Bobby Troup

Bobby Troup (Robert Troup of its true name) is an actor and a singer, pianist and American type-setter of Jazz, born the October 18th 1918 with Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (the United States), deceased the February 7th 1999 with Sherman Oaks (California). There remained famous to have composed one of the largest standards of the Rock “roll: (Get Your Kicks One) Road 66 .

Biography

Pianist in the orchestra of Tommy Dorsey in 1941, it writes You' Re has Snootie Little Cutie for Frank Sinatra in 1942. He is on the way for Los Angeles with his Cynthia young woman when he writes, Route 66 , the anthem with most mythical of the road American which goes from Chicago to L.A. In 1946, Nat King Cole records the song which is an immense success. It will become traditional begun again by hundreds of artists.

Bench in Los Angeles, Bobby Troup shares its career between cinema and music. He writes the words of Girl Talk and The Meaning Of The Blues , for Julie London. He meets the singer in 1955 on the turning of the film The Girl Can' T Help It , of which he wrote the song titrates, and where she interprets another of her compositions: Cry Me To rivet , which will become a standard of the jazz. He marries it and becomes his producer.

As actor, he plays first of all of the roles of pianist-singer then, gradually, reaches supporting roles.

Catalog of films

as actor

  • 1950 : Duchess off Idaho : Troup, Band Member-Singer
  • 1951: Mr. Imperium : Specialty: California Cowboy
  • 1957: Bop Girl Goes Calypso : Robert Hilton
  • 1958: Stars off Jazz (series TV): Host
  • 1958 : The High Cost off Loving : Steve Hayward
  • 1959 : Millionaire of five pennies ( The Five Pennies ): Arthur Schutt
  • 1959 : The Gene Krupa Story : Tommy Dorsey
  • 1961 : Acapulco (series TV): Bobby
  • 1967 : First to Fight : Lt. Overman
  • 1967 : Banning : Cappy Sullivan
  • 1969: Dragnet 1966 (TV): George Freeman
  • 1969: Number One : Harvey Hess
  • 1970 : M*A*S*H* : SSgt. Gorman
  • 1972 : Emergency! (TV): Dr. Joe Early
  • 1977: Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (TV): Paul Mizener
  • 1978: Emergency: Survival one Charter #220 (TV): Dr. Joe Early, M.D./F.A.C.S.
  • 1978: Greatest Rescues off Emergency! (TV): Dr. Joe Early, M.D./F.A.C.S.
  • 1979: The Rebels (TV): Sam Gill

as type-setter

External bond

  • Bobby Troup on Internet Movie Database

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