Dizzy Gillespie

★ Acting #164,023

1917 - 1993 (age 75) • Acting

Born: 10/21/1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

Died: 1/6/1993 (age 75)

Known for: Acting

Dizzy Gillespie

★ Acting #164,023

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.

Known For

The Cosby Show

70%

Mr. Hampton

1984

The Muppet Show

80%

Self - Special Guest Star

1976

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

77%

Self (archive footage)

2024

The Hole

59%

(voice)

1962

Great Performances

61%

Self

1971

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

Hello

68%

Original Music Composer

1984

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

77%

Self (archive footage)

2024

A Supermarket in California

Music

2024

Maurice Baquet, The Accorded

100%

Self (archive footage)

2023

Jazz Club 2

2022

Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

Self - trompettiste

2022

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

68%

Self (archive footage)

2022

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

74%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

69%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Jazz: The Only Way of Life

83%

Self (archive footage)

2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

71%

Self - Musician (archive footage)

2019

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

90%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Jazz Ambassadors

70%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Brownie Speaks

100%

Self

2014

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

Self (archive footage)

2014

The Music According to Tom Jobim

70%

Self (archive footage)

2012

All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

Self

2011

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

Self

2009

Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

85%

Self

2008

Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

Self

2006

Improvisation

Self

2004

The Harlem Renaissance

60%

Self (archive footage)

2004

Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal

50%

Self

2002

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

Self

1998

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

80%

Self

1995

A Great Day in Harlem

66%

Self

1994

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

52%

Self (archive footage)

1992

El invierno en Lisboa

47%

Bill Swann

1991

El invierno en Lisboa

47%

Original Music Composer

1991