Cast
Louis Armstrong
Acting
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Known for
Acting
Born
1901-08-04
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
1971-07-06
Also known as Louis Daniel Armstrong, Satchmo , Pops
Biography
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.
★6.8
MOVIE1956
High Society
as Louis Armstrong
★7.0
MOVIE1969
Hello, Dolly!
as Orchestra Leader
MOVIE1994
The World of Polygoon
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1961
Paris Blues
as Wild Man Moore
★10.0
MOVIE1961
Auf Wiedersehen
as er selbst
★5.5
MOVIE1953
Saluti e baci
as himself
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Trumpet
★7.6
MOVIE2011
Bert Stern - Original Madman
★7.0
MOVIE1954
The Glenn Miller Story
as Louis Armstrong
★7.3
MOVIE2022
The Sound of 007
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1948
A Song Is Born
as Louis Armstrong
★7.2
MOVIE1936
Pennies from Heaven
as Henry
★6.5
MOVIE1966
A Man Called Adam
as Willie Ferguson
★4.2
MOVIE2004
The Story Of The Blues
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2004
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1942
Shine
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1959
The Beat Generation
as Louis Armstrong
★6.5
MOVIE2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1965
Louis Armstrong v Praze
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE1951
The Strip
as Himself
★6.0
MOVIE1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1951
Here Comes the Groom
as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1959
The Five Pennies
as Louis Armstrong
★8.7
MOVIE2002
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2001
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
as Himself (archive footage)
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1937
Every Day's a Holiday
as Louis Armstrong
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Cabin in the Sky
as The Trumpeter
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Artists & Models
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE1965
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Louise Armstrong
MOVIE1942
Sleepy Time Down South
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1934
København, Kalundborg og -?
★5.5
MOVIE1945
Pillow to Post
as Orchestra Leader
★5.9
MOVIE1952
Glory Alley
as Shadow Johnson
★7.0
MOVIE2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1982
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1947
New Orleans
as Himself
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Going Places
as Gabe
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
as Self (Archive Footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Atlantic City
as Himself
★7.3
MOVIE1960
Jazz on a Summer's Day
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Doctor Rhythm
as Trumpet Player
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Disneyland After Dark
★5.3
MOVIE1950
I'm in the Revue
as Band Leader
★6.4
MOVIE1932
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
as Louis Armstrong
MOVIE2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2012
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
★8.8
MOVIE2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Jam Session
as Himself
★6.2
MOVIE1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
as Himself
★7.5
MOVIE1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2006
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
as Trumpet, Vocal
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archival footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1959
Kærlighedens melodi
as Musician with Orchestra
★5.0
MOVIE2005
Året var 1955
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1957
The Edsel Show
as Self
MOVIE1964
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
as Chanteur, Trompettiste,
MOVIE2001
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
★5.5
MOVIE1959
La Paloma
as Louis Armstrong
MOVIE1965
The Day of the Oath
as Self
MOVIE2005
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
as Trumpet/Vocals
★10.0
MOVIE1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
★10.0
MOVIE1963
Berlin-Melodie
MOVIE1991
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1993
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Satchmo the Great
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
MOVIE1966
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
as himself
MOVIE2021
Dark Eyes
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE2007
Music Inn
as Himself (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1965
Hallo Satchmo
as Self
MOVIE1934
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
as Himself
MOVIE1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2000
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
★8.5
MOVIE2008
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1930
Ex-Flame
as Louis Armstrong
MOVIE2009
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
as Self
MOVIE1970
Why America
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1974
On the Road with Duke Ellington
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2007
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
as Self
MOVIE2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
as Himself
MOVIE2013
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
as Self
MOVIE2021
Louis Armstrong in Concert
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Swingin' on Nothin'
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
as Self (archive footage)