Buck Clayton
Composer ("Red Bank Boogie") and trumpeter, educated in high school and through private piano lessons from his father, Buck Clayton played in Los Angeles dance halls and then joined Earl Dancer's 14 Pieces orchestra in Harlem, led a band from 1932 to 1934, then traveled in China until 1936 with the Teddy Weatherford orchestra. Returning to the ...
Career stats
10Films
98Posters
80Years active
2014Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres
Selected work
12 posters
Trumbo · 2015
Jazz on a Summer's Day · 1960
The Benny Goodman Story · 1955
I Dood It · 1943
Bosch · 2014
All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records · 2015
American Masters · 1983
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · 2017
A Great Day in Harlem · 1994
Independent Lens · 1999
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society · 2018
Policy Man · 1938
Frequent collaborators
30 repeat partners
Count Basie
Actor · 7 films together
Billie Holiday
Actor · 5 films together
Johnny Mercer
Actor · 5 films together
Thelonious Monk
Actor · 5 films together
Dorothy Fields
Actor · 4 films together
Edgar De Lange
Actor · 4 films together
Jimmy McHugh
Actor · 4 films together
Jimmy Van Heusen
Actor · 4 films together