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Best Louis Armstrong Movies Ranked

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Louis Armstrong Acting Filmography (90)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024·Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022·Self (archive footage)
The Sound of 007
2022·Self (archive footage)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022·Self (voice) (archive sound)
Dark Eyes
2021·Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021·Self - Performer (archive footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019·Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018·Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014·Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014·Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013·Self
…Sings Musicals
2012·Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009·Self
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008·Self
Jazz Evolution
2008·Self - Trumpet
Music Inn
2007·Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007·Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006·Trumpet, Vocal
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006·Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005·Trumpet/Vocals
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005·Himself
Året var 1955
2005·Self (archive footage)
The Story Of The Blues
2004·Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004·Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003·Self (Archive Footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002·Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001·Himself (archive footage)
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999·Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993·Self (archive footage)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993·Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993·Self (archive footage)
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992·Self (archival footage)
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991·Self (archive footage)
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982·Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·(archive footage)
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974·Self
Why America
1970·Self (archive footage)
Hello, Dolly!
1969·Orchestra Leader
A Man Called Adam
1966·Willie Ferguson
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
1966·himself
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965·Louise Armstrong
Hallo Satchmo
1965·Self
Louis Armstrong v Praze
1965·Self
The Day of the Oath
1965·Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
1964·Chanteur, Trompettiste,
Berlin-Melodie
1963
Disneyland After Dark
1962
Paris Blues
1961·Wild Man Moore
Auf Wiedersehen
1961·er selbst
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960·Self
The Beat Generation
1959·Louis Armstrong
Kærlighedens melodi
1959·Musician with Orchestra
The Five Pennies
1959·Louis Armstrong
La Paloma
1959·Louis Armstrong
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958·Self
Satchmo the Great
1957
The Edsel Show
1957·Self
High Society
1956·Self
Jazz Ball
1956·Self (archive footage)
The Glenn Miller Story
1954·Louis Armstrong
Saluti e baci
1953·himself
Glory Alley
1952·Shadow Johnson
The Strip
1951·Himself
Here Comes the Groom
1951·Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
I'm in the Revue
1950·Band Leader
A Song Is Born
1948·Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
1947·Himself
Pillow to Post
1945·Orchestra Leader
Jam Session
1944·Himself
Atlantic City
1944·Himself
Cabin in the Sky
1943·The Trumpeter
Show-Business at War
1943·Self
Shine
1942·Self
Swingin' on Nothin'
1942·Self
Sleepy Time Down South
1942·Self
Birth of the Blues
1941·Self (archive footage)
Going Places
1938·Gabe
Doctor Rhythm
1938·Trumpet Player
Artists & Models
1937·Self
Every Day's a Holiday
1937·Louis Armstrong
Pennies from Heaven
1936·Henry
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
1934·Himself
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
1932·Louis Armstrong
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
1932·Himself
Ex-Flame
1930·Louis Armstrong