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Al Jolson (1886–1950)
Al Jolson was known in the industry as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," for well over 40 years. After his death his influence continued unabated with such performers as Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis all mentioning him as an inspiration. Al Jolson was born Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, ...
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Died:(age 64) in San Francisco, California, USA |
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Lovecraft Country
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2020) (writer - 1 episode, 2020)
- Rewind 1921
(2020)
... (performer: "Avalon") / (writer: "Avalon")
2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Let's Face the Music and Dance
(2018)
... (performer: "Carolina in the Morning")
2018
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Ator, the Fighting Eagle
(2018)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
2017
The Leftovers
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Book of Nora
(2017)
... (writer: "Back In Your Own Backyard")
2017
Huell's California Adventures: National Parks
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
2017
Huell's California Adventures: Huell and Louie Hit the Road
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
2017
Z: The Beginning of Everything
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- You, Me and Us
(2017)
... (performer: "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" - uncredited)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- James Corden/Shane Smith/Halsey
(2015)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow")
2012
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
(performer: "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway", "Give My Regards to Broadway")
Boardwalk Empire
(TV Series) (1 episode, 2011) (performer - 4 episodes, 2010 - 2011) (writer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2011)
- What Does the Bee Do?
(2011)
... ("You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet", uncredited)
- A Dangerous Maid
(2011)
... (performer: "I'll Say She Does" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'll Say She Does" - uncredited)
- 21
(2011)
... (performer: "Down Where the Swanee River Flows")
- Paris Green
(2010)
... (performer: "Back to the Carolina You Love" - uncredited)
- Boardwalk Empire
(2010)
... (performer: "Avalon" (1920) - uncredited) / (writer: "Avalon" (1920) - uncredited)
2011
Showboaters
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?: 1929-1941
(2010)
... (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" - uncredited)
1999-2010
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Catalina Casino
(2010)
... (writer: "Avalon" - uncredited)
- Flying Fish
(1999)
... (writer: "Avalon" (1920) - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (performer: "I Love to Sing-a", "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" - uncredited)
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
(Video documentary) (performer: "Mammy, I'll Sing About You", "I Love to Sing-a", "Vive La France", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode, 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 1997)
- Les Paul: Chasing Sound
(2007)
... (writer: "Avalon")
- Vaudeville
(1997)
... (performer: "Swanee" - uncredited)
2007
The Brothers Warner
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Blue Skies", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" - uncredited)
2007
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Torn
(2007)
... (performer: "You Made Me Love You")
2003-2007
The O.C.
(TV Series) (writer - 92 episodes)
- The End's Not Near, It's Here
(2007)
... (writer: "California")
- The Night Moves
(2007)
... (writer: "California")
- The Shake Up
(2007)
... (writer: "California")
- The Case of the Franks
(2007)
... (writer: "California")
- The Groundhog Day
(2007)
... (writer: "California")
2003-2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Ethan Hawke/Randy Jackson/Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
(2005)
... (music: "Avalon" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.79
(2004)
... (music: "Avalon" - uncredited)
- Natalie Portman/Bill O'Reilly/Patty Loveless
(2003)
... (music: "Avalon" - uncredited)
2004
The Aviator
(lyrics: "Avalon" (1920)) / (music: "Avalon" (1920)) / (performer: "Blue Skies" (1927))
2004
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mel's Offer
(2004)
... (writer: "Swanee" - uncredited)
2003
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- United Live
(2003)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
2001
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
2001
The Cat's Meow
(lyrics: "Avalon" (1920)) / (performer: "Avalon" (1920), "Toot Toot Tootsie! (Good-Bye)" (1922), "California Here I Come" (1924)) / (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924))
2001
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "Avalon") / (performer: "April Showers", "Avalon")
1991
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" - uncredited)
1989
Screen One
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- She's Been Away
(1989)
... (writer: "There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" - uncredited)
1988
Red Dwarf
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The End
(1988)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1987
Family Ties
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Anniversary Waltz
(1987)
... (lyrics: "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited)
1987
Miami Vice
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Heroes of the Revolution
(1987)
... (writer: "Jazz Singer" - uncredited)
1986
The Singing Detective
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Who Done It
(1986)
