Leopold Stokowski

Biography

Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was an English conductor of Jewish-Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading and influential conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed.

Known For

Fantasia

as Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

One Hundred Men and a Girl

as Leopold Stokowski

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Carnegie Hall

as Leopold Stokowski

The Story of the Animated Drawing

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Broadcast of 1937

as Leopold Stokowski

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Clair de Lune

as Himself

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

as Self

Tricks of Our Trade