
Duke Ellington
Acting
🎂 1899-04-29
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.
Cast credits(69)

Self
1962

Self
1972

Self - Guest
1968

Self
1948

Self
1961

Self
1950

Self (archive footage)
1959

Self
1948
Self
1951
Self
1957

Self - Guest
1956
Self
1959

Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1957

Pie Eye (uncredited)
1959

Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019

Self (archive footage)
2024

Self (archive footage)
2019

Piano Player (uncredited)
1934

Duke Ellington (uncredited)
1943

Self (archive footage)
2018

Self (archive footage)
1941

Orchestra Leader
1930

Self
2014

Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1943

Self (archive footage)
2002

Self (archive footage)
1956

Duke Ellington
1937

Self (archive footage)
2022

Duke Ellington
1934

Piano Player
1934
Self
1967

Self
2004

Self - Piano
2008

Self
1966

Self (archive footage)
2003

Self (archive footage)
1975

Himself
2005

Duke Ellington
1929

Self
1974

Himself (archive footage)
2007

Self (archive footage)
2004

Self
1935

Self (archive footage)
2024
1950

Self
2004
1942

Self
2000

Self
1991

Self
1933

Self - Piano
1942

Self (uncredited)
1941
Self
1947
Self
1952
Self (archival)
2024

Self - Piano
2007
1949
Self
1952
1942

Self
2005
1943

Himself
1942

Self
2014

Himself
2019

Self
2003

Self (archive footage)
2021

Self
1966

Self
2003
Self
1952