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Benny Goodman

Actor

Benny Goodman

Acting
1943 — 1948 · 3 films
Lived
30 May 1909 — d. 1986
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA

The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras.

Career Signature

How Benny Goodman’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.