Director
Dwight Hemion
DIRECTOR
William O. Harbach
Barry Shear
Stars (in credits order)
Skitch Henderson
Self - Bandleader
Gene Rayburn
Self - Announcer
Steve Allen
Self - Host
Steve Lawrence
Self - Singer
Eydie Gormé
Andy Williams
Self
Pat Kirby
Ernie Kovacs
Self - Guest Host
Bill Wendell
Maureen Arthur
Self - Regular
Peter Hanley
LeRoy Holmes
Self - Conductor
Hy Averback
Self - Guest Announcer
Patricia Marshall
Self - singer
Louis Nye
Erroll Garner
Jonathan Winters
Micki Marlo
Art Lund
George DeWitt
Morey Amsterdam
Jim Moran
Barbara Loden
Tony Randall
Barbara Carroll
Alice Pearce
Jack Haskell
Gene Krupa
Don Adams
Leona Anderson
Carole Bennett
Henry Morgan
Woody Herman
Henny Youngman
The Blackburn Twins
Themselves
Dave Brubeck
Kenny Delmar
Jill Corey
Art Tatum
Self - Jazz pianist
Teddi King
Self - jazz vocalist
Erin O'Brien
Jack Paar
Jose Melis
Mae Barnes
Lionel Hampton
Rocky Graziano
Cy Coleman
George Shearing
Stan Freeman
Self - pianist
Jerome Hines
Burl Ives
Theodore Gottlieb
Self - midnight horror show host
Don Herbert
Self - Mr. Wizard
Carmen McRae
Sylvia Syms
Art Blakey
The Barbara Carroll Trio
The Mello-Larks
Earl Hall
Self - comedian
Billy Taylor
Self - Pianist
Gyula Denes
Self - author
Dolores Hawkins
Rosaria Morales
Eugene List
Doretta Morrow
Self - Broadway cast of 'Kismet'
Wally Cox
Peter Lawford
Jayne Meadows
Self - Guest
John Crosby
Cliff Norton
Chet Baker
Count Basie
Johnny Mercer
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Bobby Hackett
Eddie Condon
Charlie Ventura
Self - Jazz musician
Eddie Condon and His Dixieland All Stars
Marian McPartland
Margaret Truman
Audrey Meadows
Joseph Interliggi
Self - strongman
Modern Jazz Quartet
Don Elliott
Toni Arden
Ray McKinley
Nancy Walker
Chita Rivera
Mel Tormé
Ethel Waters
Billie Holiday
Dinah Washington
Bob McFadden
Dizzy Gillespie
Sono Osato
Self - dancer
Oscar Peterson
Genevieve
Harry Blackstone
Self - magician
Jeri Southern
Walt Kelly
Self - cartoonist
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Martha Davis
Self - Piano Duo
Florian Zabach
Self - violinist
Calvin Ponder
Terry Gibbs
Frances Wayne
Anna Marie Genovese
Bunny Briggs
Eve Young
Charles Laughton
Buddy Hackett
Diahann Carroll
Dody Goodman
Self - comedienne
Dick Hyman
Felicia Sanders
Self - singer-musician
Jackie Cain
Roy Kral
Vivienne Della Chiesa
Self - Soprano
The Jazz Messengers
Dick Hyman Chorus & Orchestra
Jerry Lester
Al 'Jazzbeaux' Collins
Fred Allen
John Carradine
Bennett Cerf
Will Jordan
Hazel Scott
Lenny Kent
Mabel Mercer
Joan Crawford
Ronny Graham
Frank Fontaine
Irwin Corey
Billy Vine
Diana Adams
Nellie Lutcher
Self - Jazz singer
Duke Ellington
Sammy Davis Jr.
