Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
2026Only the Dead Know BrooklynMovieMusic · Musician
2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh StoryMovieas Self (archive footage)2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatMovieas Self (archive footage)
2022Charlie Parker: Bird SongsMovieas Self (archive footage)
2021Duke Ellington in IsfahanMovieas Self (archive footage)2019The ApolloMovieas Self (archive footage)2019The Green Book: Guide to FreedomMovieas Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - LiveMovieas Himself
2018The Jazz AmbassadorsMovieas Self (archive footage)
2014Jazz Legends in Their Own WordsMovieas Self (archive footage)
2014Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989Movieas Self
2014Concerto Ellington-MarsalisMovieMusic
2012So LongMovieOriginal Music Composer
2012The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed AmericaMovieas Self (archive footage)
2008Jazz EvolutionMovieas Self - Piano
2007Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58Movieas Self - Piano
2007Alice Babs - Swing It!Movieas Himself (archive footage)
2005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate CollectionMovieas Himself
2005Duke Ellington: The Big Band FeelingMovieas Self
2004ParkinsonTV showas Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 episodes
2004The Story Of The BluesMovieas Self
2004The Harlem RenaissanceMovieas Self (archive footage)
2004ImprovisationMovieas Self
2003Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli GardensMovieas Self2003Piano BluesMovieas Self (archive footage)
2003The Intimate Duke EllingtonMovieas Self
2002It's Black EntertainmentMovieas Self (archive footage)2001JazzTV showas Self (archive footage) · 10 episodes
2000Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943Movieas Self
1997Nutcracker SweetiesMovieMusic
1991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)Movie
1991The Lou Rawls Show with Duke EllingtonMovieas Self
1988Sand DanceMovieMusic
1987MisanthropeMovieOriginal Music Composer
1987Moments without Proper NamesMovieas Self (archive footage)
1982Sophisticated LadiesMovieMusical
1978The War of the InfrasMovieMusic
1977The Turning PointMovieMusic
1975Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenMovieas Self (archive footage)
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1969Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969Movieas Self
1969Change of MindMovieOriginal Music Composer1968The Dick Cavett ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 2 episodes
1966NET PlayhouseTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1966Assault on a QueenMovieOriginal Music Composer
1966Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan MiroMovieas Self
1966The Strolling '20sMovieas Self
1966The First World Festival of Negro ArtsMovieas Himself1962The Merv Griffin ShowTV showas Self · 3 episodes1961The Mike Douglas ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1961Paris BluesMovieOriginal Music Composer
1961The Asphalt JungleTV showMusic · 14 episodes1959Anatomy of a MurderMovieas Pie Eye (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
1959DiscoramaTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes
1959The Bell Telephone HourTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1957Aktuelle SchaubudeTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1957Daybreak ExpressMovieMusic
1956The Steve Allen ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
1956Jazz BallMovieas Self (archive footage)1950What's My Line?TV showas Self · 1 episodes1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTV showas Self · 10 episodes
1948BambiTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1947Date with DukeMovieas Self
1945The VampireMovieMusic1943Cabin in the SkyMovieas Duke Ellington (uncredited) · Music1943Reveille with BeverlyMovieas Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1942Bli-BlipMovieas Himself1941Birth of the BluesMovieas Self (archive footage)
1937The Hit ParadeMovieas Duke Ellington1935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro LifeMovieas Self · Original Music Composer1934Belle of the NinetiesMovieas Piano Player
1934Many Happy ReturnsMovieas Piano Player (uncredited)1934Murder at the VanitiesMovieas Duke Ellington
1934Masks and MemoriesMovieSongs
1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-10Movieas Self
1933Betty Boop's May PartyMovieMusic1933A Bundle of BluesMovieas Self1930Check and Double CheckMovieas Orchestra Leader1929Black and TanMovieas Duke Ellington
—What's HappeningTV showas Self · 1 episodes