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Harry James
Acting
15 Mar 1916
† 05 Jul 1983
Albany, Georgia, USA
Biography
Harry James was born in a rundown hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia. His mother and father were members of a circus - she as a trapeze artist and he a band leader - with the Mighty Haag Circus. At seven, they settled in Beaumont, Texas where Harry learned yo play drums. By twelve, he was playing trumpet in the Christy Brothers circus band. In 1936 James joined Ben Pollack's band, soon leaving to lead the brass section of Benny Goodman's band. He even once applied to Lawrence We...
Also Known As
Harry Haag James
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Harry James's Movies
68%
How to Marry a Millionaire
29 Oct 1953
63%
The Ladies Man
21 Jun 1961
47%
The Sting II
18 Feb 1983
69%
That's Entertainment, Part II
16 May 1976
70%
That's Entertainment! III
01 Jul 1994
58%
Bathing Beauty
27 Jun 1944
52%
The Opposite Sex
15 Nov 1956
56%
On Our Merry Way
03 Feb 1948
63%
The Benny Goodman Story
02 Feb 1956
67%
Springtime in the Rockies
06 Nov 1942
56%
Too Many Girls
08 Oct 1940
55%
Hollywood Hotel
15 Jan 1938
57%
Two Girls and a Sailor
14 Jun 1944
47%
Private Buckaroo
12 Jun 1942
56%
I'll Get By
02 Oct 1950
52%
Carnegie Hall
28 Feb 1947
62%
Syncopation
22 May 1942
48%
Do You Love Me
17 May 1946
60%
Best Foot Forward
08 Oct 1943
50%
Swing Fever
01 Nov 1943
