Acting
Duke Ellington
EN, IT, FR, NO cinema · 77 credits
Born
29 April 1899
Died
24 May 1974 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as Edward Kennedy Ellington · Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
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.
Known for
Filmography
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
Music, Musician
Steve e il Duca
2024
Steve e il Duca
as Self (archival)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
as Self (archive footage)
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Self (archive footage)
So Long
Original Music Composer
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Piano
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
as Self - Piano
Alice Babs - Swing It!
as Himself (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Moments without Proper Names
as Self (archive footage)
Misanthrope
Original Music Composer
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Change of Mind
Original Music Composer
Assault on a Queen
Original Music Composer
Paris Blues
Original Music Composer
Anatomy of a Murder
as Pie Eye (uncredited), Original Music Composer
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
Date with Duke
as Self
Reveille with Beverly
as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
as Duke Ellington (uncredited), Music
Bli-Blip
as Himself
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
The Hit Parade
as Duke Ellington
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self, Original Music Composer
Murder at the Vanities
as Duke Ellington
Belle of the Nineties
as Piano Player
Many Happy Returns
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Check and Double Check
as Orchestra Leader
Black and Tan
as Duke Ellington