Jimmie Dodd
Jimmie Dodd was born on Mar 28, 1910 in USA. Jimmie Dodd's big-screen debut came with Those Were the Days! directed by Theodore Reed in 1940, strarring Evans (as James Dodd). Jimmie Dodd is known for The Mickey Mouse Club directed by Sidney Miller, Jimmie Dodd stars as Self and Darlene Gillespie as Self. The most recent award Jimmie Dodd achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new tvshow Jimmie Dodd plays is The Mickey Mouse Club - Season 3 which will be released on Jul 17, 1955.
Composer, songwriter ("Mickey Mouse March"), actor, singer, guitarist and conductor, Jimmie Dodd was educated at the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Conservatory and Vanderbilt University. He began his career in 1933 as a guitarist and singer on radio, coming to Hollywood in 1937 to play in the Louis Prima orchestra and later become an actor. In World War II he toured the Aleutians and the China-Burma-India area for the USO with wife Ruth Carrell Dodd. He was active in television beginning in 1952 and won the MC role on the new The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) series in 1955. He left the series in 1959, beginning a tour of Australia that lasted in 1960. He also led his own dance group. Joining ASCAP in 1946, his chief musical collaborators included his wife Ruth and George Wyle and John Jacob Loeb. His other popular-song compositions include "He Was There", "Encyclopedia", "I Love Girls", "Lonely Guitar", "Mamie", "Nashville Blues", "I'm No Fool", "Rosemary", "Be a Good Guest", "Amarillo", "Hi to You", "Proverbs", "Washington" (official song of the District of Columbia), "Meet Me in Monterey" (for the Monterey Centennial), and "A Bird Is Singin' the Blues".
Birthday
Mar 28, 1910Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Awards
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