Julie London
Jackie Cooper
Eddie Bracken
Gabriel Dell
Peggy Ryan
Cliff Arquette
Lew Parker
Herb Jeffries
Ray McDonald
Allen Funt
Margaret Whiting
Stan Getz
Bil Baird
Ted Lewis
Buddy Greco
Kuda Bux
Self - Kashmiri magician
Jimmy Rushing
Gene Baylos
Claude Thornhill
Cora Baird
Chan Canasta
Self - card shark
Oscar Pettiford
Mia Slavenska
Richard Hayman
Self - Musician
Al Hibbler
The Baird Puppets
Jimmy Savo
Teddy Wilson
Self - Jazz Pianist
Lee Wiley
Robert Maxwell
Self - harpist
Estelle Stevens
Self - expert in deep breathing
Buck Clayton
Self - jazz trumpet player
Tony Scott
Clifford Guest
Inez Giglio
The Ravens
Franz Polgar
Self - hypnotist
Don Tannen
Artie Dan
Jack Palance
Buster Keaton
Milton Berle
Conrad Janis
Self - Conrad Janis Quartet
Cab Calloway
Portia Nelson
Buddy Rich
Helen O'Connell
Thelma Carpenter
Self - cast of 'Ankles Aweigh'
Martha Tilton
Page Cavanaugh Trio
June Christy
Burr Tillstrom
James P. Johnson
Vic Perry
Self - Pickpocket
Four Freshmen
Page Cavanaugh
Stan Kenton
Joe Frisco
Kukla
Richard Buckley
Self - Comic
Ivan Sanderson
Edmond Hall
Harvey Stone
The Three Suns
Baby Dodds
Pops Foster
Sol Yaged
Self - clarinetist
Smokey The Wonder Horse
Ollie
Ray Bolger
Bobby Troup
George Gobel
Eli Mintz
Milt Kamen
Peggy Connelly
John Hoppe
Self - special effects artist
Dorothy McGuire
Hermione Gingold
Rudy Vallee
Signe Hasso
Bill Cullen
Billy Gilbert
Meg Myles
George Kirby
Gerry Mulligan
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Moondog
Self - nature singer
Connee Boswell
Jan Peerce
J.J. Johnson
Richard Hayes
Kai Winding
Self - Trombonist
Lu Ann Simms
Jack Walsh
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Self - jazz pianist
Bobby Scott
Joey Carter
Charlie Manna
Eddie Garson
Self - Ventriloquist
Conn and Mann
Themselves - dance team
Gene Allen
Kurt Baum
Self - Opera Singer
Enid Mosier
Matt Dennis
Carol Glenn
Mario Escudero
Self - flamenco guitarist
The Calypso Eddie Singers
The Amazing Garcias
Lou Teicher
Art Ferrante
The Jonah Jones Quartet
Elise Rhodes
Bill Neff
Alan Ladd
Dick Powell
John Newton Lummus
Self - First Mayor of Miami Beach
Benny Goodman
Jimmy McHugh
Dane Clark
Elaine Stritch
Alfred Drake
Bill Kenny
Self - Special Guest
Willie Mays
Jean Sullivan
Self - Audience Member
Leffak
Elizabeth Taylor
Grace Kelly
Judy Garland
Kim Novak
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Van Johnson
José Ferrer
Martha Raye
Paul Henreid
Rose Marie
Jack Kelly
Lena Horne
Roy Rogers
Faye Emerson
Doc Severinsen
Self - trumpet
Dale Evans
Henry Calvin
Bob Elliott
Bibi Osterwald
Bobby Short
Jack E. Leonard
John Cameron Swayze
Joey Faye
The DeMarco Sisters
John B. Kelly Sr.
