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Overview

Date of Death:
23 October 1950, San Francisco, California, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Al Jolson was known in the industry as "The World's Greatest Entertainer,"... more
Trivia:
His granddaughter Kate Jolson was a tennis star at Beverly Hills High School. more
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Awards:
1 win more
Alternate Names:
Mr. Al Jolson

Filmography

Soundtrack:
  1. Leatherheads (2008) (performer: "Toot Toot Tootsie Good-Bye")
    ... aka Ein verlockendes Spiel (Germany)
  2. King Kong (2005) (performer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
    ... aka King Kong (Germany)
    ... aka Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World (International: English title: teaser title)
    ... aka Peter Jackson's King Kong (USA: promotional title)
  3. The White Countess (2005) (writer: "Avalon" (1920))
  4. The Aviator (2004) (lyrics: "Avalon" (1920)) (performer: "Blue Skies" (1927))
    ... aka Aviator (Germany)
  5. Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003) (writer: "Avalon" (1920))
  6. The Saddest Music in the World (2003) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924))
  7. A Guy Thing (2003) (writer: "The Anniversary Song")
  8. One Night with Robbie Williams (2001) (TV) (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
    ... aka Robbie Williams: Live at the Albert (UK: DVD title)
  9. I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
  10. The Cat's Meow (2001) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924)) (lyrics: "Avalon" (1920)) (performer: "Avalon" (1920), "Toot Toot Tootsie! (Good-Bye)" (1922), "California Here I Come" (1924))
  11. Bamboozled (2000) (performer: "My Mammy" (1921) (uncredited))
  12. When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) (writer: "Sonny Boy")

  13. Sweet and Lowdown (1999) (writer: "Avalon" (1920))
  14. The Last September (1999) (performer: "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" (1913))
    ... aka The Last September (France)
  15. Heart (1999) (writer: "When You're Smiling")
  16. Payback (1999/I) (writer: "Anniversary Song")
  17. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) (writer: "Avalon")
  18. Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) (lyrics: "Avalon") (performer: "April Showers", "Avalon")
  19. Bogus (1996) (writer: "Me And My Shadow")
  20. Richard III (1995) (performer: "I'm Sitting On The Top Of The World")
  21. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)")
  22. Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV) (performer: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)")
  23. Jacob's Ladder (1990/I) (writer: "SONNY BOY") (performer: "SONNY BOY")
    ... aka Dante's Inferno
  24. Avalon (1990) (writer: "Anniversary Song") (performer: "Anniversary Song", "If I Only Had A Match")
  25. Palabras de mujer (1990) (performer: "Pretty Baby")
    ... aka Girls' Talk

  26. Roger & Me (1989) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
    ... aka A Humorous Look at How General Motors Destroyed Flint, Michigan (USA: subtitle)
  27. The Brave Little Toaster (1987) ("Mammy")
  28. "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" (1 episode, 1985)
        - Me and My Shadow Demon (1985) TV episode (writer: "Me and My Shadow (Demon)")
  29. Phar Lap (1983) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder")
    ... aka Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
  30. "The Benny Hill Show" (1 episode, 1983)
        - Superteech (1983) TV episode (music: "Me and My Shadow")
  31. It Came from Hollywood (1982) (performer: "Goin' to Heaven on a Mule")
  32. "M*A*S*H" (1 episode, 1982)
        - Picture This (1982) TV episode (writer: "Me And My Shadow" (uncredited))
  33. Falling in Love Again (1980) (music: "Anniversary Song")
    ... aka In Love
  34. The Ninth Configuration (1980) (writer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder") (performer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder")
    ... aka Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane

  35. Jack Frost (1979) (TV) (music: "Me and My Shadow")
  36. "The Brady Bunch Hour" (1 episode, 1977)
        - Episode #1.8 (1977) TV episode (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
  37. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?")
  38. Funny Lady (1975) (music: "Me And My Shadow")
  39. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) (performer: "Hallelujah,I'm a Bum")
  40. "The Waltons" (1 episode, 1974)
        - The Marathon (1974) TV episode (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924)(uncredited))

