Name Dick Cathcart Role Television actor | ||
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Died November 8, 1993, Woodland Hills, California, United States Spouse Peggy Lennon (m. 1964–1993) People also search for Peggy Lennon, Isabelle Emily Lennon, William Lennon, Bob Felts | ||
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Charles Richard Cathcart (November 6, 1924 – November 8, 1993) was an American Dixieland trumpet player who was best known as a member of The Lawrence Welk Show in which he appeared from 1962 to 1968.
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Cathcart was born in Michigan City, Indiana. He was a trumpeter for the U.S. Army Air Force Band and a member of big bands led by Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack, and Ray Noble.
After World War II, he moved to Los Angeles. His friend Jack Webb was playing the part of trumpeter Pete Kelly in the movie Pete Kelly's Blues and told Cathcart he should supply the music. The band from the movie stayed together in the 1950s for performances and recordings under the name Pete Kelly's Big Seven. Cathcart also supplied music for the TV show Dragnet, which starred Jack Webb as Joe Friday. He spent much of his career as a musician on The Lawrence Welk Show. On the Welk show, he met Peggy Lennon, a singer with the Lennon Sisters, and the two married.
Filmography
Music Department
1983
The Star Chamber (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
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Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV Series) (music coordinator - 11 episodes, 1969 - 1970) (musical coordinator - 1 episode, 1969)
- Jimmy Dean, Rich Little, Jo Ann Castle (1970) - (music coordinator)
- Perry Como, John Hartford, Charlie Callas (1970) - (music coordinator)
- Jerry Lewis, Jack Jones (1970) - (music coordinator)
- Dinah Shore, Walter Brennan, the Watts Community Choir (1970) - (music coordinator)
- Ed Ames, David Frye, Ferrante & Teicher (1970) - (music coordinator)
- Raymond Burr, Al Martino, Eddie Jackson, Sonny King (1969) - (music coordinator)
- Milton Berle, Jo Ann Castle, John Stewart (1969) - (music coordinator)
- Kate Smith, Rosey Grier, Louis Nye (1969) - (music coordinator)
- Danny Thomas, Jimmie Rodgers (1969) - (music coordinator)
- Buddy Ebsen, Martha Raye, Bobby Goldsboro (1969) - (musical coordinator)
- Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Joey Bishop, O.C. Smith (1969) - (music coordinator)
- Jack Benny, Jimmy Dean, Noel Harrison (1969) - (music coordinator)
1949
The Sun Comes Up (musician: trumpet - uncredited)
Actor
1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie as
Soldier (uncredited)
1959
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1956
Battle Stations as
Eddie (uncredited)
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues as
Trumpet Player (Pet Kelly and Big Seven)
1954
Dragnet as
Roy Cleaver
Composer
1959
Pete Kelly's Blues (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Poor Butterfly Story (1959)
Soundtrack
1967
The Lawrence Welk Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Music! Music! Music! (1967) - (performer: "There Will Never Be Another You" - uncredited)
1959
Pete Kelly's Blues (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Poor Butterfly Story (1959) - (performer: "I'm Goin' South")
1956
General Electric Theater (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Judy Garland Musical Special (1956) - (performer: "Come Rain or Come Shine" - uncredited)
Thanks
2007
Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures (TV Movie documentary) (special thanks)
Self
1958
The Lawrence Welk Show (TV Series) as
Self / Self - trumpeter / Self - trombonist / ...
- Christmas (1968) - Self
- County Fair (1968) - Self
- Sounds of Summer (1968) - Self
- Illinois Show (1968) - Self - trombonist
- Father's Day Show (1968) - Self
- California Tribute (1968) - Self
- Armed Forces Show (1968) - Self
- Mother's Day Show (1968) - Self
- Wunnerful Hit Songs (1968) - Self
- Mardi Gras (1968) - Self
- Island Show (1968) - Self
- Show Business - guests: Sandi Griffiths & Sally Flynn (1968) - Self
- New Year's Eve Show - guest: Tanya Falan (1967) - Self
- Christmas Show (1967) - Self
- Winter (1967) - Self
- Fun in Wintertime (1967) - Self
- From Polkas to Classics (1967) - Self - trumpet
- Thanksgiving - guest: Andra Willis (1967) - Self
- Crazy Rhythms (1967) - Self
- Together, Wherever We Go - guest: Harry Middlebrooks (1967) - Self
- County Fair (1967) (1967) - Self
- Vacation Songs - Guest: Lynn Anderson (1967) - Self
- Lawrence Welk Show (1967) - Self
- Indiana (1967) - Self
- Salute to Spring (1967) - Self
- Time - Guest: Charley Pride (1967) - Self
- Springtime (1967) - Self
- Academy Award Winners (1967) - Self
- Friends & Family - Guest Star: Lil' Wally (1967) - Self
- A Salute to the Big Band Era (1967) - Self
- Songs of the South (1967) - Self
- Music! Music! Music! (1967) - Self
- Guest Star: Connie Smith (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- That Certain Party (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Summer Sounds (1966) - Self
- Vacation and Travel (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Summer (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- June Night (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Memorial Day (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Great Movie Melodies (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Salute to Kathy Lennon - Guest: Mike Dash (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Songs of Vienna (1966) - Self - trumpeter
- Musical Family Favorites (1965) - Self
- Traveling (1965) - Self
- 500th Show (1965) - Self
- Guest: Jimmy Wakley (1964) - Self - trumpeter
- Strike Up the Band (1964) - Self
- Southtown USA - Guest: Mills Brothers (1964) - Self - trumpeter
- The French Show (1964) - Self
- Academy Award Winners (1963) - Self
- Music, Music, Music (1958) - Self
1956
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Self - Member: The Trio
- Judy Garland Musical Special (1956) - Self - Member: The Trio
1954
The Betty White Show (TV Series) as
Self
1953
The Alvino Rey - King Sisters Show (TV Series) as
Self - trumpet player
Archive Footage
2007
Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
References
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