Self - producer & father of Grace Kelly
Willie Mosconi
Self - professional pool player
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Ray Goulding
Luba Malina
Bob & Ray
Eddie Arcaro
Self - jockey
The Barry Sisters
Andre Eglevsky
Self - ballet dancer
Joe Bushkin
Max Liebman
Self - producer
Harold Rome
Self - Composer
The Sauter Finegan Band
Allyn Edwards
The Gene Krupa Trio
Godfrey P. Schmidt
Self - Aware president
Lou McGarity
Self - trombonist and trumpet
Herb Dawson
Self - saxophone
Future Fulton
Vince Hartnett
Self - Aware founder
Faye Henderson
Sandor Glancz
The Rca Choir
Richard Willis
Bea Arthur
Self - star of Broadway play 'Seventh Heaven'
Lee Meriwether
Self - Miss America 1955
Eva Gabor
Debbie Reynolds
Tina Louise
Self - queen of the Artist's Equity Ball
Mickey Rooney
Ricardo Montalban
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Eddie Albert
Orson Bean
Joel Grey
Alice Ghostley
'Trouble in Tahiti'
Elsa Lanchester
June Allyson
Cedric Hardwicke
Paul Lynde
Maureen Stapleton
'27 Wagons Full of Cotton'
Edgar Bergen
Edie Adams
Gloria DeHaven
Sid Caesar
Margo
Dick Shawn
Self - Comedian
William Bendix
Max Baer
Self - boxer
Maila Nurmi
Self - as Vampira
Kurt Kasznar
Rosemary Murphy
Robert Clary
Ilona Massey
Kaye Ballard
Walter Slezak
Judy Tyler
Joey Bishop
Peter Marshall
Self - comedy team Marshall & Farrell
Felice Orlandi
Dorothy Kilgallen
Salvador Dalí
Sonny Tufts
Oscar Levant
Stan Freberg
Franklin Pangborn
Betty Furness
Self - actress
Miles Davis
Recipient Down Beat Award
Tommy Farrell
Allan Jones
Mort Sahl
John Newland
Adolph Green
Jane Kean
George Jessel
Jackie Robinson
Myron McCormick
Betty Kean
Yma Sumac
B.S. Pully
Jinx Falkenburg
Vaughn Monroe
Ken Murray
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
Beatrice Kay
Harry Warren
Fran Allison
Montie Montana
Self - actor-stuntman
Mickey Deems
Johnny Desmond
Self - singer and disc jockey
Arthur Walsh
Mitch Miller
Ricky Vera
Self - Mexican child singer
The Sportsmen Quartet
Lili Valenty
ACTOR
Dick Contino
Self - accordionist
Joe E. Lewis
John Coltrane
Self - Tenor Sax
Abe Burrows
Self - comedian-writer
Shannon Bolin
Dámaso Pérez Prado
Self - mambo bandleader
Charlie Barnet
Self - orchestra leader
Valerie Bettis
Self - dancer-choreographer-actress
Nacio Herb Brown
Self - songwriter
Ray Malone
Self - Dancer
Don Shirley
Gerrianne Raphael
Anita O'Day
Van Cliburn
Thelonious Monk
Miriam Stevenson
Self - Miss Universe 1954
Neal Hefti
Self - trumpeter
Howard Hill
Self - archer
Harry Ruby
Self - composer
Leontyne Price
Nora Kaye
Self - Ballerina
Dorothy Collins
Shorty Rogers
Kitty White
Self - singer-pianist
Walter Lord
Herkie Styles
Slim Gaillard
Jack Shaindlin
Self - shows & comments on old time movies
Alan Dale
Herb Shriner
Elaine Dunn
George Adamski
Self - UFO investigator
Sue Carson
Paul Draper
'Paul Draper'
Coleman Hawkins
Self - bandleader
The Hoosier Hotshots
Professor Backwards
Mark Dawson
Anna Russell
Self - Comedienne
Delta Rhythm Boys
Hillevi Rombin
Self - Miss Universe 1955
Otto A. Harbach
Self - lyricist
Roy Smeck
Self - banjoist
