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Filmography
1956 Love Me Tender Clint Reno First movie role. The only film in which Presley's character dies on-screen; also the only movie in which he did not get top billing. He was billed third, after Richard Egan and Debra Paget.
1957 Loving You Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers) The first Elvis' film in color. Presley's parents were cast as audience members. After his mother's death in 1958, Elvis never watched this movie again. Comedian Jay Leno said that he decided to become an entertainer after seeing this movie at the theater.
1957 Jailhouse Rock Vince Everett Co-star Judy Tyler was killed in a car wreck on July 4, 1957, three days after filming ended. Presley refused to watch the movie because of this[1] Composer Mike Stoller appears in the movie as the band pianist.
1958 King Creole Danny Fisher Presley has said in interviews that "King Creole" was his favorite film role. This was also the last Elvis movie filmed in black and white. The director was Michael Curtiz, who won the Academy Award in 1943 for Best Director for Casablanca. The movie was loosely based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins.
1960 G.I. Blues Tulsa McLean The 32nd Armored was Presley's regiment when he was in the army and in this movie. The soundtrack album was no. 1 on Billboard and spent over two years (111 weeks) on the Billboard charts!
1960 Flaming Star Pacer Burton Andy Warhol's famous diptych of Presley as a cowboy came from a shot in this movie.
1961 Wild in the Country Glenn Tyler Millie Perkins broke her arm when she had to slap Presley's character during filming. The screenplay was by Clifford Odets.
1961 Blue Hawaii Chad Gates The soundtrack album for this movie was Presley's most successful chart album. It spent twenty consecutive weeks on the #1 spot of the Billboard Top LP's chart in 1961-1962. Golden Globe and Tony Award winning Murder, She Wrote actress Angela Lansbury co-starred as Elvis' mother but in reality she was only 10 years older than him.
1962 Follow That Dream Toby Kwimper Shot in Citrus County, Florida and Levy County, Florida. The main intersection of Highway 19 in Inglis, Florida is named Follow That Dream Parkway. Tom Petty met Elvis Presley during the shooting of the film. Bruce Springsteen has performed the title song in concert.
Kid Galahad Walter Gulick/Dustin Holmes/Kid Galahad The remake of a 1937 film, Presley was trained for the fight scenes by the professional boxing coach Mushy Callahan. Gig Young and Charles Bronson co-starred.
1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! Ross Carpenter The only one of his feature films to be nominated for a Golden Globe.
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair Mike Edwards Uncredited movie debut of Kurt Russell; he runs on screen and kicks Elvis in the shin. Gary Lockwood, who later starred in 2001: A Space Odyssey, co-starred.
1963 Fun in Acapulco Mike Windgren Teri Garr makes her uncredited movie debut as an extra in this film. She also appeared as an uncredited extra in several more Presley movies. The Beatles saw the movie at a Miami drive-in during their first U.S. tour in 1964. James Bond girl Ursula Andress co-starred.
1964 Kissin' Cousins Josh Morgan / Jodie Tatum Elvis' first dual role. Presley loathed the "strawberry blond" wig he had to wear as the hillbilly cousin in this film[3], in part because it made him look as he had before deciding to dye his hair black in 1957. Jack Albertson co-starred.
1964 Viva Las Vegas Lucky Jackson Elvis had an off-screen romance with his film co-star, Ann-Margret. This was Presley's most successful film at the box office, returning more than $5 million to MGM on an investment of less than $1 million.
1964 Roustabout Charlie Rogers Raquel Welch and Barbara Stanwyck were co-stars. Presley did his own stunts in this film. He received a head wound after insisting on doing a fight scene himself.
1965 Girl Happy Rusty Wells Shelley Fabares and Jackie Coogan were co-stars.
1965 Tickle Me Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid This is the only movie for which Presley did not record a new soundtrack. All the songs had been recorded between 1960 and 1963 and had already been released. The screenplay was by Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds, who had written The Three Stooges short movie features.