  41. 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (1969) (TV) (writer: "California Here It Comes" (End Titles))
  42. "The Jack Benny Program" (2 episodes, 1957-1962)
    ... aka "The Jack Benny Show" (USA: informal title)
    ... aka "The Lucky Strike Program" (USA: alternative title)
        - The Story of the New Talent Show (1962) TV episode (writer: "Me and My Shadow" (uncredited))
        - Hal March Show (1957) TV episode (writer: "Me and My Shadow")

  43. The Helen Morgan Story (1957) (lyrics: "Avalon" (uncredited))
    ... aka Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
    ... aka Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
  44. The Benny Goodman Story (1956) (writer: "Avalon")
  45. "The Milton Berle Show" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
    ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #5.18 (1953) TV episode (writer: "Anniversary Song" (uncredited))
  46. Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952) (writer: "There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder")
    ... aka Castle in the Air (USA: new title)
  47. With a Song in My Heart (1952) (lyrics: "CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME")
  48. Bushy Hare (1950) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")
  49. Chain Lightning (1950) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")

  50. Jolson Sings Again (1949) (lyrics: "Back in Your Own Backyard", "California, Here I Come", "Anniversary Song") (performer: "After You've Gone", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "Pretty Baby") ("Carolina in the Morning", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?", "For Me and My Gal", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Baby Face", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "California, Here I Come", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)", "Ma Blushin' Rosie", "My Mammy", "Swanee", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "About a Quarter to Nine", "Anniversary Song", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee", "April Showers", "Sonny Boy")
  51. You're My Everything (1949) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")
  52. Curtain Razor (1949) (performer: "April Showers")
  53. Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948) (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
  54. Nothing But the Tooth (1948) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")
  55. Blondie's Anniversary (1947) (writer: "Anniversary Song (Oh, how we danced on the night we were wed)" (1946))
  56. The Jolson Story (1946) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Avalon", "Anniversary Song") (performer: "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "Swanee", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Avalon") ("Ma Blushin' Rosie", "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)", "My Mammy", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)", "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life", "April Showers", "California, Here I Come", "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)", "About a Quarter to Nine", "Anniversary Song", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee")
  57. Okay for Sound (1946) (writer: "Sonny Boy") (performer: "My Mammy", "Sonny Boy")
  58. Rhapsody in Blue (1945) (performer: "Swanee")
  59. The Impatient Years (1944) (writer: "Who Said Dreams Don't Come True?")
  60. Silver Spurs (1943) (writer: "Back in Your Own Backyard")
  61. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (performer: "Blue Skies")
  62. You Can't Escape Forever (1942) (music: "Avalon" (1920)) (lyrics: "Avalon" (1920))
  63. Cairo (1942) (lyrics: "Avalon" (1920))
  64. Hold That Ghost (1941) (writer: "Me and My Shadow" (1927))
    ... aka Oh, Charlie
  65. Hullabaloo (1940) (performer: "My Mammy" (1921))
  66. King of the Lumberjacks (1940) (lyrics: "Avalon" (1920))
  67. Africa Squeaks (1940) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")