Ella Logan
Pete Rugolo
Freddy Martin
Les Colodny
Self - comedy writer
Tony Pastor
Irving Caesar
Alicia Alonso
Self - ballerina
Billy Butterfield
Self - trumpet player
Steve Klisanin
Self - Mr. America 1955
Walter Kerr
Self - author of 'How Not to Write a Play'
Mary Small
Turk Murphy
Nick Kenny
Self - columnist
Dorothy Greener
Lillian Briggs
Peanuts Hucko
Self - Jazz clarinetist
Myrtle Wiseman
Self - Lulubelle
Helen Merrill
Grace Kahn
Roman Totenberg
Red Norvo
Jack Ackerman
John Ferguson
Marie Powers
James Doolittle
Earl 'Fatha' Hines
Gloria Mann
Philly Joe Jones
Self - Drums
Rick Wayne
Freddy Martin Orchestra
Helen Bullock
Self - lady woodchopper
The Columbus Boys Choir
Red Garland
Self - Piano
Ruggiero Ricci
Leonard Feather
Patricia Hammerlee
Miles Davis Quintet
Tanaquil Le Clerq
Georgiana Carhart
Self - Broadway actress
Milbourne Christopher
The Original Memphis Five
Ferdi B. Hoffman
Scotty Wiseman
Self - Scotty
Bud Powell
Joseph Szigeti
Joe Phillips
Midge Brasuhn
Self - roller derby skater
Ben Belefonte
Self - inventor
Jay Cooke
Self - pianola player
Leonard Pennario
Sailor Joe White
Chaz Chase
Self - vaudeville comedian
Jan August
Self - pianist and xylophonist
Michael Rabin
Self - Violinist
Henry Vilardo
Self - makeup artist
Tim Herbert
Steve Miller
Al Schacht
Self - restauranteur
Rose Mackenberg
Self - former colleague of Harry Houdini
Lee Sullivan
Somethin' Smith and the Redheads
Virginia Murray
Gerald Moore
Self - recital accompanist
Tum-Tum
Self - Mambo-dancing midget
Stockton Helffrich
Self - TV censor
Gene Bianco
Fletcher Peck
John Tyers
Danny Rogers
Norman Scott
Self - bass-baritone opera singer
The Dartmouth Indians
Themselves - Dixieland Jazz group
Lee Kane
Eve Harrison
Self - photographer of babies
The Aqua Bats
Themselves - swimming virtuosi
Paul Chambers
Self - Bass
Phil Napoleon
Susie Miller
Marion Ladewig
Self - bowler
Lois Balk
Self - 'Tonight' staff writer
Charles Kenny
Betty Madigan
Sylvia Wene
Lalo Guerrero
Self - producer of the Mexican version of Davy Crockett
Sunny Gale
Charlie Shavers
Self - Jazz Musician
Betty Dean
Self - jazz singer
Robert R. Coles
Self - sells land on the moon
Douglas Storer
Self - radio producer
Arthur Whittemore
Carole Honig
Toba Brill
Richard Himber
Self - musician
Lou Taylor
Self - pigeon trainer
Claudia de Lys
Self - writer of superstition
Everett Keen
Self - expert on chicken house furniture
Charlie Applewhite
Stan Wrigley
Jean LeSieur
Self - last person to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel
Urbie Green
Self - trombonist
The Slim Gaillard Trio
Carlene King Johnson
Self - Miss USA 1955
The Neal Hefti Band
The Commanders Jazz Ensemble
Themselves - U.S. Air Force Band
Lillian Kirkpatrick
Self - ex-Mayor of Roundup, Montana
Jack Lowe
Tex Haggin
The Red Caps
Themselves - Singers
The Burton Sisters
Terry Stevens
Katherine Litz
Lawrence Brown
Joseph Buchler
Self - glassblower
The Great Barton
Self - acrobat
Fernando Valentini
Self - harpsichordist
Vernon Duke
Elaine Malbin
Self - singer from Broadway show 'Kismet'
Joe Emmett
Joe Loco
