Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Known for

Acting

Born

November 22, 1899

Birthplace

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Died

December 27, 1981 (aged 82)

Biography

Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.

American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.

Best known work

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
The Flintstones
The Flintstones
1960
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
1945
Topper
Topper
1937
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946
Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn
1950
The Las Vegas Story
The Las Vegas Story
1952
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
1945

Filmography

  1. 1982

    Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

    as Self

  2. 1981

  3. 1978

    Old Friends... New FriendsTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  4. 1963

    Burke's LawTV

    as 'Jango' Jordan (1 episode), as Carl Baker (1 episode)

  5. 1960

    The FlintstonesTV

    as Self (voice) (1 episode)

  6. 1959

    LaramieTV

    as Jonesy (64 episodes)

  7. 1957

    Tonight Starring Jack PaarTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  8. 1957

  9. 1956

    The Rosemary Clooney ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  10. 1956

  11. 1955

    Timberjack

    as Jingles

  12. 1954

    Climax!TV

    as Jazzman (1 episode)

  13. 1953

  14. 1953

  15. 1952

    Belles on Their Toes

    as Tom Bracken

  16. 1952

  17. 1950

    Lux Video TheatreTV

    as Sam (1 episode)

  18. 1950

    The Colgate Comedy HourTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  19. 1950

    Young Man with a Horn

    as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

  20. 1950

    What's My Line?TV

    as Self (1 episode)

  21. 1949

    Johnny Holiday

    as Hoagy Carmichael

  22. 1948

    Night Song

    as Chick Morgan

  23. 1946

  24. 1946

    Canyon Passage

    as Hi Linnet

  25. 1946

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