... (performer: "After You've Gone" - uncredited)
1986
Mr. Belvedere
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Debut
(1986)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1985
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Me and My Shadow Demon
(1985)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow (Demon)")
1983
Phar Lap
(lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" - uncredited)
1983
The Benny Hill Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Superteech
(1983)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
M*A*S*H
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1982) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1981)
- Picture This
(1982)
... (writer: "Me And My Shadow" - uncredited)
- Oh, How We Danced
(1981)
... (lyrics: "The Anniversary Song")
1980
Cannon and Ball
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cannon & Ball for Christmas
(1980)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
1980
The Ninth Configuration
(performer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder") / (writer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder")
1979
De Mike Burstyn show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1979)
... (writer: "Me and my shadow")
1978
Il était une fois... l'homme
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Les années folles
(1978)
... (performer: "Sonny Boy")
1977-1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Marisa Berenson
(1978)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
- Lou Rawls
(1977)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy")
1977-1978
All in the Family
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Mike's New Job
(1978)
... (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) - uncredited)
- Archie and the KKK: Part 1
(1977)
... (writer: "Me And My Shadow" - uncredited)
1977
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(1977)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
1977
All You Need Is Love
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley
(1977)
... (performer: "My Mammy" - uncredited)
1975
Upstairs, Downstairs
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Disillusion
(1975)
... ("California, Here I Come!", uncredited)
1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
(Documentary) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come" (1924)) / (performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (1931), "California, Here I Come" (1924))
1974
The Waltons
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Marathon
(1974)
... (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) - uncredited)
1972-1973
The Graham Kennedy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 3 May 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Al Jolson tribute medley: California, Here I Come / Carolina in the Morning / You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) / Swanee / California, Here I Come (reprise)")
- Episode dated 19 October 1972
(1972)
... (writer: "Al Jolson tribute medley: California, Here I Come / Carolina in the Morning / You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) / Swanee / California, Here I Come (reprise)")
1971
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.23
(1971)
... (music: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Me and My Shadow")
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #22.2
(1968)
... (writer: "I Gave Her That" - uncredited)
1967
Bandstand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 July 1967
(1967)
... (writer: "There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder")
1964-1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Louis Armstrong
(1965)
... (lyrics: "Avalon")
- Episode #1.3
(1964)
... (lyrics: "California Here I Come")
1965
The Addams Family
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Morticia's Romance: Part 1
(1965)
... (lyrics: "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited)
1963
Hollywood and the Stars
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Fabulous Musicals
(1963)
... (performer: "Blue Skies" - uncredited)
1963
The Jimmy Dean Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jack E. Leonard, The McGuire Sisters
(1963)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1963
The Arthur Haynes Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #10.15
(1963)
... (writer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder")
1957-1962
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Story of the New Talent Show
(1962)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
- Hal March Show
(1957)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
1961
Hollywood: The Golden Years
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo' Bye!), "My Mammy" - uncredited)
1961
Sing Along with Mitch
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Early Days in New York City
(1961)
... (lyrics: "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited)
1959
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Nanette Fabray, Billy Rose, The Everly Brothers
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1959
The Eddie Fisher Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Shirley Jones, George Gobel, Eddie Cantor, Eddie Hodges, Mort Sahl, Anna Maria Alberghetti, the Robert Mitchell Boy Choir
(1959)
... (lyrics: "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited)
1959
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Kate Smith
(1959)
... (lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited)
1958
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Audrey Meadows, Jayne Meadows, Roberta Sherwood, Mary Ann Mobley
(1958)
... (writer: "Back in Your Own Backyard")
1958
Studio One in Hollywood
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Music U.S.A.
(1958)
... (writer: "Avalon")
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Sammy Davis Jr.
