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Leith Stevens (1909–1970)

Music Department | Composer | Soundtrack

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Was a co-founder of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America and served as its president for eight years. See more trivia »

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in Mount Moriah, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1971 Mannix (TV series) (music supervisor - 1 episode)
– Round Trip to Nowhere (1971) (music supervisor)
 
1970 Weekend of Terror (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1970 The Odd Couple (TV series) (music supervisor - 4 episodes)
– It's All Over Now, Baby Bird (1970) (music supervisor)
– Oscar's Ulcer (1970) (music supervisor)
– The Fight of the Felix (1970) (music supervisor)
– The Laundry Orgy (1970) (music supervisor)
 
1970 Mission: Impossible (TV series) (music supervisor - 3 episodes)
– The Rebel (1970) (music supervisor)
– Butterfly (1970) (music supervisor)
– Homecoming (1970) (music supervisor)
 
1969-1970 The Brady Bunch (TV series) (music supervisor - 26 episodes)
– Going, Going... Steady (1970) (music supervisor)
– The Dropout (1970) (music supervisor)
– Lost Locket, Found Locket (1970) (music supervisor)
– The Grass Is Always Greener (1970) (music supervisor)
– To Move or Not to Move (1970) (music supervisor)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Love, American Style (TV series) (music supervisor - 3 episodes)
– Love and the Hypnotist/Love and the Psychiatrist (1970) (music supervisor)
– Love and the Joker/Love and the Letter/Love and the Living Doll/Love and the Unlikely Couple (1969) (music supervisor)
– Love and a Couple of Couples/Love and the Hustler/Love and the Pill (1969) (music supervisor)
 
1969 The Immortal (TV series) (music supervisor - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1969) (music supervisor)
 
1967 Custer (TV series) (composer: theme music - 17 episodes)
– The Raiders (1967) (composer: theme music)
– The Gauntlet (1967) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Spirit Woman (1967) (composer: theme music)
– Dangerous Prey (1967) (composer: theme music)
– Blazing Arrows (1967) (composer: theme music)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1966-1967 Lost in Space (TV series) (composer: stock music - 2 episodes)
– Flight Into the Future (1967) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– The Prisoners of Space (1966) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series) (music - 1 episode)
– Tanner (1967) (music)
 
1966 The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1966 Women of the Prehistoric Planet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1965 Promise Her Anything (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1965 Mutiny in Outer Space (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1965 The Human Duplicators (composer: stock music)
 
1963 A New Kind of Love (arranger, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1960-1962 Gunsmoke (TV series) (conductor - 3 episodes)
– The Search (1962) (conductor)
– The Do-Badder (1962) (conductor)
– The Badge/I (1960) (conductor)
 
1961 The Phantom Planet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1961 Hercules and the Captive Women (composer: stock music US version - uncredited)
 
1961 On the Double (conductor)
 
1960 Hell to Eternity (conductor)
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– Time Enough at Last (1959) (conductor)
 
1959 But Not for Me (conductor)
 
1959 The Five Pennies (conductor)
 
1959 The Trap (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Night of the Ghouls (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Good Day for a Hanging (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 The Tunnel of Love (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series) (music supervisor - 1 episode)
– Love Comes to Olive (1958) (music supervisor)
 
1958 The Case Against Brooklyn (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954-1958 Climax! (TV series) (composer: theme music - 166 episodes)
– Cabin B-13 (1958) (composer: theme music)
– House of Doubt (1958) (composer: theme music)
– Volcano Seat, the #2 (1958) (composer: theme music)
– Spider Web (1958) (composer: theme music)
– The Push-Button Giant (1958) (composer: theme music)
See all 166 episodes »
 
1958 Screaming Mimi (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 The Lineup (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 Return to Warbow (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 Eighteen and Anxious (musical director)
 
1957 Ride Out for Revenge (musical director)
 
1957 The Careless Years (conductor)
 
1957 No Time to Be Young (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 The Night the World Exploded (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 20 Million Miles to Earth (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 The Garment Jungle (conductor)
 
