Elvis presley movies biography grades

Filmography

"Elvis films" redirects here. For films about Elvis, see Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley was an American entertainer and Laurel Award winning actor who achieved great initial success as a singer and stage performer.

He publicly expressed an early career goal of following in the footsteps of his role models James Dean and Marlon Brando to become a top dramatic actor.^[1] His manager Colonel Tom Parker's persistent lobbying of William Morris Agency president Abe Lastfogel for a Presley screen test paid off on March 26, 1956, when the singer auditioned at Paramount for a supporting role in The Rainmaker.^[2] Although not chosen for the part, he signed a contract with Paramount producer Hal Wallis on April 25