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William Axt (1888–1959)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

Composer and conductor, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, and in private music study in Berlin. He was the assistant conductor at the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company in New York, and conducted for Emma Trentini between 1914-1918. He was musical director at the Capitol Theatre in New York, and later headed the music department at MGM. He joined ASCAP in 1924. See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Ukiah, California, USA

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1940 Untamed (uncredited)
 
1940 What's Your IQ? (documentary short)
 
1939 Miracles for Sale (uncredited)
 
1939 Tell No Tales (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1939 The Kid from Texas (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1939 Sergeant Madden (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1939 Within the Law (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1939 Heroes at Leisure (documentary short)
 
1939 Stand Up and Fight (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 The Girl Downstairs (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Spring Madness (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Listen, Darling (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Fast Company (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Woman Against Woman (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Yellow Jack (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Modeling for Money (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1938 La Savate (short) (uncredited)
 
1938 The First Hundred Years (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (uncredited)
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Friend Indeed (short) (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (uncredited)
 
1937 Ski Skill (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Big City (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 London by Night (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Between Two Women (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Parnell (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Song of the City (uncredited)
 
1937 Espionage (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Under Cover of Night (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Mad Holiday (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (uncredited)
 
1936 Libeled Lady (musical score by / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Old Hutch (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 All American Chump (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Suzy (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 We Went to College (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 The Three Wise Guys (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 The Unguarded Hour (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 A Miniature: The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond' (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Petticoat Fever (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Three Godfathers (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 The Garden Murder Case (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Tough Guy (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Three Live Ghosts (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Old Shep (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Last of the Pagans (uncredited)
 
1935 Whipsaw (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 The Perfect Gentleman (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 Rendezvous (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 Trained Hoofs (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1935 It's in the Air (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 O'shaughnessy's Boy (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 The Perfect Tribute (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Pursuit (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 Woman Wanted (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 The Murder Man (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 Windy (short) (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1935 Crime Does Not Pay Series No. 1 Entitled 'Buried Loot' (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 David Copperfield (uncredited)
 
1935 Pitcairn Island Today (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Primitive Pitcairn (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Forsaking All Others (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 A Wicked Woman (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Dartmouth Days (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Death on the Diamond (uncredited)
 
1934 Taking Care of Baby (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Hide-Out (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Straight Is the Way (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Paris Interlude (uncredited)
 
1934 Stamboul Quest (uncredited)
 
1934 Operator 13 (uncredited)
 
1934 The Thin Man (musical score by / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Hollywood Party (uncredited)
 
1934 Flying Hunters (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Sadie McKee (uncredited)
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama (uncredited)
 
1934 Men in White (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Lazy River (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Vital Victuals (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Goofy Movies Number Two (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 The Mystery of Mr. X (uncredited)
 
1934 This Side of Heaven (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 You Can't Buy Everything (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers (uncredited)
 
1933 Should Ladies Behave (uncredited)
 
1933 Bombshell (uncredited)
 
1933 Penthouse (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Beauty for Sale (uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (uncredited)
 
1933 Dinner at Eight (musical score by / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Midnight Mary (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 When Ladies Meet (uncredited)
 
1933 The Nuisance (uncredited)
 
1933 Reunion in Vienna (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Looking Forward (uncredited)
 
1933 Hell Below (uncredited)
 
1933 Gabriel Over the White House (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Clear All Wires! (uncredited)
 
1933 Whisperin' Bill (short) (uncredited)
 
1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Whistling in the Dark (uncredited)
 
1932 Prosperity (uncredited)
 
1932 Payment Deferred (uncredited)
 
1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu (uncredited)
 
1932 Microscopic Mysteries (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies (musical score by / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1932 The Washington Masquerade (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1932 As You Desire Me (uncredited)
 
1932 Are You Listening? (uncredited)
 
1932 The Wet Parade (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1932 Polly of the Circus (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1932 Sea Spiders (documentary short) (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1931 Mata Hari (uncredited)
 
1931 Private Lives (uncredited)
 
1931 Wild and Woolly (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise> (uncredited)
 
1931 Inspiration (uncredited)
 
1930 A Lady's Morals (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1930 Madam Satan (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1930 Doughboys (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1930 Romance (uncredited)
 
