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Gene Krupa

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Born: January 15, 1909
Died: October 16, 1973
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as

Gene Krupa and His Band · Eugene Bertram Krupa

Biography

No biography is available for this person.

Known for

The Glenn Miller Story

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ball of Fire

Some Like It Hot

Glamour Girl

The Drummer Man

Thrills of Music: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra

Gene Krupa: America's Ace Drummer Man and His Orchestra

Filmography

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1989

Desenho Abstrato n° 2

Sound (Musician)

1981

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

Sound (Songs)

1972

Born to Swing

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

Acting (Self - Bandleader) 4 EPActing (Self -Bandleader) 1 EP

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1959

The Big Party

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1956

The Benny Goodman Story

Acting (Self (archive footage))

1955

Allen in Movieland

Acting (Self)

America's Greatest Bands

Acting 14 EP

1954

The Glenn Miller Story

Acting (Gene Krupa)

1950

Cavalcade of Bands

Acting 9 EP

1949

Make Believe Ballroom

Acting (Self)

1948

Thrills of Music: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra

Acting (Gene Krupa)

Glamour Girl

Acting (Gene Krupa)

Smart Politics

Acting (Himself)

1947

The Drummer Man

Acting (Self)

Boy! What a Girl!

Acting (himself)

Beat the Band

Acting (Himself)

Follow That Music

Acting (Gene King)

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

Acting (Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited))

1945

George White's Scandals

Acting (Gene Krupa)

1944

The Shining Future

Acting (Self)

1942

Syncopation

Acting (Gene Krupa)

1941

Ball of Fire

Acting (Himself — Orchestra Leader)

Gene Krupa: America's Ace Drummer Man and His Orchestra

Acting (Self)

1939

Some Like It Hot

Acting (Gene Krupa) Sound (Songs)

1938

Hollywood Hotel

Acting (Benny Goodman Drummer (uncredited))

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Acting (Band Drummer)