Leopold Stokowski

Actor

Born: April 18, 1882 (95 years old)

Died: September 13, 1977

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (6)

• One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937, ★ 6.4)
• Fantasia (1940, ★ 7.3)
• The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955, ★ 7.3)
• Carnegie Hall (1947, ★ 5.8)
• The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936, ★ 6.2)
• Fantasia 2000 (2000, ★ 7)