1930 Call of the Flesh (uncredited)
 
1930 The Unholy Three (uncredited)
 
1930 The Rogue Song (uncredited)
 
1930 Redemption (uncredited)
 
1930 Free and Easy (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1930 The Ship from Shanghai (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1930 The Woman Racket (uncredited)
 
1930 Anna Christie (uncredited)
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows (uncredited)
 
1930 The Bishop Murder Case (uncredited)
 
1929 Devil-May-Care (uncredited)
 
1929 Their Own Desire (uncredited)
 
1929 Navy Blues (uncredited)
 
1929 It's a Great Life (uncredited)
 
1929 Untamed (uncredited)
 
1929 The Kiss (uncredited)
 
1929 The Mysterious Island (uncredited)
 
1929 The Unholy Night (uncredited)
 
1929 Speedway (uncredited)
 
1929 Our Modern Maidens
 
1929/I Marianne (uncredited)
 
1929 Madame X (uncredited)
 
1929 The Single Standard (as Dr. William Axt)
 
1929 Wonder of Women (uncredited)
 
1929 Thunder
 
1929 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (uncredited)
 
1929 Where East Is East (uncredited)
 
1929 The Pagan (uncredited)
 
1929/I Tide of Empire (uncredited)
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out (uncredited)
 
1929 Desert Nights (uncredited)
 
1929 Wild Orchids (uncredited)
 
1929 Bellamy Trial (uncredited)
 
1929 The Flying Fleet
 
1928 A Woman of Affairs (uncredited)
 
1928 A Lady of Chance (uncredited)
 
1928 West of Zanzibar (uncredited)
 
1928 The Wind (uncredited)
 
1928 The Masks of the Devil (uncredited)
 
1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine (uncredited)
 
1928 The Viking (uncredited)
 
1928 While the City Sleeps
 
1928 Excess Baggage (uncredited)
 
1928 Our Dancing Daughters (uncredited)
 
1928 The Mysterious Lady (foreign version - uncredited)
 
1928 White Shadows in the South Seas (uncredited)
 
1928 The Cossacks (1930 - uncredited)
 
1928 The Man Who Laughs (uncredited)
 
1928 The Trail of '98 (uncredited)
 
1927 Love (uncredited)
 
1927 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (uncredited)
 
1927 The Garden of Allah
 
1927 Annie Laurie (uncredited)
 
1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide (uncredited)
 
1926 The Fire Brigade
 
1926/I Camille
 
1926 Faust (USA, 1926 - uncredited)
 
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent (uncredited)
 
1926 The Scarlet Letter (uncredited)
 
1926 Don Juan (uncredited)
 
1926 La bohème (uncredited)
 
1926 Mare Nostrum (uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (uncredited)
 
1925 The Big Parade (uncredited)
 
1924 Greed (uncredited)
 
1924 He Who Gets Slapped (uncredited)
 
1924 The Navigator (uncredited)
 
1924 The Sea Hawk (uncredited)
 
1923 Richard the Lion-Hearted (uncredited)
 
1923 Scaramouche (uncredited)
 
1922 The Prisoner of Zenda (uncredited)
 
1920 The Mark of Zorro (uncredited)
 
1919 Madame DuBarry (1920 - uncredited)
 
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1953 Code Two (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Whistling in Brooklyn (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Madame Curie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Little Nellie Kelly (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1939 Balalaika (composer: additional music - uncredited, conductor)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Henry Goes Arizona (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Fast and Furious (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Fast and Loose (musical director - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1938 Pygmalion (composer: additional music (US release - uncredited)
 
1938 The Chaser (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Story of Doctor Carver (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1938 Judge Hardy's Children (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Arsène Lupin Returns (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Of Human Hearts (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (musical director - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (musical director - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Black Aces (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Bank Alarm (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Bar-Rac's Night Out (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1937 Dangerous Number (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Wanted -- A Master (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1936 Revolt of the Zombies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1935 Age of Indiscretion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Vagabond Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Times Square Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Memories and Melodies (short) (synchronized score)
 