1965 Harum Scarum Johnny Tyronne The only film Elvis was paid a million dollars to act in, although part of this was paid in installments. The alternate title was Harem Holiday. Mary Ann Mobley and Michael Ansara co-starred.
1966 Frankie and Johnny Donna Douglas of The Beverly Hillbillies and Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H were the co-stars.
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Rick Richards At age ten, this was Donna Butterworth's last picture. James Shigeta co-starred.
1966 Spinout Mike McCoy President Lyndon B. Johnson visited the set and met Presley. Shelley Fabares co-starred.
1967 Easy Come, Easy Go Lt. (j.g.) Ted Jackson The ship featured in the first part of the movie is the USS Gallant, an ocean-going minesweeper. The movie also featured Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester, and Pat Harrington, Jr., who later played Schneider in the 1970s TV series One Day at a Time.
1967 Double Trouble Guy Lambert Only movie Annette Day ever made. Norman Rossington, who was in The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964), co-starred.
1967 Clambake Scott Heyward / 'Tom Wilson' The red sports car in this film is a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Racer. Bill Bixby and Shelley Fabares co-starred.
1968 Stay Away, Joe Joe Lightcloud Burgess Meredith was a co-star in the movie.
1968 Speedway Steve Grayson The film co-starred Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby.
1968 Live a Little, Love a Little Greg Nolan Albert, the Great Dane in the movie, was played by Presley's own dog, Brutus. Presley's father is a model for one of the photo-shoots in the film. The movie featured the song "A Little Less Conversation".
1969 Charro! Jess Wade Only film in which he was not filmed singing. This is the only movie in which Presley wears a beard. Gunsmoke and Rawhide producer Charles Marquis Warren was the director and screenwriter.
1969 The Trouble with Girls Walter Hale Only Presley release that was part of a double bill, with The Green Slime (1968). Vincent Price and Dabney Coleman was a co-star.
1969 Change of Habit Dr. John Carpenter Only film where Presley is in a church. His last feature film role. Mary Tyler Moore and Edward Asner co-starred.
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is As himself Concert film; shot during Presley's third season in Las Vegas.
1972 Elvis On Tour As himself Concert film; 1973 Golden Globe winner for Best Documentary film (it tied with Walls of Fire ( 1971 ).
2002 New Gladiators A Karate documentary filmed in 1973-74; the idea for the film and the financing came from Elvis Presley. "Elvis Presley's and Ed Parker's pet Karate project - finally found, restored and released!" The story behind this film is as fascinating as the actual film itself. by Don Warrener
In 1974 the producer George Waite had an idea to make a film on martial arts in which Elvis Presley would play a leading role and introduce the real martial arts to the world. His role was to be narrator and demonstrator. When Waite presented his idea to his Kenpo Karate instructor Ed Parker, who was also Elvis' karate instructor, within minutes he found himself sitting at Elvis' dining room table. "The KING" had on his karate uniform and a bath robe. Parker had called Elvis and set up the meeting right on the spot!
Elvis who liked the idea in theory was leaving within minutes for Las Vegas to do one of his shows, so he said he would think about it and get back to him. Well the next morning Waite was awakened by Elvis' phone call and before he knew it Elvis had sent his airplane back from Las Vegas to pick up Waite and his wife to come to the show that night in Las Vegas.
When they arrived they were met by Limo and whisked off to the Hilton for the show. When Waite got to his seat he looked to his right and there sat Charlton Heston and on his left was Sean Connery. Waite was blown away when Elvis introduced him to the audience as the producer of his next movie "The New Gladiators."
After the show everyone met in Elvis' suite for a party, Waite was asked by Elvis to do a demonstration for his friends. Waite complied and after the demo Elvis pulled Waite off to the side, handed him a $50,000 check and said go down stairs cash this and get started tomorrow morning. "I love the idea and I want this to be my Gift to the World of Martial Arts."
The next day he began putting together a team of the best karate fighters in America to take on the world.
Bob Hammer (the director) and George Waite (the producer) worked on the project for the next three years until Elvis' death in 1977 when Waite went into depression over the passing of Elvis and the film then sat in a garage for the next 25 years until......