1957 Lizzie (musical director - uncredited)
 
1957 Crusader Rabbit (TV series) (composer: stock music - 13 episodes)
– Apes of Rath (1957) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– Caeser's Salad (1957) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– Gullibles Travels (1957) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– Nothing Atoll (1957) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– Sahara You (1957) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1956 Rumble on the Docks (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Miami Expose (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 The Werewolf (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Secret of Treasure Mountain (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 World Without End (conductor)
 
1956 The Houston Story (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Inside Detroit (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Teen-Age Crime Wave (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Mad at the World (conductor)
 
1955 Cell 2455 Death Row (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 The Bob Mathias Story (conductor)
 
1954 Private Hell 36 (conductor)
 
1953 The Bigamist (musical director)
 
1953 The All American (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Lone Hand (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Angel Face (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Desperate Search (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Lost in Alaska (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Francis Goes to West Point (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Just Across the Street (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Storm Over Tibet (musical director)
 
1952 Bronco Buster (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Here Come the Nelsons (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Cave of Outlaws (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Cattle Drive (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Fat Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Air Cadet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Under the Gun (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series) (musical director - 4 episodes)
– Gracie's Checking Account (1950) (musical director - credits only)
– Harry Morton's Private Secretary (1950) (musical director)
– The Property Tax Assessor (1950) (musical director)
– The Kleebob Card Game (1950) (musical director)
 
1950 The Sun Sets at Dawn (musical director)
 
1950 Winchester '73 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 I Was a Shoplifter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Outside the Wall (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Abandoned (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Mexican Hayride (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 All My Sons (conductor - uncredited)
 
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1947 Night Song (musical director)
 
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Syncopation (musical director)
 
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2005 The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (video documentary short) (from "War of the Worlds")
 
1990 Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story
 
1971 Assault on the Wayne (TV movie)
 
1969 The Silent Gun (TV movie)
 
1969 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
 
1969 The Immortal (TV series)
 
1968-1969 Land of the Giants (TV series)
– The Chase (1969)
– Rescue (1969)
– Night of Thrombeldinbar (1969)
– Manhunt (1968)
– Underground (1968)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1968 Lancer (TV series)
– Glory (1968)
– The Last Train for Charlie Poe (1968)
– The Lawman (1968)
– Chase a Wild Horse (1968)
 
1968 The Legend of Custer
 
1965-1968 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
– Man-Beast (1968)
– Terrible Leprechaun (1968)
– Blow Up (1967)
– A Time to Die (1967)
– Death from the Past (1967)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1965-1968 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– Then Who Will They Hang from the Yardarm If Willy Gets Away? (1968)
– Tanner (1967)
– Run a Crooked Mile (1966)
– Goliath (1966)
– Gabriel (1966)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967 Custer (TV series)
– Suspicion (1967)
– Massacre (1967)
– To the Death (1967)
– Sabers in the Sun (1967)
 
1967 Chuka
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
– Reign of Terror (1966)
– Revenge of the Gods (1966)
 
1966 Lost in Space (TV series)
– Blast Off Into Space (1966)
 
1966 Smoky
 
1966 The Night of the Grizzly
 
1966 The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)
– Day of Thunder (1966)
 
1965-1966 Burke's Law (TV series)
– Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 2 (1966)
– Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 1 (1966)
– A Very Important Russian Is Missing (1965)
– A Little Gift for Cairo (1965)
– Or No Tomorrow (1965)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1964-1965 Mr. Novak (TV series)
– Where Is There to Go, Billie, But Up? (1965) (music score)
– Love Among the Grown-Ups (1964) (music score)
– Moonlighting (1964) (music score)
– The Death of a Teacher (1964)
 
1963 A New Kind of Love
 
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
– Elegy (1962)
– The Cooker in the Sky (1962)
 
1962 Empire (TV series)
 
1960-1962 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– The Search (1962)
– The Do-Badder (1962)
– The Badge/I (1960)
– Where'd They Go (1960)
– Big Tom (1960)
 
1962 The Interns
 
1960-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– Dream Girl (1962)
– The Poker Fiend (1960)
– The Lady on the Wall (1960)
 