Bob Manning
Bill Stegmeyer
George Ito
Self - fire eater
Harold Shapiro
Self - current Mayor of Miami Beach
Gregory Peck
Self - Interviewee
Shelley Winters
Ernest Borgnine
Andy Griffith
Hal Holbrook
Agnes Moorehead
Edward G. Robinson
Jim Henson
Self - Puppeteer
Basil Rathbone
Jeff Chandler
Bob Fosse
Shelley Berman
Lew Ayres
Bob Hope
Geoffrey Holder
Zachary Scott
Janet Blair
Judith Anderson
Morgana King
Dorothy Lamour
Phil Leeds
Wendell Corey
William Sylvester
Self - performing scene from 'Mister Johnson'
Eddie Fisher
Jack Benny
Nancy Malone
Joe E. Brown
Arthur Treacher
Mervyn LeRoy
Earle Hyman
Aline MacMahon
Neva Patterson
Irish McCalla
Arlene Francis
Chester Morris
Ella Fitzgerald
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Cyril Ritchard
Pat Flaherty
Self - actor
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jerry Vale
Julia Meade
Helen Kane
Enid Markey
Richard Rodgers
The Ink Spots
Victor Moore
Oscar Hammerstein II
Virginia Graham
Julie Wilson
Johnny Johnston
Self - actor-singer
Josh White
Self - folksinger
Hal Le Roy
James Randi
Self - as The Amazing Randi
Al Capp
Tony Travis
Bobby Sherwood
Arch Oboler
Bobby Breen
Tito Puente
Lawrence Tibbett
Self - cast of 'Fanny'
Pat Rooney
Self - Musical Performer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Louis Jordan
June Taylor
Self - dancer-choreographer
Terry Saunders
Lowell Thomas
Johnny Burnette
Cannonball Adderley
Byron Janis
Maria Tallchief
Drew Pearson
Ben Wrigley
David Ross
Carmen Cavallaro
Burton Lane
Dorothy Jarnac
Maynard Ferguson
Barbara Whiting
Gene de Paul
Roy Eldridge
The Clovers
Bob Eberly
Maxine Sullivan
Horace Silver
Jean Shepherd
Andrés Segovia
Self - classical guitarist
Hugh Martin
Jimmy Nelson
Lehman Engel
Self - composer of Broadway musicals
William Gaxton
Self - vaudeville entertainer
Ralph Blane
The Johnny Burnette Trio
Max Lerner
Self - author and columnist
Ogden Nash
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Don Cherry
Bob Hall
Dorothy Sarnoff
Sam Coslow
Self - singer-songwriter
Mildred Hughes
Eddie Heywood
Hal Schaefer
Self - jazz musician and singer
Dorothy Donegan
Irving Burgie
Self - Calypso Musican
Roy Benson
Jenny Brezez
Bud Shank
Bill Haast
Self - snake trainer
Beatrice Kraft
Erlinda Cortes
Danny O'Day
Self - dummy
Marianne Moore
Self - poet
Lee Sims
Paul Badura-Skoda
Self - Viennese pianist
Cary Middlecoff
Self - professional golfer
Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra
Mort Freeman
Melissa Hayden
The Rover Boys
Themselves - singing quartet
Jack Washburn
Gene Krupa and his Quartet
Paul Gray
The Wanderers
The Oscar Peterson Trio
The Chuckles
Themselves - singing group
Helen Thigpen
Inga Rundvold
Self - 'First Lady of Washington, D.C. Television,'
Bud Freeman
Self - jazz tenor saxophonist
Kimo Lee and the Modernasians
Themselves - sword dancers
Barbara Lea
Lucille Roberts
Self - mentalist
Mabel Wayne
The Mexican Boys Town Choir
The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band
Tito Puente And His Orchestra
Les Modes Quintet
George Hopkins
Rosaria
