George Orendorff

born: 18 March 1906
Atlanta, Georgia,
United States of America
died: 28 June 1984
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(age 78)

Black American jazz trumpeter who once performed with Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders. He also performed with Les Hite (with Louis Armstrong) and Ceele Burke.
Real name: George Robert Orendorff
Height: 5'8½"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

2


1926
Mama Behave
Jazz musician

1929
Leaping Love
Jazz musician/trumpet

Acknowledgements:
https://www.fold3.com/document/628505222/ (WWII draft reg. card)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPXF-83D (CA Death Index; gives birth date as 12 Mar)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB76-KZR (Social Security Death Index)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/george-orendorff-mn0001733133/biography (AllMusic)
https://syncopatedtimes.com/george-orendorff-louis-and-the-lucky-break/ (The Syncopated Times)
Jesse Brisson (bio notes, research and information)

This page was last updated on: 04 November 2022