Portrait of Benny Goodman

Acting

Benny Goodman

Career

Active from 1943 to 2026, with a break from 1964 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Benny Goodman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    2.5, average 6.0
  • Violence
    0.9, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    2.5, average 5.5
  • Mystery
    1.0, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Showbiz Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    11
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    1 title
    Tag! You’re It!
    Tag! You’re It! (2026)

    Original Music Composer

    1970s

    1 title · average score 63
    The South Bank Show
    The South Bank Show (1978)
    GoodWatch score 63

    TV show

    1960s

    1 title
    Sackgasse
    Sackgasse (1963)

    Original Music Composer

    1950s

    1 title
    Music Land
    Music Land (1955)

    as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)

    1940s

    5 titles · average score 63
    A Song Is Born
    A Song Is Born (1948)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Professor Magenbruch

    Sweet and Low-Down
    Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Benny Goodman

    The Gang's All Here
    The Gang's All Here (1943)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Benny Goodman

    Stage Door Canteen
    Stage Door Canteen (1943)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Benny Goodman

    Syncopation
    Syncopation (1942)
    GoodWatch score 56

    as Benny Goodman

    1930s

    2 titles · average score 56
    Hollywood Hotel
    Hollywood Hotel (1938)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra

    The Big Broadcast of 1937
    The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Benny Goodman