Teddy Wilson(1912-1986)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

Multiple award-winning (Esquire Gold Award, Silver Award, Downbeat Poll, Metronome Poll, more) jazz pianist who went on to play with the groups of Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Jimmie Noone, and Willie Bryant. In 1935, he went on tour with Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa as the Benny Goodman Trio, which made jazz history. Teddy Wilson became one of the best-known pianists in the world of jazz, with a quiet, neat and lightly-swinging style.

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Known for

Catch Me If You Can

8.1

Soundtrack("I've Got the World on a String")

2002

Anything Else

6.3

Soundtrack("Easy to Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me", "Honeysuckle Rose")

2003

Legend

6.9

Soundtrack("Tea for Two")

2015

The Human Stain

6.2

Soundtrack("Embraceable You")

2003

Credits

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Actor

The Benny Goodman Story
6.8
- Teddy Wilson
- 1956
Danger
7.4
TV Series
- 1951
Sure As Fate
6.4
TV Series
- 1951
Swingtime Jamboree
- 1946
Something to Shout About
5.4
- Teddy Wilson - Orchestra Leader
- 1943
Hollywood Hotel
6.4
- Goodman Pianist (uncredited)
- 1937

Music Department

Soundtrack

Burning Body
6.7
TV Mini Series
- performer: "If I Had You"
- 2023
Legend
6.9
- performer: "Tea for Two"
- 2015
Mildred Pierce
7.6
TV Mini Series
- performer: "Carelessly"
- 2011
Me and Orson Welles
6.7
- performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Easy Living"
- 2008
The Kovak Box
5.8
- performer: "Gloomy Sunday"
- 2006
The Human Stain
6.2
- performer: "Embraceable You"
- 2003
Anything Else
6.3
- performer: "Easy to Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me", "Honeysuckle Rose"
- 2003
Catch Me If You Can
8.1
- performer: "I've Got the World on a String"
- 2002
The Story of Us
6.0
- performer: "The Sheik of Araby"
- 1999
Celebrity
6.3
- performer: "I Got Rhythm" (1930)
- 1998
Fallen Angels
6.5
TV Series
- performer: "Too Late"
- 1995
Another Woman
7.2
- performer: "Smiles", "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
- 1988
The Benny Goodman Story
6.8
- performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
- 1956
Allen in Movieland
6.7
TV Movie
- performer: "China Boy", "Moonglow"
- 1955
After You've Gone
5.8
Short
- performer: "After You've Gone"
- 1946

Personal details

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Alternative names
- The Teddy Wilson Trio
Born
- November 24, 1912
- Austin, Texas, USA
Died
- July 31, 1986
- New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Spouse
- Irene Kitchings Wilson
Other works
Guested on the daytime television program "1 O'Clock Club" also guesting was strongman Stanley Radwan.