Woody Herman

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-05-16

Deathday 1987-10-29 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Milwaukee, WI

Also Known As Woodrow Charles Herman

Woody Herman

Biography

Legendary clarinetist, composer ("At the Woodchoppers' Ball"), singer and bandleader (the Thundering Herd(s) ), educated at Marquette University. He was a clarinetist in the orchestras of Joey Lichter, Harry Sosnik, Gus Arnheim, and Indiana Jones, then formed his own orchestra, appearing in hotels, theatres and ballrooms. He toured Europe in 1954, Europe, and Latin America in 1958 (under the auspices of the US State Department), and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Chubby Jackson and Ralph Burns, and his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Apple Honey", "Goosey Gander", "Northwest Passage", "River Bed Blues", "Blues on Parade", "Blowin' Up a Storm", "Music by the Moon", "Early Autumn", "A Kiss Goodnight", "Your Father's Moustache", "Wild Root", "I Remember Duke", and "Misty Morning".

Known For

Actor

1999
Louis Prima: The Wildest!

as Himself (archive footage)

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Bandleader

1948
Winter Meeting

as Leader - Woody Herman and His Orchestra

1947
Rhapsody in Wood

as Himself

1947
New Orleans

as Himself

1944
Sensations of 1945

as Woody Herman

1943
Wintertime

as Himself (leader, Woody Herman and His Orchestra)

1942
What's Cookin'?

as Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader

Sound

1947
New Orleans

as Original Music Composer