Louis Armstrong
Acting
🎂 1901-08-04
Louis Daniel Armstrong, 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.
Cast credits(108)
Self
1962
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1967
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1956
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1953
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1950
Self
1958
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1970
Self - Singer
1964
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1964
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self - Jazz Trumpeter
1956
Self (archive footage)
2001
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1959
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1963
Louis Armstrong
1954
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1957
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1969
Self - Singer
1964
Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
1951
Self
2014
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1956
1963
Orchestra Leader
1969
Self
1959
Self (archive footage)
2012
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1961
Himself
2005
Willie Ferguson
1966
Self (archive footage)
1991
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2004
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1993
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2004
Himself
1944
Self (Archive Footage)
2003
1958
Band Leader
1950
Louis Armstrong
1948
Trumpet, Vocal
2006
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1976
Self - Trumpet
2008
Himself
1951
The Trumpeter
1943
Self
1960
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1971
Louis Armstrong
1959
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1941
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2014
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2002
Louis Armstrong
1959
Louis Armstrong
1959
Self (archive footage)
1970
Wild Man Moore
1961
Henry
1936
Self (archive footage)
2024
1962
Gabe
1938
Louis Armstrong
1930
Orchestra Leader
1945
Self
1937
Self (archive footage)
2006
Himself
1944
Self (archive footage)
1956
Shadow Johnson
1952
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1965
Musician with Orchestra
1959
himself
1953
Self (archive Voice)
2022
Self
1974
1957
Louis Armstrong
1932
himself
1966
Self (archive footage)
2021
Himself
1932
Self
1943
Trumpet Player
1938
Trumpet/Vocals
2005
Self (archive footage)
2018
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Self (archive footage)
1999
Chanteur, Trompettiste,
1964
Louise Armstrong
1965
Louis Armstrong
1937
Himself
1947
Self
1965
1997
Himself (archive footage)
2001
Self (archival footage)
1992
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1942
1934
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1982
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2008
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1957
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1942
2000
2001
Self - Performer
2021
Himself
1934
Self (archive footage)
1993
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2007
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1942
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2009
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1993
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2013
