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Perry Como (1912–2001)
In a singing (and sometimes acting) career that spanned over six decades, the name Perry Como has come to mean that warm, smooth, easy-listening, general-audience, slow-flame romance that characterized popular music in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. It has also come to represent an overall good feeling. Telling of the success of the appeal of that good...
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Born:in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USADied:(age 88) in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA |
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Soundtrack (118 credits)
Soundtrack (118 credits)
2018
Single Parents
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Magic Box
(2018)
... (performer: "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" - uncredited)
2018
I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.8
(2018)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
2018
Sharp Objects
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Milk
(2018)
... (performer: "It's Impossible")
- Closer
(2018)
... (performer: "It's Impossible" - uncredited)
2018
Zoe Ball on ...
(TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Sunday 2
(2018)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
- Saturday 2
(2018)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
- Sunday 1
(2018)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
- Saturday 1
(2018)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme
(2017)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
2017
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Crooners & Co
(2017)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2017
Cannonball
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(2017)
... (performer: "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" - uncredited)
2017
GLOW
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Liberal Chokehold
(2017)
... (performer: "Magic Moments")
2017
Feud
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2017)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
2016
Who's Doing the Dishes?
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Ian 'H' Watkins
(2016)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
- Su Pollard
(2016)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2015
Welcome to the Basement
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Back to the Future II
(2015)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
2015
All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
(Documentary) (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo")
2014
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Week 6: Halloween Special
(2014)
... (performer: "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" - uncredited)
2014
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- One Good Turn
(2014)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2014
Masters of Sex
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Asterion
(2014)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
2014
Dancing on Ice
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Week 10: The Grand Final
(2014)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
- Week 2: The Skate-Off
(2014)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
- Week 2
(2014)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
2013
Kirstie's Crafty Christmas
(TV Special) (performer: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - uncredited)
Hannibal
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Oeuf
(2013)
... (performer: "There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas" - uncredited) / (writer: "There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas" - uncredited)
2012-2013
Call the Midwife
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #2.8
(2013)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.6
(2012)
... (performer: "Hot Diggity (Dog Diggity Boom)" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.3
(2012)
... (performer: "Magic Moments", "You're Just in Love" - uncredited)
The Neighbors
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees
(2012)
... (performer: "Prayer of Thanksgiving (Bonus Track)" - uncredited) / (writer: "Prayer of Thanksgiving (Bonus Track)" - uncredited)
2011
Kirstie's Handmade Britain
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Kirstie's Handmade Christmas
(2011)
... (performer: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" - uncredited)
2011
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Lazy Song
(2011)
... (performer: "Magic Moments")
2011
Fringe
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- 6B
(2011)
... (performer: "Feelings" - uncredited)
Lost
(TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes, 2004 - 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
- The Candidate
(2010)
... ("Catch a Falling Star") / (performer: "Catch a Falling Star")
- Sundown
(2010)
... ("Catch a Falling Star") / (performer: "Catch a Falling Star")
- Whatever Happened, Happened
(2009)
... ("Catch a Falling Star") / (performer: "Catch a Falling Star")
- Maternity Leave
(2006)
... ("Catch a Falling Star") / (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" (uncredited), "Catch a Falling Star")
- Fire + Water
(2006)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo " - uncredited) / (writer: "Papa Loves Mambo " - uncredited)
Rock & Chips
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Pilot
(2010)
... (performer: "Delaware" - uncredited) / (writer: "Delaware" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (performer: "Dig You Later (A-Hubba Hubba Hubba)" - uncredited)
2009
Loose Women
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #13.123
(2009)
... (performer: "Magic Moments")
2008
Chuck
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Chuck Versus the Ex
(2008)
... (performer: "Papa Loves Mambo" - uncredited)
2008
Atop the Fourth Wall
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Doom's IV #2
(2008)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2008
Mad Men
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Three Sundays
(2008)
... (performer: "Blue Room" - uncredited)
2008
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites
(TV Movie) (performer: "Till the End of Time", "It's Impossible" - uncredited)
2008
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Papa Don't Leech
(2008)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
2005
History Detectives
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jim Thorpe Ticket/Land Grant/Leisurama Homes
(2005)
... (performer: "Magic Moments" - uncredited)
2004
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Boy in the Box
(2004)
... (performer: "Catch a Falling Star" - uncredited)
1999-2002
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- The Weight
(2002)
... (performer: "No Other Love", "It's Impossible" - uncredited)
- Meadowlands
(1999)
... (performer: "Prisoner of Love" - uncredited)
2000
Angel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
(2000)
... (performer: "Hoop-De-Doo" - uncredited)
1999
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
(1999)
... (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "The Way You Look Tonight" - uncredited)
1999
Blast from the Past
(performer: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "It's a Good Day", "Like Someone in Love", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Round and Round")
Everybody Loves Raymond
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1998) (writer - 1 episode, 1998)
- The Toaster
(1998)
... (performer: "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" - uncredited) / (writer: "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" - uncredited)
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Can We Do This?
