George Jessel

AKA: George Albert "Georgie" Jessel, George Albert Jessel
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1898-04-03

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

You're My Everything
Story
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Producer
The I Don't Care Girl
Producer
Nightmare Alley
Producer
Tonight We Sing
Producer
Golden Girl
Producer
Love, Live & Laugh
Dialogue
Yesterday and Today
Writer
Lucky Boy
Screenplay
Dancing in the Dark
Producer
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Producer
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Producer
Anne of the Indies
Producer
Do You Love Me
Producer
Vivacious Lady
Songs
Private Jones
Adaptation
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Songs
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Producer
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Additional Writing
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {44}

MC Grammy Awards

1967-12-27 6

Valley of the Dolls

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the b ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1930-11-14 0

Politics

An ambitious campaign manager makes friends, influences people and welcomes his long-lost mother to Ellis Island. ...
Genre :

Himself

1979-02-03 0

Diary of a Young Comic

A time capsule of the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s, "Diary of a Young Comic" casts Richard Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself - a young New York comic who comes out to Los Angeles to seek h ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy

George Jessel

1970-03-06 3.2

The Phynx

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA. ...
Genre :Comedy

Narrator (voice)

1953-12-02 0

Yesterday and Today

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Comm ...
Genre :Documentary

Commentator

1957-01-01 0

Wonders of New Orleans

Travelogue featuring New Orleans, its music, and its Mardi Gras. ...
Genre :

I. Patrick Murphy

1926-10-30 0

Private Izzy Murphy

Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannigan, the daughter of a meat-packer, and he tells he ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

Izzy Murphy

1927-10-08 0

Sailor Izzy Murphy

Izzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey Ferris) whose picture adorns the perfume bottle he sells. After resourcefully tracing the beauty (whose fat ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Narrator

1958-04-03 0

Wonders of Chicago

A BAFTA award nominated documentary taking a satirically narrated look at the "Windy City". ...
Genre :Documentary

1931-02-20 3

George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir

Veteran vaudevillian regales the audience with highlights from his comedy travel monologue and introduces "His Modern Art Choir," A Russian group he met while traveling in the Soviet Union who sing a ...
Genre :

The Presence

1969-03-19 4.167

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Minstrel Show Performer

1929-09-16 6

Happy Days

In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel ...
Genre :Music

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983-02-25 6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look a ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

George Jessel

1959-08-01 7

Juke Box Rhythm

An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert. ...
Genre :Music

George Jessel

2018-11-02 6.7

The Other Side of the Wind

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film ...
Genre :Drama

George

1931-01-03 4.2

It Might Be Worse

George convinces his friend John that suicide isn't the answer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Luigi

1929-11-02 0

Love, Live & Laugh

Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita (Lila Lee), Luigi lands a job in the music store o ...
Genre :Drama

Master of Ceremonies

1944-03-17 5.7

Four Jills in a Jeep

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, War

George Jessel

1943-06-24 6.1

Stage Door Canteen

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance, War

Johnny Ginsberg

1927-11-26 0

Ginsberg the Great

Johnny Ginsberg (George Jessel) is a tailor's assistant whose ambition is to become a successful conjurer/magician. He joins a carnival and fails but not before apprehending a gang of jewel thieves an ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Narrator

1958-12-10 0

Wonders of Puerto Rico

Genre :Documentary

George Jessel

1929-02-02 4.7

Lucky Boy

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a s ...
Genre :Romance, Music

George Jessel

1934-05-19 3

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9

An immigrant has become a mailman on Radio Row. One of his first duties is to deliver letters to Bunny Poe, Vera Van, Ramon & Rosalie and George Jessel. Each of them is doing a specialty, except for J ...
Genre :Comedy

George Jessel

1957-06-07 4.5

Beau James

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. ...
Genre :Drama

Self (voice)

1970-04-07 6

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-d ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy

Himself - Witness

1981-12-25 6.9

Reds

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, hi ...
Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Self (archive footage)

1997-01-01 6.2

Frank Capra's American Dream

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2019-06-26 7.4

Sid & Judy

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal ph ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Mr. Fessel

1967-03-12 6.9

The Busy Body

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Awards Announcer

1976-07-26 4.1

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1962-10-01 6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

Genre :Talk

1978-09-20 7

Vega$

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is bel ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Self

1968-01-22 6.6

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1956-06-24 5.6

The Steve Allen Show

Genre :Comedy

Self

1954-10-02 0

The Jimmy Durante Show

The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1961-12-11 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went in ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

1959-10-06 6

Startime

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1962-10-01 7.466

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carso ...
Genre :Talk

Self

1948-06-20 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

George Jessel

1950-10-28 7.8

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1950-02-02 6.926

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Self - Co-Host

1961-12-11 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went in ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1957-07-29 7

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadc ...
Genre :Talk