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Dizzy Gillespie

Actor · 49 credits · 2 in highly-rated films

Best known for Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Frequent collaborators: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones

Movies (49 total, ranked by score)

  1. Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

    1992 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

    1989

    Documentary

    32

  3. Música para Sempre

    1980

    Documentary

    33

  4. Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

    1989

    Music

    34

  5. Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

    1998

    Music

    35

  6. The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best

    2009

    Music, Documentary

    36

  7. The Beginnings of Bebop

    1981

    Documentary

    37

  8. Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970

    2022

    Music

    38

  9. Cool

    —

    Documentary

    39

  10. Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70

    2006

    Music

    40

  11. Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    1967

    Music, Documentary

    41

  12. Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)

    1985

    Documentary, Music, History

    42

  13. Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

    1986

    Music, Documentary

    43

  14. All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

    2011

    Music

    44

  15. Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974

    1974

    Music

    45

  16. To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life

    1990

    Documentary

    46

  17. Jazz Club 2

    2022

    Documentary, Music

    47

  18. Didn't We Ramble On

    1989

    Documentary

    48

  19. Dizzy's Dream Band

    1982

    Documentary, Music

    49

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.