....in 2001 he was approached by Rising Sun Productions who wanted to finish the project and give it a new life!
Twenty Five Years Later
Twenty Five years to the day Elvis passed away this movie was released, August 17th 2002, the way "The KING" wanted it! No chop suey kung fu flick but real karate ka doing real karate.
His Gift to the World of Martial Arts is now complete!
When Waite was approached by Rising Sun Production he was first hesitant but then said OK lets go get it and you guys can finish it.
When they went to Waite's house they expected it to be locked up in a safe spot but they found it in a garage in the back of a 1963 GMC pick-up truck! www.thenewgladiators.com/
Elvis Presley Studio albums
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Elvis' Christmas Album
Elvis Is Back!
His Hand in Mine
Something for Everybody
Pot Luck
How Great Thou Art
From Elvis in Memphis
From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
Love Letters from Elvis
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas
Elvis Now · He Touched Me · Elvis (1973)
Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake · Good Times
Promised Land
Today · From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
Moody Blue
Live albums
On Stage ·
Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden
Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite
Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
Elvis in Concert
Soundtrack albums
Loving You
King Creole
G.I. Blues
Blue Hawaii
Girls! Girls! Girls!
It Happened at the World's Fair
Fun in Acapulco
Kissin' Cousins
Roustabout Soundtrack
Girl Happy
Harum Scarum
Frankie and Johnny
Paradise Hawaiian Style
Spinout
Double Trouble
Clambake · Speedway
NBC-TV Special
That's the Way It Is
Compilation albums
Elvis' Golden Records
For LP Fans Only
A Date with Elvis
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
Elvis for Everyone
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
The Sun Sessions · Welcome to My World
ELV1S
2nd to None
The Essential Elvis Presley
Documentaries
The Pied Piper of Cleveland
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Elvis on Tour
This Is Elvis
TV specials
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis
Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special
Aloha from Hawaii
Elvis In Concert
Stage shows based on Elvis
Cooking with Elvis
All Shook Up
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis The Musical
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Elvis_Presley_films
1956 Love Me Tender Clint Reno First movie role. The only film in which Presley's character dies on-screen; also the only movie in which he did not get top billing. He was billed third, after Richard Egan and Debra Paget.
1957 Loving You Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers) The first Elvis' film in color. Presley's parents were cast as audience members. After his mother's death in 1958, Elvis never watched this movie again. Comedian Jay Leno said that he decided to become an entertainer after seeing this movie at the theater.
1957 Jailhouse Rock Vince Everett Co-star Judy Tyler was killed in a car wreck on July 4, 1957, three days after filming ended. Presley refused to watch the movie because of this[1] Composer Mike Stoller appears in the movie as the band pianist.
1958 King Creole Danny Fisher Presley has said in interviews that "King Creole" was his favorite film role. This was also the last Elvis movie filmed in black and white. The director was Michael Curtiz, who won the Academy Award in 1943 for Best Director for Casablanca. The movie was loosely based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins.
1960 G.I. Blues Tulsa McLean The 32nd Armored was Presley's regiment when he was in the army and in this movie. The soundtrack album was no. 1 on Billboard and spent over two years (111 weeks) on the Billboard charts!
1960 Flaming Star Pacer Burton Andy Warhol's famous diptych of Presley as a cowboy came from a shot in this movie.
1961 Wild in the Country Glenn Tyler Millie Perkins broke her arm when she had to slap Presley's character during filming. The screenplay was by Clifford Odets.
1961 Blue Hawaii Chad Gates The soundtrack album for this movie was Presley's most successful chart album. It spent twenty consecutive weeks on the #1 spot of the Billboard Top LP's chart in 1961-1962. Golden Globe and Tony Award winning Murder, She Wrote actress Angela Lansbury co-starred as Elvis' mother but in reality she was only 10 years older than him.
1962 Follow That Dream Toby Kwimper Shot in Citrus County, Florida and Levy County, Florida. The main intersection of Highway 19 in Inglis, Florida is named Follow That Dream Parkway. Tom Petty met Elvis Presley during the shooting of the film. Bruce Springsteen has performed the title song in concert.
