Spike Jones
December 14, 1911 (112 years old) in Long Beach, California, USA
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1988 · The Spike Jones Story as Self
- 1984 · DTV: Golden Oldies as Self
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Duke of Epsom
- 1957 · Club Oasis as
- 1957 · Club Oasis as Host
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1954 · Fireman Save My Child as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
- 1954 · The Spike Jones Show as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · The Spike Jones Show as Self
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Spike Jones
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Leonard Burnside
- 1947 · Variety Girl as Spike Jones
- 1947 · Ladies' Man as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
- 1946 · Breakfast in Hollywood as Spike Jones
- 1945 · Bring on the Girls as Himself
- 1944 · Meet the People as Spike Jones (uncredited)
- 1943 · Thank Your Lucky Stars as Self
- 1942 · Blacksmith Song as
- 1942 · Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy as Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat
- 1942 · Clink! Clink! Another Drink as Spike Jones