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Mel Tormé is a Actor American born on 13 september 1925 at Chicago (USA)
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, and actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.
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Mel Tormé
Birth name Melvin Howard Torme
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1925 at Chicago (USA)
Death 5 june 1999 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1925 at Chicago (USA)
Death 5 june 1999 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Filmography of Mel Tormé (19 films)
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, 1h25Directed by David Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Politique, White House in fiction
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Jacqueline Brookes
Roles Mel Tormé
Rating68%
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is honored at the White House, where President George H. W. Bush (John Roarke) announces that he will base his recommendation for the country's energy program on Dr. Albert Meinheimer's (Richard Griffiths) advice at the National Press Club dinner the following week. The heads of the coal and oil (fossil fuel) and nuclear industries are apparently distressed by this fact, as Dr. Meinheimer is an advocate for renewable energy. Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), now working for Dr. Meinheimer, is working late at his research institute, crying about Frank. She spots a man in a red van. A maintenance worker, emptying out garbage cans, discovers a clock with dynamite attached and takes it to the security guards, accidentally triggering it. The next morning, Frank reacquaints himself with Jane as he interviews her about the explosion. He is shown around the institute and meets Jane's boyfriend, Hexagon Oil executive Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet), of whom he becomes exceedingly jealous. Frank's boss, Ed Hocken (George Kennedy), finds him at a lonely blues bar. Meanwhile, at a meeting of the "energy" industry leaders, Hapsburg reveals that he has kidnapped Dr. Meinheimer and found an exact double for him, Earl Hacker, who will give their recommendation to the President endorsing fossil and nuclear fuels.
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
, 1h18Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble, Greg Ford
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about pigs, Films about birds, Ghost films, Vampires in film, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, Betty Jean Ward, Patrick Guillemin, June Foray, Guy Piérauld, Mel Tormé
Roles Daffy Duck (singing voice)
Rating69%
The film opens with the 1988 short, The Night of the Living Duck. This short is exclusive to this film.
, 1h54Origin Canada
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Mel Tormé
Rating70%
Pray TV (1982)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Markowitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Ritter, Ned Beatty, Richard Kiley, Madolyn Smith, Louise Latham, Jonathan Prince
Roles Self
Rating53%
A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep conflicts between the latter's conventional activities servicing his community's spiritual needs and his power wielded as a TV celebrity.
Land of No Return (1978)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Mel Tormé, William Shatner, Donald Moffat
Roles Zak O'Brien
Rating46%
Zak O'Brien (Mel Torme) is an animal trainer for the popular television series Caesar & Romulus, which has been selected for a "Patsy" Award to be presented in Burbank, California. Zak, along with Caesar (a golden eagle), and Romulus (a wolf), board his personal plane in Denver for the flight to Burbank, but en route at night over the Utah wastelands they encounter a sudden blizzard. When Zak's radio and engine fail, he guides the craft down to a crash landing. All three passengers survive, but the plane is destroyed and a struggle for survival begins.
A Man Called Adam (1966)
, 1h39Directed by Leo Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Peter Lawford, Johnny Brown, Mel Tormé
Roles Himself
Rating65%
Adam Johnson is a talented African-American jazz cornetist, plagued by ill health, racism, alcoholism and a short temper, as well as guilt over the deaths years before of his wife and child. The result is a caustic personality that wears even on those who care the most about him, such as his best friend Nelson, and Vincent, a young Caucasian trumpeter whom Adam mentors. Arriving unexpectedly at his New York home drunk after walking out on his jazz quintet, Adam finds prominent Civil Rights worker Claudia Ferguson and her grandfather, Willie, who is himself a well-known jazz trumpeter, in his apartment. The two have been given access to the apartment by Nelson, but despite having authorized this, the drunken Adam is rude to both, that including making a vulgar pass at Claudia.
The Patsy (1964)
, 1h41Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about the labor movement, Films about school violence, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Jerry Lewis, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre, John Carradine
Roles Lui-même
Rating61%
A famous comedian perishes in a plane crash. Members of his management team, worried that they will be jobless, decide to find someone to take his place as their "meal ticket". Stanley Belt (Jerry Lewis) is a bellboy at their hotel and they decide he will become their next star.
