---
name: "Louis Armstrong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-armstrong"
fi1m_id: "louis-armstrong"
imdb_id: "nm0001918"
tmdb_id: 82280
wikidata_id: "Q1779"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "4 August 1901"
died: "6 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:50:53.509633+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Louis Armstrong

## Identity

Louis Armstrong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-armstrong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louis-armstrong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001918
- **TMDB ID:** 82280
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1779
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82280

Songs. Born 4 August 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 6 July 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 6 July 1971
- **Active:** 1956–1969
- **Also known as:** Louis Daniel Armstrong, Satchmo , Pops, Satch
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 74 (1), 1960s 70 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001918/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82280

## Biography

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer and actor. He appeared in numerous films, frequently playing himself or performing with his band.

His screen credits include *Cabin in the Sky* (1943), *A Song Is Born* (1948), *The Glenn Miller Story* (1954), *High Society* (1956), *Paris Blues* (1961) and *Hello, Dolly!* (1969). He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and died in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Hello, Dolly!* (1969), Fi1m 56, as Orchestra Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/hello-dolly.md)
- *High Society* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Louis Armstrong — [page](https://film.one/film/high-society.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Fi1m 83, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Deadly Melody* (2025), Music
- *Memories* (2025), Music
- *Espetáculo* (2023), Music
- *Tight Shoes* (2021), as Compositor
- *And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.* (2019), as Songs
- *Bert Stern - Original Madman* (2011), Actor
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Songs — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Louis Armstrong: Live in '59* (2006), as Trumpet, Vocal
- *Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show* (2005), as Trumpet/Vocals
- *Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett* (2001), Actor
- *Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion* (2000), Actor
- *Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory* (1997), Actor
- *Tenderness* (1985), Music
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage)
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), as Songs — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Hello, Dolly!* (1969), as Orchestra Leader — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hello-dolly.md)
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *A Man Called Adam* (1966), as Willie Ferguson
- *When the Boys Meet the Girls* (1965), as Louise Armstrong
- *Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia* (1964), as Chanteur, Trompettiste,
- *Berlin-Melodie* (1963), Actor
- *Disneyland After Dark* (1962), Actor
- *Auf Wiedersehen* (1961), as er selbst
- *Paris Blues* (1961), as Wild Man Moore
- *Kærlighedens melodi* (1959), as Musician with Orchestra
- *La Paloma* (1959), as Louis Armstrong
- *The Beat Generation* (1959), as Louis Armstrong
- *The Five Pennies* (1959), as Louis Armstrong
- *Satchmo the Great* (1957), Actor
- *High Society* (1956), as Louis Armstrong — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/high-society.md)
- *The Glenn Miller Story* (1954), as Louis Armstrong
- *Glory Alley* (1952), as Shadow Johnson
- *Here Comes the Groom* (1951), as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
- *I'm in the Revue* (1950), as Band Leader
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), as Louis Armstrong
- *Pillow to Post* (1945), as Orchestra Leader
- *Cabin in the Sky* (1943), as The Trumpeter
- *Going Places* (1938), as Gabe
- *Doctor Rhythm* (1938), as Trumpet Player
- *Every Day's a Holiday* (1937), as Louis Armstrong
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1936), as Henry
- *København, Kalundborg og -?* (1934), Actor
- *I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You* (1932), as Louis Armstrong
- *Ex-Flame* (1930), as Louis Armstrong

## Gallery

- ![Louis Armstrong, by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-5b0d99797117.jpg) Louis Armstrong, by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947 — Harry Warnecke, Gus Schoenbaechler, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Louis_Armstrong%2C_by_Harry_Warnecke_and_Gus_Schoenbaechler%2C_1947.jpg/1280px-Louis_Armstrong%2C_by_Harry_Warnecke_and_Gus_Schoenbaechler%2C_1947.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Louis Armstrong](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-0719bec1fb49.jpg) Louis Armstrong — William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Louis_Armstrong%2C_between_1938_and_1948_%28William_P._Gottlieb_09601%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Louis Armstrong](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-2b296998d915.jpg) Louis Armstrong — World-Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg/1280px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lucille Wilson and Louis Armstrong (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-d4b1612e1570.jpg) Lucille Wilson and Louis Armstrong (1960) — SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Lucille_Wilson_and_Louis_Armstrong.jpg/1280px-Lucille_Wilson_and_Louis_Armstrong.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Legendary Louis Armstrong with orchestra leader Jack Madden at Elmwood Casino in 1950s. (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-525090953dbd.jpg) Legendary Louis Armstrong with orchestra leader Jack Madden at Elmwood Casino in 1950s. (2020) — Geo Lightspeed7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Louis_Armstrong_with_Jack_Madden_at_Elmwood_Casino.jpg/1280px-Louis_Armstrong_with_Jack_Madden_at_Elmwood_Casino.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Louis Armstrong, between 1938 and 1948] 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Notes: Gottlieb Collect](https://film.one/media/person/1027165/gallery-56235ad98da4.jpg) Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Louis Armstrong, between 1938 and 1948] 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Notes: Gottlieb Collect — The Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/%28Portrait_of_Louis_Armstrong%2C_between_1938_and_1948%29_%28LOC%29_%285189336741%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1972: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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