Benny Carter

Benny Carter was born on Aug 08, 1907 in USA. Benny Carter's big-screen debut came with Wintertime directed by John Brahm in 1943. Benny Carter is known for The Guns of Navarone directed by J. Lee Thompson, Gregory Peck stars as Capt. Keith Mallory and David Niven as Cpl. John Anthony Miller. Benny Carter has got 5 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Benny Carter achieved is The Kennedy Center Honors. The upcoming new movie Benny Carter plays is The Cosmic Eye which will be released on Jun 06, 1986.

Saxophonist, songwriter ("Because of You", "Hot Toddy", "Cow Cow Boogie"), conductor, arranger and composer, educated at Wilberforce University in theology. He was a saxophonist in Horace Henderson's Wilberforce Collegians, then played in the orchestras of Fletcher Henderson and Chick Webb. He went to Paris in 1935, and joined the Willie Lewis Orchestra, then became the staff arranger for the BBC in England. Returning to the USA, he formed his own orchestras in New York and Hollywood, and began writing for films. Joining ASCAP in 1942, his other popular-song compositions include "Dream Lullaby", "Blues in My Heart", "Shoot the Works", "Everybody Shuffle", "Take My Word", "Blue Interlude", "When Lights Are Low", "Night Falls", "Devil's Holiday", "Deep South Mood", "Harlem Mood", "Manhattan Mood" "and "Poor Fool".