Kid Galahad Walter Gulick/Dustin Holmes/Kid Galahad The remake of a 1937 film, Presley was trained for the fight scenes by the professional boxing coach Mushy Callahan. Gig Young and Charles Bronson co-starred.
1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! Ross Carpenter The only one of his feature films to be nominated for a Golden Globe.
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair Mike Edwards Uncredited movie debut of Kurt Russell; he runs on screen and kicks Elvis in the shin. Gary Lockwood, who later starred in 2001: A Space Odyssey, co-starred.
1963 Fun in Acapulco Mike Windgren Teri Garr makes her uncredited movie debut as an extra in this film. She also appeared as an uncredited extra in several more Presley movies. The Beatles saw the movie at a Miami drive-in during their first U.S. tour in 1964. James Bond girl Ursula Andress co-starred.
1964 Kissin' Cousins Josh Morgan / Jodie Tatum Elvis' first dual role. Presley loathed the "strawberry blond" wig he had to wear as the hillbilly cousin in this film[3], in part because it made him look as he had before deciding to dye his hair black in 1957. Jack Albertson co-starred.
1964 Viva Las Vegas Lucky Jackson Elvis had an off-screen romance with his film co-star, Ann-Margret. This was Presley's most successful film at the box office, returning more than $5 million to MGM on an investment of less than $1 million.
1964 Roustabout Charlie Rogers Raquel Welch and Barbara Stanwyck were co-stars. Presley did his own stunts in this film. He received a head wound after insisting on doing a fight scene himself.
1965 Girl Happy Rusty Wells Shelley Fabares and Jackie Coogan were co-stars.
1965 Tickle Me Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid This is the only movie for which Presley did not record a new soundtrack. All the songs had been recorded between 1960 and 1963 and had already been released. The screenplay was by Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds, who had written The Three Stooges short movie features.
1965 Harum Scarum Johnny Tyronne The only film Elvis was paid a million dollars to act in, although part of this was paid in installments. The alternate title was Harem Holiday. Mary Ann Mobley and Michael Ansara co-starred.
1966 Frankie and Johnny Donna Douglas of The Beverly Hillbillies and Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H were the co-stars.
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Rick Richards At age ten, this was Donna Butterworth's last picture. James Shigeta co-starred.
1966 Spinout Mike McCoy President Lyndon B. Johnson visited the set and met Presley. Shelley Fabares co-starred.
1967 Easy Come, Easy Go Lt. (j.g.) Ted Jackson The ship featured in the first part of the movie is the USS Gallant, an ocean-going minesweeper. The movie also featured Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester, and Pat Harrington, Jr., who later played Schneider in the 1970s TV series One Day at a Time.
1967 Double Trouble Guy Lambert Only movie Annette Day ever made. Norman Rossington, who was in The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964), co-starred.
1967 Clambake Scott Heyward / 'Tom Wilson' The red sports car in this film is a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Racer. Bill Bixby and Shelley Fabares co-starred.
1968 Stay Away, Joe Joe Lightcloud Burgess Meredith was a co-star in the movie.
1968 Speedway Steve Grayson The film co-starred Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby.
1968 Live a Little, Love a Little Greg Nolan Albert, the Great Dane in the movie, was played by Presley's own dog, Brutus. Presley's father is a model for one of the photo-shoots in the film. The movie featured the song "A Little Less Conversation".
1969 Charro! Jess Wade Only film in which he was not filmed singing. This is the only movie in which Presley wears a beard. Gunsmoke and Rawhide producer Charles Marquis Warren was the director and screenwriter.
1969 The Trouble with Girls Walter Hale Only Presley release that was part of a double bill, with The Green Slime (1968). Vincent Price and Dabney Coleman was a co-star.
1969 Change of Habit Dr. John Carpenter Only film where Presley is in a church. His last feature film role. Mary Tyler Moore and Edward Asner co-starred.
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is As himself Concert film; shot during Presley's third season in Las Vegas.
