Louis Armstrong: movies and TV shows
Louis Armstrong has 121 credits in the archive: 97 films and 24 TV series, from 1930 to 2025. Highest rated: The Mentalist (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 2025 · busiest year: 1959 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Deadly Melody | Film | 10.0 | 123 | |
| 2025 | Memories | Film | — | 123 | |
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 122 |
| 2023 | Espetáculo | Film | — | 121 | |
| 2022 | The Sound of 007 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 120 |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 120 |
| 2022 | Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires | Self (voice) (archive sound) | Film | 8.8 | 120 |
| 2021 | Tight Shoes | Film | — | 119 | |
| 2021 | Dark Eyes | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 119 |
| 2021 | Louis Armstrong in Concert | Self - Performer (archive footage) | Film | — | 119 |
| 2019 | Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal | Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) | Film | — | 117 |
| 2019 | And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. | Film | — | 117 | |
| 2018 | The Jazz Ambassadors | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 116 |
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 112 |
| 2014 | Jazz Legends in Their Own Words | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 112 |
| 2013 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again | Self | Film | — | 111 |
| 2012 | …Sings Musicals | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 110 |
| 2011 | Bert Stern - Original Madman | Film | 7.6 | 109 | |
| 2009 | The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best | Self | Film | — | 107 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | TV | 8.4 | 106 | |
| 2008 | Jazz Evolution | Self - Trumpet | Film | 6.0 | 106 |
| 2008 | Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong | Self | Film | 8.5 | 106 |
| 2007 | Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962 | Self | Film | 7.0 | 105 |
| 2007 | Music Inn | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 105 |
| 2006 | Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 104 |
| 2006 | Louis Armstrong: Live in '59 | Trumpet, Vocal | Film | — | 104 |
| 2005 | Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show | Trumpet/Vocals | Film | — | 103 |
| 2005 | Året var 1955 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 103 |
| 2005 | Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection | Himself | Film | — | 103 |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 102 |
| 2004 | The Story Of The Blues | Self | Film | 4.2 | 102 |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.0 | 101 |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 100 |
| 2001 | Jazz | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 99 |
| 2001 | Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001 | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2001 | Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2000 | Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion | Film | — | 98 | |
| 1999 | The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 1997 | Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory | Film | 10.0 | 95 | |
| 1994 | The World of Polygoon | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 92 |
| 1993 | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 91 |
| 1993 | The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 91 |
| 1993 | Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 1992 | Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong | Self (archival footage) | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 1991 | The Magic of Bing Crosby | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 1982 | Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet | Self | Film | 9.0 | 80 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1974 | On the Road with Duke Ellington | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 1971 | The Pearl Bailey Show | Self | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 68 |
| 1970 | Why America | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 68 |
| 1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Film | 6.6 | 67 | |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show | Self | TV | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! | Orchestra Leader | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 65 | |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Willie Ferguson | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1966 | Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune | himself | Film | — | 64 |
| 1965 | Louis Armstrong v Praze | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1965 | When the Boys Meet the Girls | Louise Armstrong | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 1965 | The Day of the Oath | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1965 | Hallo Satchmo | Self | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1964 | Shindig! | Self - Singer | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1964 | Shindig! | Self | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1964 | Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia | Chanteur, Trompettiste, | Film | — | 62 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1963 | Berlin-Melodie | Film | 10.0 | 61 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1962 | Disneyland After Dark | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Wild Man Moore | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1961 | Auf Wiedersehen | er selbst | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1960 | Jazz on a Summer's Day | Self | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1959 | The Beat Generation | Louis Armstrong | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1959 | The Five Pennies | Louis Armstrong | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1959 | Kærlighedens melodi | Musician with Orchestra | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1959 | La Paloma | Louis Armstrong | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Self | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1957 | The Edsel Show | Self | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1957 | Satchmo the Great | Film | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Jazz Trumpeter | TV | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1956 | High Society | Louis Armstrong | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1956 | Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story | Louis Armstrong | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1953 | Saluti e baci | himself | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1952 | Glory Alley | Shadow Johnson | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Strip | Himself | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Louis Armstrong (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1950 | I'm in the Revue | Band Leader | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Louis Armstrong | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1947 | New Orleans | Himself | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Orchestra Leader | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1944 | Atlantic City | Himself | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1944 | Jam Session | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | The Trumpeter | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1942 | Shine | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1942 | Sleepy Time Down South | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1942 | Swingin' on Nothin' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1938 | Going Places | Gabe | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Trumpet Player | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1937 | Artists & Models | Self | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1937 | Every Day's a Holiday | Louis Armstrong | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1936 | Pennies from Heaven | Henry | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1934 | København, Kalundborg og -? | Film | 6.3 | 32 | |
| 1934 | Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen | Himself | Film | — | 32 |
| 1932 | A Rhapsody in Black and Blue | Himself | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1932 | I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You | Louis Armstrong | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1930 | Ex-Flame | Louis Armstrong | Film | 9.0 | 28 |