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Mickey Marlowe
Self - singing female impersonator
The Aaron Bell Trio
Tatsuo Minagawa
The Hal Shaefer Jazz Trio
June Roselle
The Polynesian Maids
Manu Bentley
Self - hula performer
Sidney H. Radner
Self - owner of Harry Houdini artifacts
Roscoe Ames
Lou Saxon
Jimmy Randolph
Jose Berrera
Anita Ramos
Self - flamenco dancer
Harris and Leigh
Themselves - comedians
The Bon-Bons
Themselves - Rock and Roll Girl Group
Augie and Margo
Buddy DeFranco
Henry 'Red' Allen
Self - the Red Allen Jazz Band
Jean Moseley
Marshall Izen
Iva Kitchell
Self - dance satirist
James Mont
Bill Grauer
Self - author of 'A Pictorial History of Jazz'
Richard Dyer-Bennett
Rey de la Torre
Self - guitarist
Naomi Alar Leaf
Lynn Taylor
Jimmy Caesar
Self - Impressionist
Lloyd Mangrum
Jutta Hipp
Tal Farlow
Carolyn Porter
Terry Gibbs Dream Band
Boyd Raeburn
Self - Jazz saxophonist
The Knife-Throwing Denvers
Lurlean Hunter
Self - Jazz vocalist
Buddy DeFranco Quartet
Candido
Self - bongo drummer
Robert Harrison
Self - publisher of Confidential magazine
Willie 'The Lion' Smith
Earl Jackson
Jackie and Roy
Jackie Paris
Self - Jazz Vocalist
The Air Force Glee Club
Lord Burgess and His Penny Whistle Band
Bozo the Hobo
Ving Merlin
Gunther Sprecher
Self - pianist-composer
George L. Wright Iii
Self - 14-year-old quiz show contestant
Benny Walker
Octavio Leon
Self - cigar roller
Bobby Hackett & His Orchestra
Paul Sharpe
Roberta Lynn
Trudy Richards
The Tzabar Quintet
Themselves - singers
Bobby Dukoff
Self - Saxophonist
Eddie Roberts
Michael D'Amico
Jay Breen
Self - editor of Confidential magazine
Roger Ray
Self - Xylophonist
Vic Dickenson
The Diane Marsh Dancers
Jimmy McPartland
Margaret Brill
Joe Venuti
Self - Musican
Farfel
College Beauty Queens
Bon Bon
Vera Appleton
Self - concert pianist
Archer and Gile
Themselves - folk singers
Sam 'The Man' Taylor
Self - Jazz & blues tenor saxophonist
Ilomay Bailey
Page and Bray
Themselves - dancers
The Four Voices
Chris Connor
Haji Koki
Russell Lynes
Fernando Sirvent
Leonard Rose
Self - cellist
Homer & Jethro
Themselves - hillbilly vocalists
Norman Houdan
Self - Canadian cartoonist
Alex Kalleo and His Jazz Trio
Cyrus Walter
Self - meat cutter
Kajar the Magician,
Josephine Calderon
Self - bullfighter
The Michael Brown Group
Themselves - rock musicians
Murray Weiner
Self - photographer for the Arctic Expedition
Ada Moore
Johnny Coco and His Islanders
Themselves - orchestra
Suzi Ono
Yonely
Michael Field
Buddy Weed
Priest and Fosse
Themselves - modern interpretive dancers
Bill Davidson
Self - Jazz cornetist
Don Knotts
Sal Mineo
Maggie Pierce
Rory Calhoun
Edmond O'Brien
Joe Louis
Jack Lescoulie
Solomon Burke
Self - sings a song written by Joe Louis
Dave Garroway
Claire Luce
Bernard West
Bob Considine
Murray the 'K'
Self - shows films of Hungarian refugees
Earl Wilson
Mark Murphy
Ray Eberle
Hy Gardner
Lester Young
Self - saxonphonist
Kitty Dolan
Will Holt
Abby Minclom
Sol Schiff
Self - table tennis player
Ray Eberle's Orchestra
Sally Powers
Oliver Gal
Rita Moss
Self - pianist-vocalist