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Portrait of Louis Armstrong

Acting

Louis Armstrong

Career

Active from 1932 to 2006, with a break from 1967 to 2004, busiest in 1959 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Louis Armstrong Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.8, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.9, average 6.0
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles
Deadly Melody
Deadly Melody (2025)

Music

Memories
Memories (2025)

Music

Espetáculo
Espetáculo (2023)

Music

Tight Shoes
Tight Shoes (2021)

Compositor

2010s

1 title
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. (2019)

Songs

2000s

2 titles
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59 (2006)

as Trumpet, Vocal

Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show (2005)

as Trumpet/Vocals

1980s

1 title
Tenderness
Tenderness (1985)

Music

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

1960s

8 titles · average score 58
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

Songs

Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
GoodWatch score 60

as Orchestra Leader

Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Self

A Man Called Adam
A Man Called Adam (1966)
GoodWatch score 50

as Willie Ferguson

When the Boys Meet the Girls
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
GoodWatch score 40

as Louise Armstrong

Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia (1964)

as Chanteur, Trompettiste,

Paris Blues
Paris Blues (1961)
GoodWatch score 60

as Wild Man Moore

Auf Wiedersehen
Auf Wiedersehen (1961)

as er selbst

1950s

9 titles · average score 62
The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies (1959)
GoodWatch score 77

as Louis Armstrong

The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation (1959)
GoodWatch score 39

as Louis Armstrong

Kærlighedens melodi
Kærlighedens melodi (1959)

as Musician with Orchestra

La Paloma
La Paloma (1959)

as Louis Armstrong

High Society
High Society (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

as Louis Armstrong

The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

as Louis Armstrong

Glory Alley
Glory Alley (1952)
GoodWatch score 44

as Shadow Johnson

Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)

I'm in the Revue
I'm in the Revue (1950)

as Band Leader

1940s

3 titles · average score 65
A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born (1948)
GoodWatch score 59

as Louis Armstrong

Pillow to Post
Pillow to Post (1945)
GoodWatch score 60

as Orchestra Leader

Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
GoodWatch score 76

as The Trumpeter

1930s

6 titles · average score 62
Going Places
Going Places (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gabe

Doctor Rhythm
Doctor Rhythm (1938)

as Trumpet Player

Every Day's a Holiday
Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

as Louis Armstrong

Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Henry

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

as Louis Armstrong

Ex-Flame
Ex-Flame (1930)

as Louis Armstrong