Slim Gaillard

Acting

Slim Gaillard

Born 1916-01-14 · Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Acting credits

Absolute Beginners poster
5.5

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Absolute Beginners

1986

Too Late Blues poster
6.4

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.

Too Late Blues

1961

Hellzapoppin' poster
7.2

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Hellzapoppin'

1941

Willie Dynamite poster
6.4

Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.

Willie Dynamite

1974

Go Man Go poster
5.4

The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

Go Man Go

1954

Love's Savage Fury poster
5.3

During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.

Love's Savage Fury

1979

Sky Bandits poster
5.8

A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.

Sky Bandits

1986

Almost Married poster
7.0

To avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.

Almost Married

1942

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer poster
5.0

"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time Grammy award singer Lou Rawls, Frankie tells his own story. Classic archive footage of the great performances of the past has been painstakingly collected, and new interview material shot with distinguished guests such as Clint Eastwood,Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Dick Clark, Ringo Starr, Patti Page, Pat Boone, Maria Cole, Mitch Miller, Michel Legrand, John Williams, Kay Starr, Jack Jones, Herb Jeffries, Peter Marshall, Howard Keel, Terry Moore, Lucy Marlow, Sammy Nestico, and A.C. Lyles. From Dick Clark's American Bandstand to The Bob Hope Show, from Rawhide to Blazing Saddles, from the Ed Sullivan Show to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, audiences will journey through the life of one of the most popular male vocalists of all time.

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

2006

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation poster
NR

A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.

Slim Gaillard's Civilisation

1989

O'Voutie O'Rooney poster
8.0

O'Voutie O'Rooney was marketed as a short film by indie distributor Astor Pictures, who tagged it along with feature films made for all-black cinemas.

O'Voutie O'Rooney

1947

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi poster
9.0

A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1946