Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 29, 1904
Place of Birth
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- James Francis Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Biography
Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer.
Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.
Known For - Movies
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
That Girl from Paris
as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
The Fleet's In
as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Jimmy Dorsey
Music Man
as Self
Lost in a Harem
as Jimmy Dorsey
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Himself
I Dood It
as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
