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Won 2 Oscars
5 wins & 17 nominations total
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Known for
Sunset Boulevard
8.4
Music Department
(uncredited)
1950
Rebecca
8.1
Music Department
(uncredited)
1940
Suspicion
7.3
Composer
1941
Bride of Frankenstein
7.8
Composer
1935
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Music Department
185
Composer
177
Actor
2
Soundtrack
76
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Music Department
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185
Frankulstein
Short
composer: music cues
2014
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
7.3
TV Movie
composer: "Peyton Place" theme
1985
Das Symbrosius Prinzip
Short
Music Department
1982
Murder in Peyton Place
6.6
TV Movie
composer: main theme music
1977
Return to Peyton Place
7.9
TV Series
theme music composer
1972–1974
424 episodes
Peyton Place
7.3
TV Series
composer: "Peyton Place" theme music
1964–1969
514 episodes
Gunsmoke
8.1
TV Series
music conducted by
1966
1 episode
The Twilight Zone
9.1
TV Series
composer: stock music
conductor
1959–1964
3 episodes
Arrest and Trial
7.7
TV Series
conductor
1963
1 episode
PT 109
6.6
composer: stock music
(uncredited)
1963
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
6.3
conductor
1962
Merrill's Marauders
6.6
composer: stock music
(uncredited)
1962
Return to Peyton Place
5.9
musical director
(uncredited)
1961
Cimarron
6.4
conductor
(uncredited)
1960
Beloved Infidel
6.0
conductor
(uncredited)
1959
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177
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
7.2
Composer
2024
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
6.6
Video
Composer
2001
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
7.5
Video
Composer
2001
To Die in Paris
6.2
TV Movie
Composer
1968
The Longest Hundred Miles
7.0
TV Movie
Composer
(music)
1967
The Virginian
7.6
TV Series
Composer
1966
1 episode
Lost Command
6.3
Composer
1966
Gunsmoke
8.1
TV Series
Composer
(music composed by)
1966
3 episodes
Kraft Suspense Theatre
7.7
TV Series
Composer
1964–1965
4 episodes
The Twentieth Century
8.1
TV Series
Composer
1964
3 episodes
Arrest and Trial
7.7
TV Series
Composer
1963
3 episodes
The Fugitive
8.1
TV Series
Composer
1963–1967
Taras Bulba
6.3
Composer
1962
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
6.3
Composer
1962
My Geisha
6.5
Composer
1962
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2
Love in the Afternoon
7.1
Minor Role
(uncredited)
1957
Murder for Sale
6.5
Schwarzer Musiker
(uncredited)
1930
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Franz Wachsmann
Born
December 24
,
1906
Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
Died
February 24
,
1967
Los Angeles, California, USA
(cancer)
Spouses
Alice Apfel
June 23, 1934 - ?
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Waxman was responsible for all or part of 144 scores.
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