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Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

Composer, conductor, arranger and music director. Trained Cologne, Berlin and London (at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama). From the age of seventeen, earned a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, among others, Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orchestra... See full bio »

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in London, England, UK

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(age 67) in London, England, UK
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1995 Classic Widows (TV documentary)
 
1970 Mystery and Imagination (TV series)
– The Suicide Club (1970)
 
1965-1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
– The Magicians: Edmund Gurney and the Brighton Mesmerist (1967)
– The Magicians: The Incantation of Casanova (1967)
– The Magicians: Dr. Dee, Kelly and the Spirits (1967)
– The Siege of Manchester (1965)
 
1965 Battle of the Bulge
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana
 
1964 Espionage (TV series)
– A Free Agent (1964)
– Some Other Kind of World (1964)
– The Liberators (1964)
– Once a Spy... (1964)
– Snow on Mount Kama (1964)
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1963 The Old Dark House
 
1962 Guns of Darkness
 
1961 The Curse of the Werewolf
 
1960 Surprise Package
 
1960 Season of Passion
 
1959 Libel
 
1958 I Only Arsked!
 
1958 Orders to Kill
 
1958 Happy Is the Bride
 
1957 The World Our Stage (TV movie) (special music)
 
1957 Brothers in Law
 
1956 The Iron Petticoat
 
1956 Tears for Simon
 
1955 Storm Over the Nile
 
1955 Simon and Laura
 
1955 Footsteps in the Fog
 
1955 A Kid for Two Farthings
 
1955 The Prisoner
 
1955 The End of the Affair
 
1955 Up to His Neck
 
1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads
 
1954 Aunt Clara
 
1954 Mad About Men
 
1954 Chance Meeting
 
1954 Malaga
 
1954 The Final Test
 
1954 The Love Lottery
 
1953 Always a Bride
 
1953 Project M7
 
1952 The Paris Express
 
1952 The Importance of Being Earnest
 
1952 Mr. Denning Drives North
 
1951 Island Rescue
 
1951 The Man in the White Suit
 
1951 Hotel Sahara
 
1951 The Long Dark Hall
 
1950 The Clouded Yellow
 
1950 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– Adventure Story (1950)
 
1950 Moving House (short)
 
1950 So Long at the Fair
 
1950 Night and the City (British version)
 
1950 Double Confession
 
1949 Give Us This Day
 
1949 The Amazing Mr. Beecham
 
1949 The Gay Lady
 
1948 Lost Daughter
 
1948 Sleeping Car to Trieste
 
1948 Dulcimer Street
 
1948 Daybreak
 
1948 Bond Street
 
1947 Night Beat
 
1947 Mine Own Executioner
 
1947 Dancing with Crime
 
1947 Dear Murderer (as Ben Frankel)
 
1946 A Girl in a Million
 
1946 The Years Between (as Ben Frankel)
 
1945 The Seventh Veil (as Ben Frankel)
 
1945 This Was Japan (documentary short)
 
1945 Flight from Folly
 
1944 The Great Circle (documentary short)
 
1944 Bon Voyage (short)
 
1944 Aventure malgache (short)
 
1943 They Met in the Dark (as Ben Frankel)
 
1936 Love in Exile
 
1935 No Monkey Business (uncredited)
 
1934 Radio Parade of 1935
 
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1965 Battle of the Bulge (conductor)
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana (conductor)
 
1964 Espionage (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– The Frantick Rebel (1964) (conductor)
 
1963 The Old Dark House (conductor)
 
1962 Guns of Darkness (conductor)
 
1961 The Curse of the Werewolf (conductor)
 
1960 Season of Passion (conductor)
 
1959 Libel (conductor)
 
1958 I Only Arsked! (conductor)
 
1958 Orders to Kill (conductor)
 
1958 Happy Is the Bride (conductor)
 
1957 Brothers in Law (conductor)
 
1956 The Iron Petticoat (musical director)
 
1956 Charley Moon (musical director - uncredited)
 
1956 On Such a Night (short) (musical director)
 
1956 Tears for Simon (conductor - uncredited, musical director)
 
1955 Storm Over the Nile (conductor)
 
1955 Simon and Laura (conductor)
 
1955 Footsteps in the Fog (conductor)
 
1955 A Kid for Two Farthings (conductor)
 
1955 The Prisoner (conductor)
 
1955 The End of the Affair (conductor)
 
1955 Up to His Neck (conductor)
 
1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads (conductor)
 
1954 Mad About Men (conductor)
 
1954 Chance Meeting (conductor)
 
1954 The Final Test (conductor)
 
1953 Always a Bride (conductor)
 
1952 The Paris Express (conductor)
 
1952 The Importance of Being Earnest (conductor)
 
1952 Mr. Denning Drives North (conductor)
 
1951 Island Rescue (conductor)
 
1951 Hotel Sahara (conductor)
 
1951 The Long Dark Hall (conductor)
 
1950 The Clouded Yellow (conductor, musical director - uncredited)
 
1950 So Long at the Fair (musical director)
 
1950 Double Confession (conductor)
 
1949 Give Us This Day (conductor)
 
1945 I'll Be Your Sweetheart (orchestrator)
 
1944 While Nero Fiddled (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1941 He Found a Star (musical director - as Ben Frankel)
 
1938 The Singing Cop (musical director)
 
1936 Love in Exile (musical director)
 
1936 Public Nuisance No. 1 (musical director)
 
1935 No Monkey Business (musical director - as Ben Frankel)
 
1935 Music Hath Charms (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1934 Radio Parade of 1935 (conductor)
 
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1958 I Only Arsked! (music: "Boots Song" - uncredited)
 
1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads (music: "Madame, Madame" / as Ben Bernard / lyrics: "Madame, Madame" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1954 Mad About Men (writer: "I Can't Resist Men" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1954 The Love Lottery (music: "IT MAY BE YOU" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1953 Always a Bride (music: "I Love You Toujours" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1951 Hotel Sahara (music: "Say Goodbye Soldier Boy", "I Love A Man" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1950 So Long at the Fair (writer: "Carriage and Pair" - uncredited)
 
1948 Dulcimer Street (music: " Little Girl In Blue" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1947 Night Beat (music: "I'm Not In Love", "When You Smile" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1947 Dancing with Crime (music: "BOW BELLS" / as Ben Bernard)
 
1943 They Met in the Dark (music: "TODDLE ALONG")
 
1934 Radio Parade of 1935 (writer: "I'm Not What I Used to Be")
 

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(August 1946) He orchestrated Macrae and Sherwin's musical, "Under the Counter," at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Cyril Raymond, Florence Desmond, and Thorley Walters in the cast. See more »

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