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Duke Ellington

Actor · 47 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for Check and Double Check (1930)

Frequent collaborators: Louis Armstrong, Harry Carney, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington Orchestra

Movies (47 total, ranked by score)

  1. Symphony In Swing

    1949

    31

  2. Mood Indigo

    1952

    Music

    32

  3. Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

    2007

    Music

    33

  4. Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

    2005

    Music

    34

  5. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

    2000

    Music

    35

  6. I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good

    1942

    36

  7. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    1943

    37

  8. The Intimate Duke Ellington

    2003

    Music

    38

  9. Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

    2003

    Music

    39

  10. The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

    1991

    Music

    40

  11. Flamingo

    1942

    41

  12. Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    1967

    Music, Documentary

    42

  13. Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969

    1969

    Music

    43

  14. Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

    1934

    Documentary

    44

  15. Salute to Duke Ellington

    1950

    45

  16. The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)

    1991

    Comedy, Music

    46

  17. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live

    2019

    Music

    47

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.