Nelson Eddy
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Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby-soxers as well as opera purists, and in his heyday was the highest paid singer in the world. During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelson Eddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Make Mine Music (1946)
as Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Anatole Garron
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Rosalie (1937)
as Dick Thorpe
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as John Sylvester
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Captain Richard Warrington
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Nelson Eddy
Handlebars (1933)
as Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
as Ramirez
Maytime (1937)
as Paul Allison
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Willie the Operatic Whale (1946)
as Narrator
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Carl Linden
Balalaika (1939)
as Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
Northwest Outpost (1947)
as Captain Jim Laurence
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Rose Marie (1936)
as Sgt. Bruce
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Sweethearts (1938)
as Ernest Lane
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
I Married an Angel (1942)
as Count Palaffi
Let Freedom Ring (1939)
as Steve Logan
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
as Karl Lang
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Student Tour (1934)
as Singer
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
as Brom Broeck
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
The Desert Song (1955)
as Pierre / The Red Shadow
New Moon (1940)
as Charles
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts (1992)
as Self (archive footage)