1961-1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– Price of Tomatoes (1962)
– Ricochet (1961)
 
1962 A.P.O. 923 (TV movie)
 
1961 Man-Trap
 
1961 On the Double (music scored by)
 
1960-1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
– It Takes a Heap o' Dyin' (1961)
– No Shroud for Shayne (1961)
– The Trouble with Ernie (1961)
– Date with Death (1961)
– The Boat Caper (1961)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1960-1961 Dante (TV series)
– Around a Dark Corner (1961)
– Sesame Key (1961)
– Friendly Assassin (1961)
– Hunter with a Badge (1961)
– Dante in the Dark (1961)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1960 Hell to Eternity
 
1960 Rawhide (TV series)
– Incident of the Dancing Death (1960)
 
1959 The Gene Krupa Story
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Time Enough at Last (1959)
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
– The High Cost of Justice (1959)
 
1959 But Not for Me
 
1959 The Five Pennies (music scored by)
 
1958 The Gun Runners
 
1958 Bullwhip
 
1958 Violent Road
 
1958 Seven Guns to Mesa
 
1957 The Green-Eyed Blonde
 
1957 Eighteen and Anxious
 
1957 Ride Out for Revenge
 
1957 The Careless Years
 
1957 The James Dean Story (documentary)
 
1957 The Garment Jungle
 
1957 Lizzie
 
1956 Julie
 
1955-1956 Cheyenne (TV series)
– The Last Train West (1956)
– Star in the Dust (1956)
– The Travelers (1956)
– The Outlander (1955)
 
1956 Great Day in the Morning
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour
 
1956 World Without End
 
1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa
 
1955 Mad at the World
 
1955 Crashout
 
1954 The Bob Mathias Story
 
1954 Private Hell 36
 
1953 The Wild One
 
1953 The Bigamist
 
1953 Crazylegs
 
1953 The War of the Worlds
 
1953 Scared Stiff
 
1953 The Hitch-Hiker
 
1953 The Glass Wall
 
1952 Eight Iron Men
 
1952 Beware, My Lovely
 
1952 Storm Over Tibet
 
1952 The Atomic City
 
1952 Navajo (documentary)
 
1951 When Worlds Collide
 
1951 No Questions Asked
 
1950 The Sun Sets at Dawn
 
1950 Destination Moon
 
1950 The Great Rupert
 
1949 Never Fear
 
1949 Not Wanted
 
1948 Larceny
 
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
 
1948 All My Sons
 
1948 Black Bart (uncredited)
 
1947 Night Song (musical score)
 
1942 Syncopation (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (10 titles)
1980 Cry Wolf (short) (music: "Excerpts" - uncredited)
 
1966 Smoky (writer: "SMOKY")
 
1959 The Five Pennies (music: "Just the Blues" 1959 - uncredited)
 
1957 The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (writer: "Julie")
 
1956 Julie (music: "Julie")
 
1953 Crazylegs (music: "The Rams Fight Song")
 
1950 Armored Car Robbery (music: "Blues No.11" - uncredited)
 
1947 Night Song (music: "PIANO CONCERTO IN C MINOR")
 
1942 Syncopation (writer: "Going to Chicago" / music: "Under a Falling Star", "American Rhapsodie")
 
1939 On the Air (short) (performer: "The Swing Session Is Called to Order" uncreditd, "It Had to Be You" - uncredited, "They Say" - uncredited, "Tea for Two" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1942 Syncopation
Ted Browning (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1939 On the Air (short)
Himself - Bandleader (as Leith Stevens and The Saturday Night Swing Club)
 
1938 Saturday Night Swing Club (short)
Himself
 

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Composed the music for hundreds of radio episodes from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. His work appeared on the series, "Saturday Night Swing Club", "Columbia Workshop", "No Help Wanted", "Men Against Death", "American School for the Air", "Arch Oboler's Plays"... See more »

Alternate Names:

Leith Stevens and The Saturday Night Swing Club
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Trivia:

Was a co-founder of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America and served as its president for eight years. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo