Sonny Terry

Known for: Acting

Born: 1911-10-24 – 1986-03-11 (aged 74)

From: Mineola, New York, U.S.

Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Filmography (14)

MOVIE★ 10.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Red, White and Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.8
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
as Self
MOVIE
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
MOVIE
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
MOVIE
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Color Purple
1985
as Jook Joint Musician
MOVIE★ 6.5
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Jerk
1979
as Blues Singer
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Blues Under the Skin
1973
as Self
TV★ 8.1
The Midnight Special
1972
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Festival
1967
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
MOVIE★ 4.5
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
as Self