Jack Teagarden

ActorSound Aug 20 (died age 58) 1929–1962 (33 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Biography

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden, known as "Big T" and "The Swingin' Gate", was a jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the "Father of Jazz Trombone."

Known For

Film

An American in Paris

Musician

Film

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Self

Film

The Glass Wall

Musician

Film

The Strip

Himself

Film

Glory Alley

Jack Teagarden

Film

Birth of the Blues

Pepper

Film

I'm in the Revue

Musician

Film

Hoagy Carmichael

Himself

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (12)

Jazz on a Summer's Day

as Self

The Glass Wall

as Musician

Glory Alley

as Jack Teagarden

The Strip

as Himself

I'm in the Revue

as Musician

Twilight on the Prairie

1944

as Jack

Hi, Good Lookin'!

1944

as Jack Teagarden - Orchestra Leader

So's Your Uncle

as Himself

Birth of the Blues

as Pepper

Hoagy Carmichael

as Himself

The Happiness Remedy

as Self

Me and the Boys

1929

as Self - Trombone

Television (1)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

An American in Paris

1951

Musician

7.0

The Pied Piper of Basin Street

1945

Musician

6.2