  68. That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) (lyrics: "Back in Your Own Backyard" (1928))
  69. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) (performer: "Kol Nidrei")
  70. The Movies March On (1939) (performer: "Mammy")
    ... aka March of Time: The Movies March On (USA: series title)
  71. Believe It or Else (1939) (music: "Yoo Hoo")
  72. Rose of Washington Square (1939) (writer: "California, Here I Come" (uncredited)) (performer: "My Mammy" (uncredited), "California, Here I Come" (uncredited), "Pretty Baby" (uncredited), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (uncredited), "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" (uncredited))
  73. Hard to Get (1938) (writer: "Sonny Boy" (1928))
  74. You're an Education (1938) (lyrics: "Avalon")
  75. Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
    ... aka Trouble in Panama (UK)
  76. The Kid Comes Back (1938) (writer: "California Here I Come")
    ... aka Don't Pull Your Punches (UK)
  77. The Goldwyn Follies (1938) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
  78. Hollywood Hotel (1937) (lyrics: "Sonny Boy" (1928) (uncredited))
  79. You're Only Young Once (1937) (music: "Avalon") (lyrics: "Avalon")
  80. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) (music: "California, Here I Come" (uncredited))
  81. There Goes the Groom (1937) (lyrics: "California Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
  82. Community Sing: Series 2, No. 1 (1937) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
  83. Bring on the Girls (1937) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
    ... aka Big Time Vaudeville (1936-1937 Season) (#7): Bring on the Girls (USA: series title)
  84. The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
  85. After the Thin Man (1936) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
  86. The Big Noise (1936/I) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come" (1924))
    ... aka Modern Madness
  87. The Singing Kid (1936) (writer: "Sonny Boy") (performer: "I Love to Sing-a", "The Swingin'est Man in Town", "I Want to Sing a Mammy Song", "You're the Cure for What Ails Me", "Here's Looking at You", "Save Me, Sister", "My Mammy", "Swanee", "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody", "California, Here I Come", "April Showers", "About a Quarter to Nine", "Sonny Boy") ("I Love to Sing-a", "All of Me")
  88. Love on a Bet (1936) (writer: "California Here I Come")
  89. Go Into Your Dance (1935) (performer: "Go Into Your Dance" (1935), "Mammy, I'll Sing About You" (1935), "About a Quarter to Nine" (1935), "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (1851), "Casino De Paree" (1935), "She's A Latin From Manhattan" (1935)) ("Go Into Your Dance" (1935), "Cielito Lindo", "(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land" (1860), "About a Quarter to Nine" (1935))
    ... aka Casino de Paree (UK)
  90. Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935) (lyrics: "Avalon")
  91. The Payoff (1935) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
  92. Music Is Magic (1935) (music: "California, Here I Come")
  93. Here Comes the Band (1935) (lyrics: "Me and My Shadow" (1927) (uncredited))
  94. Buddy Steps Out (1935) (lyrics: "Avalon")
  95. Evelyn Prentice (1934) (writer: "Me and My Shadow")
  96. Wonder Bar (1934) (performer: "Goin' to Heaven on a Mule", "Vive La France", "Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)")
  97. The Film Parade (1933) (performer: "Sonny Boy")
    ... aka March of the Movies (USA)
  98. Melody Cruise (1933) (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) (uncredited))
  99. Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) (performer: "I Gotta Get Back to New York", "My Pal Bumper", "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", "Dear June", "Bumper Found a Grand", "What Do You Want with Money", "Kangeroo Court", "I'd Do It Again", "You Are Too beautiful")
    ... aka Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp (UK)
    ... aka Happy Go Lucky
    ... aka Lazy Bones (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Heart of New York (USA: reissue title)
  100. Mammy (1930) (performer: "Across the Breakfast Table Looking at You", "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy", "To My Mammy", "My Mammy", "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?", "Why Do They All Take the Night Boat to Albany?", "Yes! We Have No Bananas")
  101. The Song Writers' Revue (1930) (music: "Me And My Shadow")

  102. New York Nights (1929) (writer: "A Year From Today")
  103. Say It with Songs (1929) (performer: "I'm in Seventh Heaven", "Little Pal", "Used to You", "Why Can't You", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm Ka-razy for You", "Mem'ries of One Sweet Kiss") ("Why Can't You", "Back in Your Own Backyard", "I'm Ka-razy for You", "Mem'ries of One Sweet Kiss")
  104. Blackmail (1929) ("Sonny Boy")
  105. The Singing Fool (1928) (lyrics: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (uncredited), "Golden Gate" (uncredited), "Keep Smiling at Trouble" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited)) (performer: "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (uncredited), "Golden Gate" (uncredited), "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "It All Depends on You" (uncredited), "Keep Smiling at Trouble" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited), "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" (uncredited))
  106. Down South (1928) ("Back in Your Own Backyard")
    ... aka The Three Brox Sisters in Down South (USA: copyright title)
  107. Lucky Boy (1928) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
  108. The Jazz Singer (1927) (performer: "Dirty Hands, Dirty Faces", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "Blue Skies", "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You", "My Mammy") ("Kol Nidre")
  109. A Plantation Act (1926) (performer: "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "April Showers", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody")
    ... aka Al Jolson in 'A Plantation Act' (USA: copyright title)
Actor:
  1. Swanee River (1939) .... Edwin P. Christy
    ... aka The Life of Stephen Foster
  2. Rose of Washington Square (1939) .... Ted Cotter
  3. The Singing Kid (1936) .... Al Jackson
  4. Go Into Your Dance (1935) .... Al Howard
    ... aka Casino de Paree (UK)
  5. Wonder Bar (1934) .... Al Wonder
  6. Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) .... Bumper
    ... aka Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp (UK)
    ... aka Happy Go Lucky
    ... aka Lazy Bones (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Heart of New York (USA: reissue title)
  7. Big Boy (1930) .... Gus
  8. Mammy (1930) .... Al Fuller

