Perry Como Filmography

Born:: May 18, 1912 in Canonsburg, PA
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: The son of an Italian immigrants, Perry Como worked as a barber in his Pennsylvania hometown before inagurating his singing career in 1933 with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Rapidly gaining popularity during WWII with his mellow, easygoing ballads, Como was signed to a 20th Century Fox contract...Read More

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Perry Como: Christmas Concert

Actors: Perry Como

1993
The Doris Day Special

Actors: Doris Day

Synopsis: Singer and actress Doris Day performs before both the cameras and an adoring live audience in an Emmy-nominated broadcast that originally aired on CBS as The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special in 1971. With special appearances by singer Perry Como and actor Rock Hudson, as well as a collection of Read More

1971
Dateline

Actors: John Daly, H.V. Kaltenborn, Sid Caesar, Ben Grauer, Martha Raye

1954
The Perry Como Show [TV Series]

1948
Words and Music

Actors: Mickey Rooney, Perry Como, Judy Garland, June Allyson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly

Synopsis: The life stories of Broadway tunesmiths Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are prettified for the screen in MGM's Words and Music. Billed fourth, the colorless Tom Drake plays Rodgers, but never mind that: the film belongs to Mickey Rooney, as the dynamic, self-destructive Lorenz Hart. Read More

1948
Doll Face

Actors: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda, Martha Stewart

Synopsis: Doll Face is one of two attempts by 20th Century Fox to make a movie star out of crooner Perry Como (the other was If I'm Lucky). Actually, Como is but a cog in the wheel of the main plot, which involves Doll Face (Vivian Blaine), a stripteaser with artistic pretensions. On the advice of her Read More

1946
If I'm Lucky

Actors: Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers

Synopsis: The second of Perry Como's two starring vehicles for 20th Century-Fox, If I'm Lucky is an easygoing remake of 1937's Thanks a Million. Como plays the old Dick Powell role as Allan Clark, an entertainer who is maneuvered into politics by conniving manager Wally (Phil Silvers, in the role originated Read More

1946
Something for the Boys

Actors: Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Perry Como, Sheila Ryan

Synopsis: The Cole Porter Broadway musical Something for the Boys was brought to the screen by 20th Century Fox with three new non-Porter tunes thrown in. The dated libretto (by Herbert and Dorothy Fields) involves a crumbling Southern plantation which is converted into a home for servicemen's wives. Read More

1944
Something to Shout About

Actors: Don Ameche, Janet Blair, Jack Oakie, William Gaxton, Cobina Wright, Jr.

Synopsis: This backstage musical offers a peek at vaudeville behind-the-scenes. The story centers on a recently divorced woman who decides to use her generous alimony settlement to stage an old fashioned vaudeville show. Unfortunately her chief backer insists on being the star. Fortunately, at the last Read More

1943
Best of Perry Como, Part 1
The Battle of the Baritones