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Nelson Ackerman Eddy was an American singer, baritone and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby soxers and opera purists, and in his heyday, he was the highest paid singer in the world.
Birth Name
Nelson Ackerman Eddy
Born
Saturday, 29 June 1901
Died
Monday, 06 March 1967
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018 |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Naughty Marietta' | 1994 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Captain Jim Laurence (clip from Northwest Outpost (1947)) | 1991 |
That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'New Moon' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
That's Entertainment! | Clip from 1936 version of 'Rose Marie' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | 1964 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Betty White: First Lady of Television | Self | 2018 |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Naughty Marietta' | 1994 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Captain Jim Laurence (clip from Northwest Outpost (1947)) | 1991 |
That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'New Moon' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
That's Entertainment! | Clip from 1936 version of 'Rose Marie' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
The Hollywood Palace | Self - Singer | 1964 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
The Lux Show | Self | 1957 |
The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Self / Himself | 1957 |
The Spike Jones Show | Self | 1957 |
MGM Parade | (archive footage) / Paul Allison | 1955 |
The Desert Song | Pierre / The Red Shadow | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Willie the Operatic Whale / Narrator / Additional Characters | 1954 |
The Danny Thomas Show | Nelson Eddy | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
The Name's the Same | Self - Guest | 1951 |
Lux Video Theatre | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Singer | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
The Alan Young Show | Self | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Singer | 1948 |
Northwest Outpost | Captain Jim Laurence | 1947 |
Make Mine Music | Narrator / Willie / Whitey / Tetti-Tatti / Sailors / Newsman / Men / Workman / Cabbie / Cop / Scientists / Woman / Cat / Opera Singers / Chorus (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice) | 1946 |
Knickerbocker Holiday | Brom Broeck | 1944 |
Some of the Best | Warrington in Naughty Marietta | 1944 |
Phantom of the Opera | Anatole Garron | 1943 |
I Married an Angel | Count Palaffi | 1942 |
We Must Have Music | Self | 1941 |
The Chocolate Soldier | Karl Lang | 1941 |
Bitter Sweet | Carl Linden | 1940 |
The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940 |
New Moon | Charles | 1940 |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940 |
Balalaika | Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda | 1939 |
From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939 |
Let Freedom Ring | Steve Logan | 1939 |
Sweethearts | Ernest Lane | 1938 |
The Girl of the Golden West | Lieutenant Johnson / Ramirez | 1938 |
Rosalie | Dick Thorpe | 1937 |
Maytime | Paul Allison | 1937 |
Rose-Marie | Sergeant Bruce / Sgt. Bruce | 1936 |
Naughty Marietta | Warrington / Captain Richard Warrington | 1935 |
Student Tour | Nelson Eddy / Singer | 1934 |
Dancing Lady | Nelson Eddy | 1933 |
Broadway to Hollywood | John Sylvester | 1933 |
Handlebars | Singer | 1933 |