Tex Beneke

Tex Beneke

Born: February 12, 1914
Died: May 30, 2000
in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Movies for Tex Beneke...

Title: Startime
Released: October 6, 1959
Type: TV
Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: Cavalcade of Bands
Released: January 17, 1950
Type: TV
Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
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Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6
Title: Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6
Character: Himself, with His Orchestra
Released: August 3, 1948
Type: Movie
In this musical short, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, and their Orchestras perform multiple numbers.
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Musical Merry-Go-Round #2
Title: Musical Merry-Go-Round #2
Character: Himself
Released: April 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Disc Jockey Martin Block talks with and plays music by Tex Beneke
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Orchestra Wives
Title: Orchestra Wives
Character: Phil Mercer (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
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Sun Valley Serenade
Title: Sun Valley Serenade
Character: Orchestra Member (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.