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Hugh O'Brian, Sally Forrest, The Skylarks, The Dancing Dunhills
(1957)
... (writer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1956
La joie de vivre
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Henri Decoin
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Boy")
1954
Name That Tune
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 14 October 1954
(1954)
... (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")
1953
The Danny Thomas Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Margaret's Job
(1953)
... (lyrics: "Me And My Shadow" - uncredited)
1953
The Milton Berle Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.15
(1953)
... (lyrics: "Anniversary Song" - uncredited)
1949
Jolson Sings Again
(lyrics: "Back in Your Own Backyard", "California, Here I Come", "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited) / (performer: "Carolina in the Morning", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?", "For Me and My Gal", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Baby Face", "After You've Gone", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "California, Here I Come", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "Ma Blushin' Rosie", "My Mammy", "Swanee", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "About a Quarter to Nine", "The Anniversary Song", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee", "April Showers", "Pretty Baby", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1947
Blondie's Anniversary
(lyrics: "Anniversary Song (Oh, how we danced on the night we were wed)" (1946) - uncredited)
1946
The Jolson Story
(lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Avalon", "The Anniversary Song" - uncredited) / (performer: "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "Ma Blushin' Rosie", "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", "My Mammy", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)", "Swanee", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "April Showers", "California, Here I Come", "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Avalon", "About a Quarter to Nine", "The Anniversary Song", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" - uncredited)
1939
Rose of Washington Square
(performer: "Pretty Baby" (uncredited), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" (uncredited), "California, Here I Come" (uncredited), "My Mammy" (uncredited)) / (writer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited)
1937
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
(Documentary short) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
1936
The Singing Kid
("I Love to Sing-a") / (performer: "I Love to Sing-a", "The Swingin'est Man in Town", "I Want to Sing a Mammy Song", "You're the Cure for What Ails Me", "Here's Looking at You", "Save Me, Sister", "My Mammy" (uncredited), "Swanee" (uncredited), "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" (uncredited), "California, Here I Come" (uncredited), "April Showers" (uncredited), "About a Quarter to Nine" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited), "All of Me" (uncredited)) / (writer: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1935
Go Into Your Dance
("About a Quarter to Nine" (1935), uncredited) / (performer: "Go Into Your Dance" (1935), "Cielito lindo" (1882), " (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land" (1860), "Mammy, I'll Sing About You" (1935), "About a Quarter to Nine" (1935), "Old Folks at Home" (1851), "Casino De Paree" (1935), "She's a Latin from Manhattan" (1935) - uncredited)
1934
Wonder Bar
(performer: "Goin' to Heaven on a Mule" (1934), "Vive La France" (1934), "Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)" - uncredited)
1933
Hallelujah I'm a Bum
(performer: "I Gotta Get Back to New York", "My Pal Bumper", "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", "Dear June", "Bumper Found a Grand", "What Do You Want with Money", "Kangeroo Court", "I'd Do It Again", "You Are Too Beautiful")
1930
Mammy
(performer: "Across the Breakfast Table Looking at You", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "To My Mammy", "My Mammy", "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?", "Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany?", "Yes! We Have No Bananas" - uncredited)
1929
Say It with Songs
(performer: "I'm in Seventh Heaven", "Little Pal", "Used to You", "Why Can't You", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm 'Ka-razy' for You", "Mem'ries of One Sweet Kiss" - uncredited) / (writer: "Why Can't You", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm 'Ka-razy' for You", "Mem'ries of One Sweet Kiss" - uncredited)
1928
The Singing Fool
(lyrics: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Golden Gate", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited) / (performer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Golden Gate", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "It All Depends on You", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Sonny Boy", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" - uncredited)
1927
The Jazz Singer
(lyrics: "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" (1923) - uncredited) / (performer: "Kol Nidre", "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" (1923), "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" (1922), "Blue Skies" (1926), "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You" (1927), "My Mammy" (1918) - uncredited)
1926
A Plantation Act
(Short) (performer: "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "April Showers", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" - uncredited)
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He acted in the play, "Bombo," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. See more »Publicity Listings:
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Mr. Al JolsonHeight:
5' 8" (1.73 m)
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