Spike Jones

Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

1988

The Spike Jones Story
The Spike Jones Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988

1984

DTV: Golden Oldies
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/1/1984

1963

Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Duke of Epsom
TV - Released: 9/20/1963

1957

TV
Club Oasis
as Host
TV - Released: 9/28/1957

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1954

Fireman Save My Child
Fireman Save My Child
as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
Movie - Released: 5/2/1954
TV
The Spike Jones Show
TV - Released: 1/2/1954

1953

Movie
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/22/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1952

Movie
The Spike Jones Show
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/3/1952
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1952

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
TV - Released: 9/10/1950
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program
as Spike Jones
TV - Released: 10/28/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

Variety Girl
Variety Girl
as Spike Jones
Movie - Released: 8/29/1947
Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man
as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
Movie - Released: 2/7/1947

1946

Breakfast in Hollywood
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Spike Jones
Movie - Released: 2/26/1946

1945

Bring on the Girls
Bring on the Girls
as Himself
Movie - Released: 3/30/1945

1944

Meet the People
Meet the People
as Spike Jones (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/1/1944

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/25/1943

1942

Blacksmith Song
Blacksmith Song
Movie - Released: 8/24/1942
Movie
Clink! Clink! Another Drink
as Spike Jones
Movie - Released: 1/1/1942
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
as Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat
Movie - Released: 5/27/1942