(1998)
... (performer: "Magic Moments")
- Apollo One
(1998)
... (performer: "Magic Moments")
1992
Tales from the Crypt
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Split Personality
(1992)
... (performer: "Caterina")
1981
Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas
(TV Special) (performer: "C'est si bon", "C'est Magnifique")
1980
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Bah, Humbug
(1980)
... (performer: "Wanted" - uncredited)
1980
Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land
(TV Special) (performer: "The City of Tradition", "I Wonder As I Wander", "Hava Nagila")
1977
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
(TV Special) (performer: "You Light Up My Life", "Prisoner of Love", "It's Impossible")
1977
All You Need Is Love
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley
(1977)
... (performer: "Now" - uncredited)
1974
The Perry Como Christmas Show
(TV Special) (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Toyland", "The Christmas Waltz", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "Christmas Dream", "Sleep Well Little Children", "(They Long to Be) Close to You/It's Impossible/We've Only Just Begun/And I Love You So/Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes/Yesterday Once More", "O Little Town of Bethlehem/The First Noël/Hark the Herald Angels Sing/O Come, All Ye Faithful/We Three Kings/Silent Night/O Holy Night')
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (1 episode, 1954) (performer - 36 episodes, 1949 - 1967)
- Salute to Expo 67
(1967)
... (performer: "It's So Nice to Be Nice to Your Neighbor", "Hi, Neighbor!", "North of the Border (Up Canada Way)", "Come to the Fair", "I Concentrate on You", "Kentucky Babe", "Canadian Sunset", "Catch a Falling Star", "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", "Stop! And Think it Over", "You Are Never Far Away")
- Episode #18.8
(1966)
... (performer: "Spring, Spring, Spring", "I Love You", "Yellow Bird", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Young at Heart", "Spring Is Here", "Hey, Mr. Banjo", "New Sun in the Sky", "Dream", "A Very Special Love", "Easter Parade")
- Episode #18.4
(1965)
... (performer: "Christmas is a Birthday")
- Episode #15.17
(1963)
... (performer: "Breezin' Along With the Breeze", "Just in Time", ""Poor Butterfly", "More Than You Know", "Always" - uncredited)
- Episode #14.29
(1962)
... (performer: "When the Beach Umbrellas Bloom", "The Picnic Song", "Moon Glow" - uncredited)
1961
Hazel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- What'll We Watch Tonight?
(1961)
... (performer: "Dream Along With Me (I'm On My Way To A Star)" - uncredited)
1956
The Walter Winchell Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1956)
... (performer: "Lullaby of Broadway", "Moonlight Love" - uncredited)
1953
Four Star Revue
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.24
(1953)
... (performer: "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", "The Birth Of The Blues", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "I Confess", "Side By Side", "Wild Horses", "When Day Is Done" - uncredited)
1951
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.22
(1951)
... (performer: "If (They Made Me King)")
1948
Words and Music
(performer: "Mountain Greenery", "Blue Room", "With a Song in My Heart" (Reprise))
1946
If I'm Lucky
(performer: "Follow the Band", "If I'm Lucky", "One More Kiss", "One More Vote" - uncredited)
1945
Doll Face
(performer: "Red Hot and Beautiful", "Here Comes Heaven Again", "Dig You Later (A-Hubba Hubba Hubba)" - uncredited)
1944
Something for the Boys
(performer: "I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY GOODNIGHT", "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE")
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Actor (6 credits)
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Producer (1 credit)
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Self (82 credits)
Self (82 credits)
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Archive footage (30 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
CD: "Platinum & Gold Collection" (Arista) See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 7 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Height:
5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?
Personal Quote:
I've done nothing that I can call exciting. I was a barber. Since then I've been a singer. That's it. See more »Trivia:
One of 13 children, he was the seventh son of a seventh son--a sign of good luck in Italian families. See more »Trademark:
Opening theme: "Dream Along With Me," Closing theme: "You Are Never Far Away (From Me)." See more »Star Sign:
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