Oscar Levant

ActorSoundComposerCrew Dec 27 (died age 65) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1923–2011 (88 year career)

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Biography

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.

Known For

Film

An American in Paris

Adam Cook

Film

The Band Wagon

Lester Marton

Film

Humoresque

Sid Jeffers

Film

Nothing Sacred

Original Music Composer

Film

Public Speaking

Self (archive footage)

Film

The Barkleys of Broadway

Ezra Millar

Film

O. Henry's Full House

William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (29)

Movies (26)

Public Speaking

2011

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Paar: Smart Television

2003

as Self

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

The Fred Astaire Songbook

1991

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Self (archive footage)

The Cobweb

as Mr. Capp

The Band Wagon

as Lester Marton

The I Don't Care Girl

1953

as Charles Bennett

6.5

O. Henry's Full House

1952

as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

6.8

An American in Paris

1951

as Adam Cook

7.0

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

as Ezra Millar

6.9

You Were Meant for Me

1948

as Oscar Hoffman

6.0

Romance on the High Seas

as Oscar Farrar

Humoresque

as Sid Jeffers

Rhapsody in Blue

as Oscar Levant

Information Please: Series 2, No. 12

1941

as Self - Panelist

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941

as Dick Rayburn

5.0

Information Please Series 2, No. 2

1940

as Self - Resident Expert

Information Please: Series 1, No. 10

1940

as Himself - Resident Panel Expert

Rhythm on the River

1940

as Billy Starbuck

6.8

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1

1939

as Himself - Panelist

5.7

Night Parade

1929

as Ann Pennington's Piano Accompanist

4.5

The Dance of Life

1929

as Jerry Evans

5.5

Ben Bernie and All the Lads

1923

as Himself

2.0

Television (3)

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self

Crew (10)

Movies (10)

Fellow Americans

Music

Made for Each Other

Music

Nothing Sacred

Original Music Composer

6.3

Charlie Chan at the Opera

1936

Music

6.8

In Person

1935

Original Music Composer

6.3

Let's Try Again

1934

Original Music Composer

2.0

Crime Without Passion

Additional Music

Love Comes Along

Songs

Street Girl

Songs

Tanned Legs

Songs