Portrait of Hoagy Carmichael

Acting

Hoagy Carmichael

Career

Active from 1945 to 2026, with a break from 1960 to 2025, busiest in 1945 and 1952 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hoagy Carmichael Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Dark Humor
    1.4, average 2.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Period Setting 2
  • Historical Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Love and Order
Love and Order (2026)

as Mochiupa

1980s

1 title
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981)

Songs

1960s

1 title ยท average score 68
Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Carl Baker / 'Jango' Jordan

1950s

11 titles ยท average score 64
Laramie
Laramie (1959)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Jonesy

The Helen Morgan Story
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

as Marty Dix

Telephone Time
Telephone Time (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Timberjack
Timberjack (1955)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jingles

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Jazzman

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
GoodWatch score 82

Songs

Those Redheads from Seattle
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
GoodWatch score 56

Songs

The Las Vegas Story
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

as Happy

Belles on Their Toes
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tom Bracken

Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
GoodWatch score 73

as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show ยท as Sam

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 74
Johnny Holiday
Johnny Holiday (1949)

as Hoagy Carmichael

Night Song
Night Song (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Chick Morgan

Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage (1946)
GoodWatch score 83

as Hi Linnet

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

as Butch Engle

Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli
Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli (1946)

Music

To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

as Cricket

Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel (1945)
GoodWatch score 52

as Celestial O'Brien

Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

Songs

1930s

5 titles ยท average score 67
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

Songs

Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory (1938)
GoodWatch score 66

Songs

College Swing
College Swing (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

Songs

Topper
Topper (1937)
GoodWatch score 80

as Hoagy - Piano Player (uncredited)

Anything Goes
Anything Goes (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

Songs