Vanities as Duke Ellington
1933A Bundle of Blues as Self
1930Check and Double Check as Orchestra Leader
1929Black and Tan as Duke Ellington
—What's Happening as Self