Hoagy Carmichael
Acting
Biography
Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. American composer and author Alec Wilder wrote of Carmichael in American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950 that he was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.
Born: November 22, 1899
Place of Birth: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Known For
Filmography
as 'Jango' Jordan
as Carl Baker
as Self (voice)
as Jonesy
as Marty Dix
as Jingles
as Jazzman
as Tom Bracken
as Happy
as Self
as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby
as Self
as Hoagy Carmichael
as Chick Morgan
as Butch Engle
as Hi Linnet
as Celestial O'Brien
as Cricket
as Himself
as Hoagy - Piano Player (uncredited)