  9. Say It with Songs (1929) .... Joe Lane
  10. The Singing Fool (1928) .... Al Stone
  11. The Jazz Singer (1927) .... Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin)
  12. Mammy's Boy (1923) .... Al
Music Department:
  1. Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) (singing voice: opening credits) (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Jolson Story (1946) (original singing voice: Larry Parks) (uncredited)
Thanks:
  1. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) (appreciation for his appearance) (as Mr. Al Jolson)
Self:
  1. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (1950) .... Himself - Narrator

  2. Jolson Sings Again (1949) (uncredited) (singing voice) .... Himself
  3. Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (1948) .... Himself - Speaker
  4. Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948) .... Himself
  5. Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947) .... Himself
  6. The Jolson Story (1946) (uncredited) .... Himself - in long shot of 'Swanee'
  7. Rhapsody in Blue (1945) .... Himself

  8. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) (as Mr. Al Jolson) .... Himself
  9. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) .... Himself
    ... aka Screen Snapshots: Stars at the Tropical Ice Gardens (USA: alternative title)
  10. Hollywood Handicap (1938) .... Himself
  11. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 12 (1937) .... Himself
  12. A Day at Santa Anita (1937) (uncredited) .... Himself
  13. Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 10 (1936) .... Himself
  14. Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) .... Himself
  15. Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 (1935) .... Himself
  16. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930) .... Himself
  17. Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) (uncredited) .... Himself, Cameo Appearance at Premiere
  18. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930) .... Himself

  19. New York Nights (1929) (uncredited) .... Himself - Cameo
  20. Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929) .... Himself
  21. A Plantation Act (1926) .... Himself
    ... aka Al Jolson in 'A Plantation Act' (USA: copyright title)
Archive Footage:
  1. Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer (2008) .... Himself
  2. Warner at War (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Jakie Rabinowitz
  3. Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  4. A Look at Al Jolson (2007) .... Himself
  5. Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Jack Robin
  6. From Shtetl to Swing (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  7. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) TV episode .... Jack Robin
        - Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004) TV episode .... Jack Robin
  8. "Great Performances"
        - The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode
  9. "Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
        - From Russia with Love (2001) TV episode .... Himself
  10. The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty (1999) (TV)
  11. Classified X (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  12. Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  13. Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997) (uncredited) .... Himself (watches Fairbanks do Jolson impression)
  14. The Celluloid Closet (1995) (uncredited) .... Exclaims "Boys will be boys!"
  15. Almonds and Raisins (1984)
  16. The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1982) (V) .... Himself
  17. "Hollywood" (1980) .... Himself
  18. Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980) (TV) .... Himself
  19. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) .... Himself
  20. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) .... Himself
  21. "Film Night"
        - The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 18 October 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  22. "Hollywood and the Stars"
        - Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV episode .... Himself
  23. Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (1955) .... Himself
  24. Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (1955) .... Himself
  25. Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952) .... Himself
  26. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) (uncredited) .... Himself, Al Jolson, clip from 'Rhapsody in Blue'
  27. Purple Heart Diary (1951) (uncredited) .... Himself
  28. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951) .... Himself
  29. Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950) .... Himself
  30. Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
  31. Okay for Sound (1946) .... Jack Robin
  32. Wilson (1944) (uncredited) .... Himself, at WWI rally
  33. Take It or Leave It (1944) (uncredited) .... Himself: Clip from 'Rose of Washington Square'
  34. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself (segment "The Jazz singer")
  35. Minstrel Days (1941) .... Himself: edited from 'The Jazz Singer'
  36. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Himself
  37. The Movies March On (1939) .... Himself - from 'The Jazz Singer'


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Other Works:
"The Kraft Music Hall" (1967) with Bing Crosby. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 13 Portrayals | 7 Print Biographies more
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