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William Christopher Handy was a composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre but was the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.
Birth Name
William Christopher Handy
Born
Sunday, 16 November 1873
Died
Saturday, 29 March 1958
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party | Self | 1957 |
| Satchmo the Great | Self - Songwriter | 1957 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Battle of the Ages | Self | 1952 |
| Wonderful Town, U.S.A. | Self | 1951 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Composer | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Song Writer | 1948 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party | Self | 1957 |
| Satchmo the Great | Self - Songwriter | 1957 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Battle of the Ages | Self | 1952 |
| Wonderful Town, U.S.A. | Self | 1951 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Composer | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Song Writer | 1948 |
| The Negro Soldier | Self | 1944 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| St. Louis Blues | 1929 |
