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

6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

TV Series1962

7.3

Fantasia

Movie1940

6.4

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Movie1937

5.8

Carnegie Hall

Movie1947

Tricks of Our Trade

Movie1957

6.5

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Movie2017

9.0

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Movie1993

6.2

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Movie1936

Filmography