TMI (Today’s Movie Info)
ELVIS PRESLEY made 31 movies, from Love Me Tender (1956) through Change of Habit (1969)
He also has 349 soundtrack credits
His co-stars included actresses such as: Angela Lansbury, Ann-Margret, Barbara Eden (Jeannie in “I Dream of Jeannie”), Barbara Stanwyck, Carolyn Jones (Morticia in “The Addams Family”), Delores del Rio, Donna Douglas (Elly May in “The Beverly Hillbillies”), Hope Lange, Joan Blondell, Mary Tyler Moore, Maureen Reagan (daughter of Ronald), Nancy Sinatra, Shelley Fabares (Christine on “Coach”), Sue Ane Langdon, Tuesday Weld, Ursula Andress
And actors such as: Bill Bixby, Burgess Meredith, Charles Bronson, Dabney Coleman, Dick Sargent, Ed Asner, Gig Young, Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, John Carradine, Leif Erikson, Rudy Vallee, Vincent Price, Walter Matthau
He starred in films directed by Michael Curtiz (known for Casablanca) and Don Siegel (known for Dirty Harry) , and had NINE of his films directed by Norman Taurog. Taurog became the youngest to win a Best Director Oscar at age 32 for Skippy (1931). His final Elvis film Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) was also his final film as a director.
Elvis’ long-time manager, Col. Tom Parker, made him turn down the role in A Star is Born (1976), when the producers refused to give him equal billing with Barbra Streisand. Kris Kristofferson took the role instead. Elvis died a year after the movie was released.
