1906-03-20 ( 119 years old ) in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American band leader, actor, director, and producer. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and long-running television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson.
Nelson started his entertainment career as a band leader. He formed and led "The Ozzie Nelson Band," and had some initial limited success. Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson was their primary vocalist and, from August of 1932, he featured in duets with his other star vocalist, Harriet Hilliard. Nelson's calm, easy vocal style was popular on records and radio and quite similar to son Rick's voice, and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity.
Ozzie Nelson appeared with his band in feature films and short subjects of the 1940s, and often played speaking parts, displaying a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, as in the 1942 musical Strictly in the Groove. He shrewdly promoted the band by agreeing to appear in "soundies," three-minute musical movies shown in "film jukeboxes" of the 1940s. In 1952, when he and his family were established as radio and TV favorites, they starred in a feature film, Here Come the Nelsons, which actually doubled as a "pilot" for the TV series.
Movies
The Impossible Years
1968-12-05
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
Disneyland '59
1959-06-15
Here Come the Nelsons
1952-02-23
People Are Funny
1946-01-11
Take It Big
1944-06-09
Wave-a-Stick Blues
1944-06-06
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944-03-22
Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
1943-03-27
Strictly in the Groove
1942-11-20
The Big Street
1942-08-13
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941-06-26
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra
1940-06-29
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