Hoagy Carmichael
Born
November 22, 1899
Died
December 27, 1981 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
Self
1982
Burke's Law
'Jango' Jordan · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Carl Baker · (1 episode)
1963
The Flintstones
Self (voice) · (1 episode)
1960
Laramie
Jonesy · (124 episodes)
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Marty Dix
1957
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self · (1 episode)
1956
Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956
Timberjack
Jingles
1955
Climax!
Jazzman · (1 episode)
1954
Belles on Their Toes
Tom Bracken
1952
The Las Vegas Story
Happy
1952
Lux Video Theatre
Sam · (1 episode)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
1950
Young Man with a Horn
Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Johnny Holiday
Hoagy Carmichael
1949
Night Song
Chick Morgan
1948
The Best Years of Our Lives
Butch Engle
1946
Canyon Passage
Hi Linnet
1946
Johnny Angel
Celestial O'Brien
1945
To Have and Have Not
Cricket
1945
Hong Kong Blues
1942
Lazybones
1941
Hoagy Carmichael
Himself
1939
Topper
Hoagy - Piano Player (uncredited)
1937