Louis Armstrong
Known for: Acting
Born: August 4, 1901
Died: July 6, 1971
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
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Filmography
98 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Deadly Melody
2025
NR
Memories
2025
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
NR
Espetáculo
2023
8.7
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
7.3
The Sound of 007
2022
6.7
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
NR
Dark Eyes
2021
NR
Tight Shoes
2021NR
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021
NR
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019NR
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
2019
7.0
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
7.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
NR
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014NR
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013
7.0
…Sings Musicals
2012
7.6
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011NR
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
6.0
Jazz Evolution
2008
8.5
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008
10.0
Music Inn
2007
7.0
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007
NR
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006
5.0
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
NR
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
5.0
Året var 1955
2005
NR
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005
4.2
The Story Of The Blues
2004
6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
20047.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003
8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002
NR
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
NR
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001
7.4
Jazz
2001
NR
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
NR
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
10.0
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
NR
The World of Polygoon
1994
7.0
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993
7.5
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
NR
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993
7.0
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992
NR
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
NR
Tenderness
1985
9.0
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976NR
On the Road with Duke Ellington
19748.0
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
NR
Why America
1970
6.6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
7.0
Hello, Dolly!
1969
6.5
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
6.5
A Man Called Adam
1966NR
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
1966
4.8
When the Boys Meet the Girls
19658.0
Hallo Satchmo
1965NR
Louis Armstrong v Praze
1965
NR
The Day of the Oath
1965
6.4
Shindig!
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
NR
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
1964
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
196310.0
Berlin-Melodie
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
Disneyland After Dark
1962
10.0
Auf Wiedersehen
1961
6.5
Paris Blues
1961
7.4
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960
6.2
Kærlighedens melodi
1959
5.5
La Paloma
1959
5.1
The Beat Generation
1959
6.9
The Five Pennies
1959
8.0
Discorama
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
9.0
The Edsel Show
1957
6.5
Satchmo the Great
1957
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
6.8
High Society
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
8.0
Jazz Ball
1956
7.0
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
5.5
Saluti e baci
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.9
Glory Alley
1952
5.4
Here Comes the Groom
1951
5.9
The Strip
1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
5.3
I'm in the Revue
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.4
A Song Is Born
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.6
New Orleans
1947
5.5
Pillow to Post
1945
6.3
Atlantic City
1944
7.0
Jam Session
1944
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943NR
Sleepy Time Down South
1942
NR
Shine
1942
7.0
Swingin' on Nothin'
1942
6.2
Birth of the Blues
1941
6.6
Going Places
1938
7.5
Doctor Rhythm
1938
5.8
Every Day's a Holiday
1937
6.3
Artists & Models
1937
7.2
Pennies from Heaven
1936
6.3
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934NR
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
1934
6.4
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
1932
6.2
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
1932
9.0
Ex-Flame
1930