Charles Richard Cathcart (November 6, 1924 – November 8, 1993)[1] was an American Dixieland trumpet player who was best known as a member of The Lawrence Welk Show[2] in which he appeared from 1962 to 1968.
Dick Cathcart | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 6, 1924 Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1993 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Jazz, dixieland, big band, easy listening |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet, cornet |
Cathcart was born in Michigan City, Indiana, United States.[3] He was a trumpeter for the U.S. Army Air Force Band and a member of big bands led by Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack, and Ray Noble.[4]
After World War II, he moved to Los Angeles. His friend Jack Webb was playing the part of trumpeter Pete Kelly in the movie Pete Kelly's Blues and told Cathcart he should supply the music.[3] The band from the movie stayed together in the 1950s for performances and recordings under the name Pete Kelly's Big Seven.[4] Cathcart also supplied music for the TV show Dragnet, which starred Jack Webb as Joe Friday.[3] He spent much of his career as a musician on The Lawrence Welk Show.[3] On the Welk show, he met Peggy Lennon, a singer with the Lennon Sisters, and the two married.[5]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Dragnet | Roy Cleaver | |
| 1955 | Pete Kelly's Blues | Trumpet Player / Webb's Cornet Double | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | Eddie | Uncredited |
| 1959 | -30- | ||
| 1961 | The Last Time I Saw Archie | Soldier | Uncredited, (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ "Dick Cathcart". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Dick Cathcart Biography & Marriage To Peggy Lennon". Welkshow.org.
- ^ a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 442. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Dick Cathcart | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Dick Cathcart Is Dead; Welk's Trumpeter, 69". The New York Times. 12 November 1993. Retrieved 14 November 2016.