Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1911-12-14 · Long Beach, California, USA
- Died
- 1965-05-01
Known for
- The Oscars (1953) — Self
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) — Self
- What's My Line? (1950) — Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
- The Jack Benny Program (1950) — Spike Jones
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
- This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
- Variety Girl (1947) — Spike Jones
- Burke's Law (1963) — Duke of Epsom
- Bring on the Girls (1945) — Spike Jones
- Meet the People (1944) — Spike Jones (uncredited)
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) — Self
- Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) — Spike Jones
- Fireman Save My Child (1954) — Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
- Ladies' Man (1947) — Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
- The Spike Jones Story (1988) — Self