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Irving Berlin
Birthday: December 31, 1969

Birth Place: Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus]
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Irving Berlin. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Everyone is fond of quoting Jerome Kern's famous assessment that "Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music." Remarkably, this tribute was made in the mid-1930s, at a point in time when Berlin had already been writing songs for nearly three decades, and still had three more decades' activity ahead of him. Born in a Russian Jewish ghetto to a cantor and his wife, Berlin was five when he and his family emigrated to America. Growing up on New York's Lower East Side, young Berlin sang for pennies on the streets, then moved up the performing scale to become a singing waiter. Though he never learned to read music, Berlin had taught himself piano sufficiently enough to write his first song, "Marie of Sunny Italy," in 1907; his first hit was 1911's "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Because he was only able to compose his songs in the key of F sharp major, he had a special key-transposing piano built to order. Berlin contributed songs to several editions of The Ziegfeld Follies (the 1919 edition featured his "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody"), and to dozens of Broadway musicals. Unlike such composers as Jerome Kern and Rodgers and Hammerstein, Berlin wrote his songs independently of the libretto; as a result, it is possible to compile a list of Berlin's hits without knowing, or caring, what shows they were written for (he would not compose a genuine "integrated" musical—with songs specifically written to advance the plot—until 1945's Annie Get Your Gun). So prolific and successful was Berlin that some of his rivals circulated the rumor that he was not the author of his songs, but that in fact Berlin was exploiting an anonymous, underpaid black composer whom he kept hidden somewhere in Harlem! Berlin's association with movies began literally at the dawn of the talkie era: his "Blue Skies" was performed by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927). The first of his Broadway musicals to be adapted for films (and the only one without a hit song) was the 1929 Marx Bros. vehicle The Cocoanuts. Berlin wrote both the score and the original story for Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s Reaching for the Moon (1931), but when the producers decided to cut all but one of the songs before the film's release, the experience soured Berlin to the extent that he would not work in Hollywood again for another three years. Fortunately for us all, he returned to pen the tunes for such films as Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), On the Avenue (1936), Second Fiddle (1939), Easter Parade (1948), and of course Holiday Inn (1942), whence came the composer's most popular song, the Oscar-winning "White Christmas." Though Berlin's life story (his escape from Russia, his rise to fame, the tragic death of his first wife, his later elopement with a WASP heiress, etc.) had enough drama for ten films, he steadfastly refused to allow a biopic to be filmed. As compensation, Hollywood turned out several "catalogue" musicals in which Berlin's previously written songs were presented chronologically to reflect the social and political changes in 20th-century American society: Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), Blue Skies (1946), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Berlin himself appeared on camera to sing (more or less) his own "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," in This is the Army (1943), a film which also featured Kate Smith singing God Bless America, Berlin's favorite song—and the one for which he never earned a penny (he donated all royalties to the Boy Scouts of America). Berlin's last film work was his title song for 1957's Sayonara; five years later, he retired from Broadway with the disappointing Mr. President. Despite his hermit-like existence in his later years, Berlin continued to govern the activities of his own music-publishing company (formed in 1919) with an iron hand. In 1961, he briefly emerged from his cocoon to unsuccessfully sue the publishers of Mad magazine for printing parody lyrics to several of his more popular works. Twenty-five years later, he showed up in Washington DC to accept the Medal of Liberty from President Reagan. Irving Berlin's last public appearance was at a star-studded celebration given in honor of his 100th birthday.

