Benny Goodman
Actor · Original Music Composer
Born May 30, 1909 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Active 1936–1986 · Awards: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp.
Filmography
Tag! You’re It! (2026) — Original Music ComposerA Song Is Born (1948) — Professor MagenbruchThe Gang's All Here (1943) — Benny GoodmanStage Door Canteen (1943) — Benny GoodmanAll the Cats Join In (1946)Syncopation (1942) — Benny GoodmanHollywood Hotel (1938) — Benny Goodman, Leader of His OrchestraThe Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) — Benny GoodmanÅke Hasselgård story (1983)Sweet and Low-Down (1944) — Benny GoodmanLegends in Concert: Benny Goodman (2004)Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion (2000)Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett (2001)Sackgasse (1963) — Original Music Composer