1935 The Winning Ticket (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 The Band Plays On (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Student Tour (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Outcast Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Adventure Girl (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Paris Interlude (musical syncronization - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Murder in the Private Car (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Operator 13 (musical synchronization - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Sadie McKee (musical synchronization - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1934 Riptide (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1933 Sons of the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 The Women in His Life (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Eskimo (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1933 Day of Reckoning (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Plane Nuts (short) (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1933 Menu (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (musical arranger - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Another Language (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1933 Made on Broadway (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1933 Fast Workers (composer: end title music - uncredited)
 
1933 Today We Live (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Rasputin and the Empress (music adaptor: celebration music - uncredited)
 
1932 Faithless (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Smilin' Through (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Speak Easily (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Letty Lynton (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Grand Hotel (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1931 Possessed (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Flying High (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1931 Guilty Hands (musical director - uncredited)
 
1931 Sporting Blood (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 A Free Soul (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Spuk um Mitternacht (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Trader Horn (composer: end title music - uncredited)
 
1931 The Great Meadow (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1931 Love-Tails of Morocco (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1930 New Moon (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1930 Billy the Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Moby Dick (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 The Big House (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Bear Shooters (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Below Zero (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front (composer: stock music - silent version - uncredited)
 
1930 When the Wind Blows (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Radiomanía (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 The Big Dog House (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1930 Who Killed Rover? (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1929 Dynamite (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hoose-Gow (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1929 The Kiss (musical synchronization - as Dr. William Axt)
 
1929 The General (short) (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1929 The Thirteenth Chair (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1929 They Go Boom! (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1929 Speedway (score synchronization)
 
1929 Men O'War (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1929 Berth Marks (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1929 Spite Marriage (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1928 We Faw Down (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1928 The Terror (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1927 The King of Kings (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1926 Don Juan (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1925 The Merry Widow (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation (music arranger: 1921 revival (New York - uncredited)
 
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1998 Shadrach ("The Fire Brigade")
 
1953 Little Johnny Jet (short) (music: "Flying Fleet")
 
1952 Little Runaway (short) (music: "Flying Fleet March" - uncredited)
 
1951 Daredevil Droopy (short) (music: "Flying Fleet March")
 
1950 The Chump Champ (short) (music: "Flying Fleet March")
 
1941 Tarzan's Secret Treasure (music: "My Tender One" - uncredited)
 
1939 Tarzan Finds a Son! (music: "My Tender One" - uncredited)
 
1937 London by Night (music: "Hi Bill" 1937 / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1937 Song of the City (music: "Tonight Will Never Come Again" / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (music: "My Tender One" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Lady in Black (short) (music: "If Love Were All" - uncredited)
 
1935 After Office Hours (music: "Our Love Together" - uncredited)
 
1934 A Visit to the South Seas (documentary short) (music: "Flower of Love" - uncredited)
 
1934 Tarzan and His Mate (music: "My Tender One" - uncredited)
 
1934 Lazy River (music: "Fifi From Fontenoy", "Cajun Love Song" / as Dr. William Axt / lyrics: "Fifi From Fontenoy", "Cajun Love Song" / as Dr. William Axt)
 
1933 Dinner at Eight (music: "I Loved You Then As I Love You Now" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak (music: "Two Lips Like Cherries")
 
1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche (music: "If Love Were All")
 
1930 Ver e Amar! (arranger: "Ben-Hur" foxtrot)
 
1929 The Flying Fleet (music: "You're the Only One for Me" 1929)
 
1929 The Kiss (music: "Love's First Kiss" - uncredited)
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out (music: "Just You" - uncredited)
 
1928 A Woman of Affairs (music: "Love's First Kiss" 1928)
 
1928 Show People (music: "Cross Roads" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1928 The Masks of the Devil (writer: "Live and Love")
 
1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine (writer: "Love Dreams")
 
1928 Our Dancing Daughters (music: "I Loved You Then As I Love You Now" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1928 White Shadows in the South Seas (music: "Flower of Love")
 
1928 The Trail of '98 (writer: "I Found Gold When I Found You" - uncredited)
 
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1934 Manhattan Melodrama (synchronization - as Dr. William Axt)
 
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(24 Nov 1919-3 Apr 1920) Broadway - "Aphrodite" (1919). Musical Director: William Axt. Directed by Lyall Swete. Century Theatre; 148 performances. See more »

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