Movie Credits
Confetti (2006)
[ Martin Freeman ][ Bing Crosby ]
Prime (2005)
[ Jon Abrahams ][ Bryan Greenberg ]
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
[ Christopher Walken ][ Steve Buscemi ][ Elvis Presley ][ John Turturro ][ James Gandolfini ]
Fierce People (2005)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Chris Evans ][ Robert Evans ][ Anton Yelchin ][ Brandon Williams ]
The Aviator (2004)
[ Leonardo Dicaprio ][ Jude Law ][ Martin Scorsese ][ Willem Dafoe ][ Alec Baldwin ]
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Tim Allen ][ Elvis Presley ][ Cheech Marin ][ Jake Busey ]
Surviving Christmas (2004)
[ Ben Affleck ][ James Gandolfini ][ Stephen Root ][ Bing Crosby ][ Udo Kier ]
The Polar Express (2004)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Frank Sinatra ][ Michael Jeter ][ Bing Crosby ][ Steven Tyler ]
Nine Innings from Ground Zero (2004)
[ Frank Sinatra ]
Miracle (2004)
[ Kurt Russell ][ Eddie Cahill ][ Nathan West ][ Noah Emmerich ][ Steven Tyler ]
Adventures in Animation 3D (2004)
[ Kevin Michael Richardson ]
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003)
[ Frank Sinatra ][ Bing Crosby ]
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
[ Topher Grace ][ Dominic West ][ Elton John ][ Chris Burke ][ Jordan Bridges ]
Swing (2003)
[ Tom Skerritt ][ Barry Bostwick ][ Jonathan Winters ][ Jim Hanks ]
The Dreamers (2003)
[ Michael Pitt ][ Bernardo Bertolucci ][ Bob Dylan ][ Stuart Wilson ]
The Human Stain (2003)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ Ed Harris ][ Gary Sinise ][ Wentworth Miller ][ Harry J. Lennix ]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
[ Brad Pitt ][ Matt Damon ][ George Clooney ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Rutger Hauer ]
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Ron Perlman ][ Wil Wheaton ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ]
Plots with a View (2002)
[ Christopher Walken ][ Alfred Molina ][ Lee Evans ]
Manna from Heaven (2002)
[ Jerry Orbach ][ Phil LaMarr ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Seymour Cassel ]
Unconditional Love (2002)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Rupert Everett ][ Peter Sarsgaard ][ Jonathan Pryce ][ Jack Noseworthy ]
Mr. Deeds (2002)
[ Adam Sandler ][ Steve Buscemi ][ Rob Schneider ][ John Turturro ][ Peter Gallagher ]
Sunshine State (2002)
[ Marc Blucas ][ Timothy Hutton ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ Bill Cobbs ]
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
[ Michael Moore ][ Marilyn Manson ][ John Lennon ][ Paul McCartney ]
Hart's War (2002)
[ Bruce Willis ][ Colin Farrell ][ Jonathan Brandis ][ Cole Hauser ][ Rory Cochrane ]
Rollerball (2002)
[ Jean Reno ][ Chris Klein ][ LL Cool J ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Rob Zombie ]
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
[ Elton John ]
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
[ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Pierce Brosnan ][ Geoffrey Rush ][ Brendan Gleeson ][ Dylan Baker ]
Lucky Break (2001)
[ Bill Nighy ][ Christopher Plummer ][ James Nesbitt ]
The Cat's Meow (2001)
[ Cary Elwes ][ Eddie Izzard ][ Edward Herrmann ]
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Robin Williams ][ Jude Law ][ Haley Joel Osment ][ Brendan Gleeson ]
Lucky Numbers (2000)
[ John Travolta ][ Tim Roth ][ Bill Pullman ][ Michael Rapaport ][ Ed O'Neill ]
Ja jestem Jurek (2000)
Billy Elliot (2000)
[ Jamie Bell ][ Patrick Malahide ]
Romeo Must Die (2000)
[ Jet Li ][ Anthony Anderson ][ Isaiah Washington ][ Delroy Lindo ][ Russell Wong ]
The Next Best Thing (2000)
[ Michael Vartan ][ Rupert Everett ][ Benjamin Bratt ][ Neil Patrick Harris ][ Mark Valley ]
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
[ Matthew Lillard ][ Kenneth Branagh ][ Nathan Lane ][ Alessandro Nivola ][ Adrian Lester ]
About Adam (2000)
[ Stuart Townsend ]
The Green Mile (1999)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Michael Clarke Duncan ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Stephen King ][ Gary Sinise ]
The Story of Us (1999)
[ Bruce Willis ][ Rob Reiner ][ Tim Matheson ][ Paul Reiser ][ Red Buttons ]
Me Myself I (1999)
[ Sandy Winton ]
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
[ Jonathan Taylor Thomas ][ Elvis Presley ][ Gary Cole ][ Adam LaVorgna ]
Meet Joe Black (1998)
[ Brad Pitt ][ Anthony Hopkins ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Jake Weber ][ Ed Quinn ]
Finding Graceland (1998)
[ Harvey Keitel ][ Elvis Presley ][ Johnathon Schaech ]
When Trumpets Fade (1998)
[ Timothy Olyphant ][ Ron Eldard ][ Bing Crosby ][ Dan Futterman ][ Dwight Yoakam ]
Breaking Up (1997)
[ Russell Crowe ]
Out to Sea (1997)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Brent Spiner ][ Walter Matthau ][ Joe Viterelli ][ Martha Coolidge ]
