Biopic Louis Armstrong. The Oscar-winning actor is to essay his second jazz great, Louis Armstrong, having previously played Charlie Parker for Clint Eastwood. Biography by William Ruhlmann. + Follow Artist.
Many people… well not that many but, a few have argued that this is not. The Oscar-winning actor is to essay his second jazz great, Louis Armstrong, having previously played Charlie Parker for Clint Eastwood. If you can't get enough of the Lance Armstrong saga, the upcoming biopic about the cancer survivor and former Tour de France.
Armstrong had many hit records including "Stardust", "What a Wonderful World".
He sang the blues and played the trumpet and the cornet.
Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. Louis Armstrong House Museum, where Louis lived for thirty years in Queens, NYC, is a National Historic Landmark open to the public. Many people… well not that many but, a few have argued that this is not.