Duke Ellington

Explore Duke Ellington's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• Only the Dead Know Brooklyn (2026)
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2024)
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
• Steve e il Duca (2024)
• Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022)
• Duke Ellington in Isfahan (2021)
• The Apollo (2019)
• The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
• Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live (2019)
• The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
• Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014)
• Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 (2014)
• Concerto Ellington-Marsalis (2014)
• So Long (2012)
• The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
• The Bankbus (2010)
• Jazz Evolution (2008)
• Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58 (2007)
• Alice Babs - Swing It! (2007)
• Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
• Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling (2005)
• The Story Of The Blues (2004)
• The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
• Improvisation (2004)
• Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens (2003)
• Piano Blues (2003)
• The Intimate Duke Ellington (2003)
• It's Black Entertainment (2002)
• Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943 (2000)
• Nutcracker Sweeties (1997)
• The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1) (1991)
• The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington (1991)
• Sand Dance (1988)
• Misanthrope (1987)
• Moments without Proper Names (1987)
• Sophisticated Ladies (1982)
• The War of the Infras (1978)
• The Turning Point (1977)
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
• On the Road with Duke Ellington (1974)
• Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969 (1969)
• Change of Mind (1969)
• Duke Ellington: Love You Madly (1967)
• Assault on a Queen (1966)
• Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro (1966)
• The Strolling '20s (1966)
• The First World Festival of Negro Arts (1966)
• Paris Blues (1961)
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• A Smattering of Spots (1958)
• Daybreak Express (1957)
• Jazz Ball (1956)
• Solitude (1952)
• Mood Indigo (1952)
• Sophisticated Lady (1952)
• Salute to Duke Ellington (1950)
• Symphony In Swing (1949)
• Date with Duke (1947)
• The Vampire (1945)
• Cabin in the Sky (1943)
• Reveille with Beverly (1943)
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943)
• Bli-Blip (1942)
• I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good (1942)
• Flamingo (1942)
• Birth of the Blues (1941)
• The Hit Parade (1937)
• Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
• Belle of the Nineties (1934)
• Many Happy Returns (1934)
• Murder at the Vanities (1934)
• Masks and Memories (1934)
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 (1934)
• Betty Boop's May Party (1933)
• A Bundle of Blues (1933)
• Check and Double Check (1930)
• Black and Tan (1929)