Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
May 16, 1913
Died
October 29, 1987 (age 74)
Born in
Milwaukee, WI
Legendary clarinetist, composer ("At the Woodchoppers' Ball"), singer and bandleader (the Thundering Herd(s) ), educated at Marquette University. He was a clarinetist in the orchestras of Joey Lichter, Harry Sosnik, Gus Arnheim, and Indiana Jones, then formed his own orchestra, appearing in hotels, theatres and ballrooms. He toured Europe in 1954, Europe, and Latin America in 1958 (under the auspices of the US State Department), and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Chubby Jackson and Ralph Burns, and his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Apple Honey", "Goosey Gander", "Northwest Passage", "River Bed Blues", "Blues on Parade", "Blowin' Up a Storm", "Music by the Moon", "Early Autumn", "A Kiss Goodnight", "Your Father's Moustache", "Wild Root", "I Remember Duke", and "Misty Morning".

Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2012

Jazz Icons: Woody Herman Live in '64
2009

Louis Prima: The Wildest!
as Himself (archive footage)
1999

Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
as Music
1974

Woody Herman's Swinging Herd live in England
as Clarinettiste
1964

The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961

Startime
as Self
1959

The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Bandleader
1957

Winter Meeting
as Leader - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1948

Rhapsody in Wood
as Himself
1947

New Orleans
as Himself, Original Music Composer
1947

Sensations of 1945
as Woody Herman
1944

Wintertime
as Himself (leader, Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
1943

What's Cookin'?
as Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader
1942

Woody Herman & His Orchestra
1938