1972 Elvis On Tour As himself Concert film; 1973 Golden Globe winner for Best Documentary film (it tied with Walls of Fire ( 1971 ).
2002 New Gladiators A Karate documentary filmed in 1973-74; the idea for the film and the financing came from Elvis Presley. "Elvis Presley's and Ed Parker's pet Karate project - finally found, restored and released!" The story behind this film is as fascinating as the actual film itself. by Don Warrener
In 1974 the producer George Waite had an idea to make a film on martial arts in which Elvis Presley would play a leading role and introduce the real martial arts to the world. His role was to be narrator and demonstrator. When Waite presented his idea to his Kenpo Karate instructor Ed Parker, who was also Elvis' karate instructor, within minutes he found himself sitting at Elvis' dining room table. "The KING" had on his karate uniform and a bath robe. Parker had called Elvis and set up the meeting right on the spot!
Elvis who liked the idea in theory was leaving within minutes for Las Vegas to do one of his shows, so he said he would think about it and get back to him. Well the next morning Waite was awakened by Elvis' phone call and before he knew it Elvis had sent his airplane back from Las Vegas to pick up Waite and his wife to come to the show that night in Las Vegas.
When they arrived they were met by Limo and whisked off to the Hilton for the show. When Waite got to his seat he looked to his right and there sat Charlton Heston and on his left was Sean Connery. Waite was blown away when Elvis introduced him to the audience as the producer of his next movie "The New Gladiators."
After the show everyone met in Elvis' suite for a party, Waite was asked by Elvis to do a demonstration for his friends. Waite complied and after the demo Elvis pulled Waite off to the side, handed him a $50,000 check and said go down stairs cash this and get started tomorrow morning. "I love the idea and I want this to be my Gift to the World of Martial Arts."
The next day he began putting together a team of the best karate fighters in America to take on the world.
Bob Hammer (the director) and George Waite (the producer) worked on the project for the next three years until Elvis' death in 1977 when Waite went into depression over the passing of Elvis and the film then sat in a garage for the next 25 years until......
....in 2001 he was approached by Rising Sun Productions who wanted to finish the project and give it a new life!
Twenty Five Years Later
Twenty Five years to the day Elvis passed away this movie was released, August 17th 2002, the way "The KING" wanted it! No chop suey kung fu flick but real karate ka doing real karate.
His Gift to the World of Martial Arts is now complete!
When Waite was approached by Rising Sun Production he was first hesitant but then said OK lets go get it and you guys can finish it.
When they went to Waite's house they expected it to be locked up in a safe spot but they found it in a garage in the back of a 1963 GMC pick-up truck! www.thenewgladiators.com/
Elvis Presley Studio albums
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Elvis' Christmas Album
Elvis Is Back!
His Hand in Mine
Something for Everybody
Pot Luck
How Great Thou Art
From Elvis in Memphis
From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
Love Letters from Elvis
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas
Elvis Now · He Touched Me · Elvis (1973)
Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake · Good Times
Promised Land
Today · From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
Moody Blue
Live albums
On Stage ·
Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden
Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite
Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
Elvis in Concert
Soundtrack albums
Loving You
King Creole
G.I. Blues
Blue Hawaii
Girls! Girls! Girls!
It Happened at the World's Fair
Fun in Acapulco
Kissin' Cousins
Roustabout Soundtrack
Girl Happy
Harum Scarum
Frankie and Johnny
Paradise Hawaiian Style
Spinout
Double Trouble
Clambake · Speedway
NBC-TV Special
That's the Way It Is
Compilation albums
Elvis' Golden Records
For LP Fans Only
A Date with Elvis
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
Elvis for Everyone
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
The Sun Sessions · Welcome to My World
ELV1S
2nd to None
The Essential Elvis Presley
Documentaries
The Pied Piper of Cleveland
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Elvis on Tour
This Is Elvis
TV specials
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis
Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special
Aloha from Hawaii
Elvis In Concert
Stage shows based on Elvis
Cooking with Elvis
All Shook Up
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis The Musical
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Elvis_Presley_films