, 1h26Directed by Mickey Rooney, Albert Zugsmith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Martin Milner, Mel Tormé, Fay Spain, Tuesday Weld
Roles Hal Sanders
Rating45%
A bus heading toward Reno, Nevada is being driven by Doc Bayles, whose passengers include a traveling salesman, Hal Sanders, and a runaway teen, Vangie Harper.
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
, 1h35Directed by James Clavell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, Mel Tormé, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta
Roles The Deacon
Rating66%
The Big Operator (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Charles F. Haas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Mel Tormé, Ray Anthony
Roles Fred McAfee
Rating63%
Ruthless labor official "Little Joe" Braun is about to face questioning from a Senate committee. The night before, he sends a hit man, Oscar "The Executioner" Wetzel, to kill a witness named Tragg and steal incriminating documents in Tragg's possession at a factory.
Girls Town (1959)
, 1h30Directed by Charles F. Haas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Elinor Donahue, Ray Anthony, Gloria Talbott, Paul Anka
Roles Fred Alger
Rating38%
The movie opens with a young woman fending off an attempted rape. In the process the would-be rapist accidentally falls off a cliff to his death. Circumstantial evidence places 16-year-old delinquent Silver (played by a 27-year-old Van Doren) at the scene and she is sent to Girls Town, a rehabilitation village run by a group of nuns. There she lives with Serafina (Gigi Perreau) and some tough chicks. Trouble and misunderstandings ensue. Troublemaker Fred (Tormé) saw the cliff incident from a distance and realizes it was actually Silver's sister, Mary Lee (Elinor Donahue), who was there. Fred blackmails Mary Lee into being his partner in deadly "hands-off drag racing," then prepares to take her to Tijuana to sell her into the slave trade.
The Fearmakers (1958)
, 1h23Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Mel Tormé, Veda Ann Borg, Dennis Moore, Janet Brandt
Roles Barney Bond (as Mel Torme)
Rating61%
Vétéran de la Guerre de Corée, de retour à Washington après deux ans de captivité dans un camp chinois et une période d'hospitalisation, Alan Eaton pense réintégrer l'institut de sondages qu'il a créé avec son associé Clark Baker. Il apprend sa mort accidentelle, peu après avoir vendu l'entreprise à Jim McGinnis. Alan rencontre un ancien client, le sénateur Walder, lequel lui laisse entendre que l'institut réalise désormais des sondages truqués afin d'influencer des choix électoraux, et lui suggère de reprendre son poste pour démasquer McGinnis. Il est aidé par la secrétaire de ce dernier, Lorraine Dennis.
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, John Lund, Paula Raymond, Amanda Blake, Mel Tormé
Roles Cyril
Rating62%
Christine Riverton Duncan (Esther Williams) attempts to play matchmaker for her lovelorn friend Ellen (Paula Raymond) by pursuing Douglas J. Morrissen, Jr. (John Lund), the man Ellen loves, all the way to Idaho. There, Christine decides to play a joke on Douglas. After boarding his train to Sun Valley, Christine wins the man's affections and then shocks him with hints that she expects a commitment. Once she's in Sun Valley, however, things become problematic when Christine falls in love with hotel bandleader Dick Layne (Van Johnson). During her time in Sun Valley, Christine wins the title of "Duchess of Idaho" in a dance contest.
Words and Music (1948)
, 2hDirected by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tom Drake, Mickey Rooney, Richard Quiney, Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, Cyd Charisse
Roles Mel Tormé
Rating63%
Junior Miss (1945)
, 1h34Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Peggy Ann Garner, Allyn Joslyn, Stephen Dunne, Mona Freeman, Faye Marlowe, Sylvia Field
Roles Sterling Brown
Rating72%
Lively and imaginative sisters Judy and Lois Graves, thirteen and sixteen years old, live in a small apartment in New York City with their forgiving and patient mother and father, Harry, a lawyer, and Grace, a housewife. Judy's equally energetic friend Fuffy Adams frequently visits, and the two girls have their own ideas about the relations of the grown-ups surrounding them. They often use movie plots to interpret the reality around them.