Slim Gaillard

Slim Gaillard

Movies for Slim Gaillard...

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Title: Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 1989
Type: Movie
A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.
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Sky Bandits
Title: Sky Bandits
Character: Organ Player
Released: October 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
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Absolute Beginners
Title: Absolute Beginners
Character: Party Singer
Released: April 4, 1986
Type: Movie
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
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Love's Savage Fury
Title: Love's Savage Fury
Character: Moss
Released: May 20, 1979
Type: Movie
During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.
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Title: Roots: The Next Generations
Character: Sam Wesley
Released: February 18, 1979
Type: TV
Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.
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Title: The Flip Wilson Show
Character: Self
Released: September 17, 1970
Type: TV
The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience. Specifically, it was the first successful network variety series starring an African American. During its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings made it the nation's second most watched show. The show consisted of many skits over an hour. It also broke new ground in American television by using a 'Theatre-in-the-Round' stage format, with the audience seated on all sides of a circular performance area. Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geraldine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer. Flip also created the role of Reverend Leroy, who was the minister of the Church of What's Happening Now!. New parishioners were wary of coming to the church as it was hinted that Reverend Leroy was a con artist. Wilson popularized such catchphrases as "What you see is what you get", and "The devil made me do it!".
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Title: Medical Center
Character: Piano player
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: TV
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
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Title: Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character: Odie Langston
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: TV
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
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Title: Then Came Bronson
Released: September 17, 1969
Type: TV
Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series starring Michael Parks that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was approved for one year and began its first run on September 17, 1969. The pilot was also released in Europe as a feature film.
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Too Late Blues
Title: Too Late Blues
Character: Piano Player / Party Singer (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.
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Go Man Go
Title: Go Man Go
Character: Self
Released: January 27, 1954
Type: Movie
The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Title: Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Character: And His Trio
Released: November 16, 1946
Type: Movie
A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.
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Almost Married
Title: Almost Married
Character: Specialty Act
Released: May 22, 1942
Type: Movie
To avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.
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Hellzapoppin'
Title: Hellzapoppin'
Character: Slim
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.