Titanic (1997)
[ Leonardo Dicaprio ][ Bill Paxton ][ Billy Zane ][ James Cameron ][ Ioan Gruffudd ]
The English Patient (1996)
[ Ralph Fiennes ][ Colin Firth ][ Willem Dafoe ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Kevin Whately ]
Sleepers (1996)
[ Brad Pitt ][ Robert De Niro ][ Kevin Bacon ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ Billy Crudup ]
Mother Night (1996)
[ John Goodman ][ Nick Nolte ][ Alan Arkin ][ David Strathairn ][ Bing Crosby ]
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
[ Brendan Fraser ][ Loren Dean ][ Miguel Sandoval ]
Faithful (1996)
[ Chazz Palminteri ][ Ryan O'Neal ][ Jeffrey Wright ]
The Late Shift (1996)
[ Treat Williams ][ Bob Balaban ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Ivan Reitman ][ John Michael Higgins ]
Forget Paris (1995)
[ Dan Castellaneta ][ Billy Crystal ][ Clint Howard ][ Joe Mantegna ][ John Spencer ]
Mixed Nuts (1994)
[ Adam Sandler ][ Haley Joel Osment ][ Steve Martin ][ Liev Schreiber ][ Rob Reiner ]
Speechless (1994)
[ Michael Keaton ][ Christopher Reeve ][ Elvis Presley ][ Harry Shearer ][ Ernie Hudson ]
The Santa Clause (1994)
[ Tim Allen ][ David Krumholtz ][ Peter Boyle ][ Judge Reinhold ][ Frank Welker ]
Pontiac Moon (1994)
[ Ted Danson ][ Eric Schweig ][ Willie Nelson ]
Radioland Murders (1994)
[ George Lucas ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ Joey Lawrence ][ Joseph Lawrence ][ Michael McKean ]
With Honors (1994)
[ Brendan Fraser ][ Patrick Dempsey ][ Joe Pesci ][ Josh Hamilton ]
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Christopher McDonald ][ Burgess Meredith ]
Consenting Adults (1992)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ Kevin Kline ][ Forest Whitaker ]
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
[ Al Pacino ][ Kevin Spacey ][ Alec Baldwin ][ Ed Harris ][ Jack Lemmon ]
Husbands and Wives (1992)
[ Woody Allen ][ Liam Neeson ][ Ron Rifkin ]
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
[ Jeff Daniels ][ George Dzundza ][ Ray Charles ]
Solitaire (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
[ Macaulay Culkin ][ Joe Pesci ][ John Candy ][ Kieran Culkin ][ John Hughes ]
Communion (1989)
[ Christopher Walken ]
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
[ Frank Sinatra ][ Billy Crystal ][ Bing Crosby ][ Bruno Kirby ][ Nora Ephron ]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
[ Steve Martin ][ Michael Caine ][ Ian McDiarmid ][ Anton Rodgers ]
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
[ Kiefer Sutherland ][ Michael J. Fox ][ David Hyde Pierce ][ Sydney Pollack ][ Jason Robards ]
Christmas in Tattertown (1987)
[ Bing Crosby ]
The Golden Child (1986)
[ Eddie Murphy ][ Frank Welker ][ Charles Dance ][ Aron Kincaid ][ Allen Payne ]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
[ Viggo Mortensen ][ Woody Allen ][ Jeff Daniels ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Danny Aiello ]
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
[ Robert De Niro ][ James Woods ][ Joe Pesci ][ Treat Williams ][ John Lennon ]
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember (1984)
Caboblanco (1980)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Jason Robards ]
Big Blonde (1980)
[ John Lithgow ]
Bye Bye Brasil (1979)
[ Bing Crosby ][ Xavier Cugat ]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Christopher Walken ][ John Cazale ][ John Savage ][ George Dzundza ]
Silent Movie (1976)
[ Mel Brooks ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Sid Caesar ][ Howard Hesseman ][ Harold Gould ]
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
[ Frank Sinatra ][ Bing Crosby ]
Young Frankenstein (1974)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Mel Brooks ][ Gene Wilder ][ Peter Boyle ][ Kenneth Mars ]
The Great Gatsby (1974)
[ Robert Redford ][ Sam Waterston ][ Bruce Dern ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Vincent Schiavelli ]
The Godfather (1972)
[ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ][ John Cazale ]
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962)
Sayonara (1957)
[ Marlon Brando ][ Dennis Hopper ][ James Garner ][ Ricardo Montalban ][ Red Buttons ]
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
[ Robert Dix ]
White Christmas (1954)
[ Bing Crosby ][ Danny Kaye ][ George Chakiris ]
Call Me Madam (1953)
[ George Sanders ]
Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
[ Frank Sinatra ][ Raymond Burr ]
Premiere (1951)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
[ Keenan Wynn ][ Howard Keel ]
Easter Parade (1948)
[ Fred Astaire ]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
[ James Stewart ][ Lionel Barrymore ][ Ward Bond ]
Blue Skies (1946)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Bing Crosby ]
The Jolson Story (1946)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
[ Rex Harrison ]
This Is the Army (1943)
