Ben Pollack(1903-1971)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

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Ben Pollack in Romance inachevée (1954)

Ben Pollack was born on 22 June 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button (2008), New Faces of 1937 (1937) and Let's Make Music (1940). He died on 7 June 1971 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

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Known for

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button (2008)

L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button

7.8

Soundtrack("Tin Roof Blues")

2008

Milton Berle, Harry Einstein, and Joe Penner in New Faces of 1937 (1937)

New Faces of 1937

5.3

Soundtrack("Peckin'" (1936))

1937

Bob Crosby and Jean Rogers in Let's Make Music (1940)

Let's Make Music

5.8

Soundtrack("The Big Noise from Winnetka")

1940

James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, and Frances Langford in Romance inachevée (1954)

Romance inachevée

7.3

Ben Pollack

1954

Credits

Actor

Benny Goodman
6.8
- Ben Pollack
- 1956
Romance inachevée
7.3
- Ben Pollack
- 1954
Disc Jockey
- Ben Pollack
- 1951
La main qui venge
6.7
- Bettor (uncredited)
- 1950
Lily Mars vedette
6.8
- Saxophonist in Bob Crosby's Orchestra (unconfirmed, uncredited)
- 1943

Music Department

Soundtrack

Dark Winds
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "Tin Roof Blues"
- 2022
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
8.6
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Tin Roof Blues"
- 2009
L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button
7.8
- writer: "Tin Roof Blues"
- 2008
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
7.6
- writer: "Peckin'"
- 1998
Baseball
9.2
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Tin Roof Blues"
- 1994
Dobie Gillis
7.6
TV Series
- writer: "Make Love to Me" (uncredited)
- 1963
War Dance for Wooden Indians
Short
- performer: "War Dance for Wooden Indians"
- 1941
Let's Make Music
5.8
- Soundtrack ("The Big Noise from Winnetka")
- 1940
New Faces of 1937
5.3
- lyrics: "Peckin'" (1936)
- music: "Peckin'" (1936)
- 1937
Ben Pollack & His Orchestra
6.5
Short
- performer: "L'Amour, Toujours, L'Amour", "Got the Jitters", "Beat o' My Heart", "Mimi" (uncredited)
- 1934
Ed Sullivan's Headliners
Short
- performer: "One Minute to One" (uncredited)
- 1934
Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra
Short
- performer: "California, Here I Come", "Memories", "My Kinda Love", "Song of the Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii)" (uncredited)
- 1929

Personal details

Alternative name
- Gil Rodin
Born
- June 22, 1903
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- June 7, 1971
- Palm Springs, California, USA(suicide)

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Trivia
Died by hanging himself.

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