Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-06-29 (66 years old)
Deathday
1967-03-06
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also known As
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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, rec...
1946
as Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
1937
as Dick Thorpe
1940
as Charles
1943
as Anatole Garron
1933
as Nelson Eddy
1938
as Ramirez
1938
as Ernest Lane
1937
as Paul Allison
1936
as Sgt. Bruce
1935
as Captain Richard Warrington
1946
as Narrator
1941
as Karl Lang
1940
as Carl Linden
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1939
as Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
1947
as Captain Jim Laurence
1939
as Steve Logan
1955
as Pierre / The Red Shadow
1934
as Singer
1944
as Brom Broeck
1933
as John Sylvester
1974
as (archive footage)
1942
as Count Palaffi
1976
as (archive footage)
1933
as Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
1994
as (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1940
1939
as Self
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Self (archive footage)
1943
as Sculptor
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