[ Ronald Reagan ][ Richard Farnsworth ][ Joe Louis ]
Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
[ Ward Bond ]
December 7th (1943)
[ Jack Lord ][ John Ford ][ Dana Andrews ]
Holiday Inn (1942)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Bing Crosby ]
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
[ Gary Cooper ][ Walter Brennan ]
Home in Wyomin' (1942)
Any Bonds Today? (1942)
[ Mel Blanc ]
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
[ Bob Hope ]
Idiot's Delight (1939)
[ Clark Gable ][ Burgess Meredith ]
Second Fiddle (1939)
[ Tyrone Power ]
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Walter Brennan ]
Carefree (1938)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Ralph Bellamy ]
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
[ Tyrone Power ][ Don Ameche ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
[ William Powell ]
Follow the Fleet (1936)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Randolph Scott ]
Top Hat (1935)
[ Fred Astaire ]
Ticket or Leave It (1935)
Kid Millions (1934)
[ Ward Bond ]
Boilesk (1933)
Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
[ Richard Dix ]
Westward Passage (1932)
[ Laurence Olivier ]
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1932)
Young Bride (1932)
Suicide Fleet (1931)
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
[ Bing Crosby ]
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Mammy (1930)
Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
Roseland (1930)
Hallelujah! (1929)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
[ Groucho Marx ]
Coquette (1929)
The Awakening (1928)
Show People (1928)
A Famous Male Impersonator (1928)
Ruth Etting (1928)
A Cycle of Songs (1928)
The Band Beautiful (1928)
Down South (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The Little Princess of Song (1927)

Trivia

  • Died of natural causes at age 101.
  • When Berlin married Ellin Mackay, the Comstock Lode heiress, the bride's father wrote her out of his will for marrying a Jew. Berlin then assigned the copyright of his popular song, "Always", to her, which yielded very handsome royalties as the years went by. And true to the sentiments of the song, Berlin devoted himself to his lovely wife for the rest of her long life.
  • Sang "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" in _This Is the Army (1943)_ .
  • Songwriter.
  • Could not read music.
  • Only played on the set of black keys. He had a special piano built with pedals that could change the set from F sharp into other keys.
  • First met lifelong best friend Fred Astaire on the set of _Top Hat (1935)_ .
  • Interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, USA.
  • Sent a letter to major radio stations requesting that they not play Elvis Presley's version of "White Christmas" because it had been drastically revamped.
  • During the filming of his singing his composition "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" in This Is the Army (1943), one of the backstage crew was heard to have whispered to another crew worker, "If the guy who wrote this song could hear this guy singing it, he'd roll over in his grave!".
  • Was denied a Kennedy Center Honor. By the time he was considered for one, he was too ill to fulfill the requirement that an honoree must attend the award ceremony.
  • Although Berlin wrote what is arguably the most popular secular Christmas song ever written, "White Christmas," Christmas was always a bittersweet time for the Berlin family. Irving and Eileen Berlin's only son, Irving, Jr., died at only a few weeks old, of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, on Christmas Day, 1928. Every year, on Christmas Day, the Berlins would lay a Christmas wreath on his grave, a tradition their heirs carry on today.
  • Despite the fact that he was one of America's most prolific songwriters, Berlin suffered frequent attacks of writer's block, which could last anywhere from several days to several months.
  • Wrote his first ballad hit, "When I Lost You," in his grief over the death of his first wife, Dorothy Goetz. She had died of typhoid, contracted on her honeymoon, just four months after their marriage in 1912.
  • One of the few classic pop songwriters of his era to serve as both composer and lyricist of his songs. Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer were among the others who shared this rare talent.
  • Brother-in-law of E. Ray Goetz.
  • Stepson-in-law of Anna Case.
  • In 1963, won a Special Tony Award "for his distinguished contribution to the musical theatre for these many years."
  • Father of Mary Ellen Barrett.
  • First artist to actually present himself with an Oscar when he won for song "White Christmas" from _Holiday Inn (1942)_
  • Was portrayed by 'Keith Allen' in _De-Lovley (2004)_ .

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