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Alton Hendrickson(1920-2007)

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  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Alton Hendrickson was born on 10 May 1920 in Eastland, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for A Song Is Born (1948) and The Danny Kaye Show (1963). He was married to Mary Patricia "Patti". He died on 19 July 2007.
BornMay 10, 1920
DiedJuly 19, 2007(87)
BornMay 10, 1920
DiedJuly 19, 2007(87)
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Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Virginia Mayo, and Mel Powell in A Song Is Born (1948)
A Song Is Born
6.9
  • Guitar
  • 1948
Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Danny Kaye Show
7.8
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("Poor Butterfly", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise")

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  • Robert Redford in Brubaker (1980)
    Brubaker
    7.1
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Charlton Heston and Brian Keith in The Mountain Men (1980)
    The Mountain Men
    6.3
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Jackie Earle Haley, and Daniel Stern in Breaking Away (1979)
    Breaking Away
    7.7
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Ravagers (1979)
    Ravagers
    4.6
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • The Driver (1978)
    The Driver
    7.1
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Charles Bronson and Lee Remick in Telefon (1977)
    Telefon
    6.5
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Clint Eastwood in The Enforcer (1976)
    The Enforcer
    6.7
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1976
  • Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, and Augustus von Schumacher in Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
    4.8
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1976
  • George Segal in The Black Bird (1975)
    The Black Bird
    5.3
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Carl Betz and Dina Merrill in The Meal (1975)
    The Meal
    4.2
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Once Is Not Enough (1975)
    Once Is Not Enough
    4.6
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
    The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
    6.4
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)
    The Towering Inferno
    7.0
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)
    The Godfather Part II
    9.0
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • S*P*Y*S (1974)
    S*P*Y*S
    4.5
    • musician: guitar (uncredited)
    • 1974

Actor



  • Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Virginia Mayo, and Mel Powell in A Song Is Born (1948)
    A Song Is Born
    6.9
    • Guitar
    • 1948
  • Fred Astaire in Second Chorus (1940)
    Second Chorus
    5.7
    • Guitar Player (uncredited)
    • 1940

Soundtrack



  • Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
    The Danny Kaye Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • performer: "Poor Butterfly", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"
    • 1965
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)
    Some Like It Hot
    8.2
    • performer: "Runnin' Wild" (1922), "Sugar Blues" (1920), "Some Like It Hot" (1958), "Sugar Blues - Runnin' Wild" (uncredited)
    • 1959

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  • Alternative name
    • Al Hendrickson
  • Born
    • May 10, 1920
    • Eastland, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • July 19, 2007
  • Spouse
    • Mary Patricia "Patti"(his death)

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