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Oscar Levant

Acting

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.

Filmography

Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Paar: Smart Television

as Self

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

The Fred Astaire Songbook

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

The Cobweb

as Mr. Capp

The Band Wagon

as Lester Marton

The I Don't Care Girl

as Charles Bennett

O. Henry's Full House

as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

An American in Paris

as Adam Cook

What's My Line?

as Self

The Barkleys of Broadway

as Ezra Millar

Romance on the High Seas

as Oscar Farrar

You Were Meant for Me

as Oscar Hoffman

Humoresque

as Sid Jeffers

Rhapsody in Blue

as Oscar Levant

Fellow Americans

Music

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as Dick Rayburn

Information Please: Series 2, No. 12

as Self - Panelist

Information Please Series 2, No. 2

as Self - Resident Expert

Rhythm on the River

as Billy Starbuck

Information Please: Series 1, No. 10

as Himself - Resident Panel Expert

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1

as Himself - Panelist

Made for Each Other

Music

Nothing Sacred

Original Music Composer

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Music

In Person

Original Music Composer

Crime Without Passion

Additional Music

Let's Try Again

Original Music Composer

Love Comes Along

Songs

Tanned Legs

Songs

Night Parade

as Ann Pennington's Piano Accompanist

Street Girl

Songs

The Dance of Life

as Jerry Evans

Ben Bernie and All the Lads

as Himself