Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 851-853. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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1998Little Voice
(music: "Come Fly With Me" 1958 / as James Van Heusen)
1998The Rat Pack
(TV movie)
(writer: "High Hopes", "Ain't That A Kick in the Head", "Come Fly With Me", "Ee-o-Eleven", "All the Way" / as James Van Heusen)
1998Out of Sight
(writer: "Ain't That a Kick In the Head")
1998Sour Grapes
(writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" / as James Van Heusen)
1998Jerry and Tom
(writer: "Call Me Irresponsible" / as James Van Heusen)
1974Journey Back to Oz
(writer: "A Faraway Land", "Signpost Song", "Keep A Happy Thought", "The Horse On The Carousel", "B-R-A-N-E", "An Elephant Never Forgets", "You Have Only You", "If You're Gonna Be A Witch - Be A Witch", "H-E-A-R-T", "N-E-R-V-E", "Return To The Land Of Oz March", "That Feeling For Home")
1967Thoroughly Modern Millie
(music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie", "The Tapioca" / as James Van Heusen)
1967Jack and the Beanstalk
(TV movie)
(music: "Half Past April, and a Quarter to May", "A Tiny Bit of Faith", "One Starry Moment", "It's Been Nice", "The Woggle-Bird Song", "Stiffen Up That Upper Lip", "One Starry Moment" Reprise)
1964The Pleasure Seekers
(music: "The Pleasure Seekers", "Something to Think About", "Everything Makes Music When You're in Love", "Next Time" / as James Van Heusen)
1964Robin and the 7 Hoods
(music: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited, "Mr. Booze" - uncredited, "All for One and One for All" - uncredited, "Don't be a Do-Badder" - uncredited, "Any Man Who Loves His Mother" - uncredited, "Style" - uncredited, "Bang! Bang!" - uncredited / as James Van Heusen)
1964Honeymoon Hotel
(music: "Honeymoon Hotel", "I've Been Had", "Love Is Oh So Easy", "You're It" / as James Van Heusen)
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Episode dated 20 January 1960
(1960)
(music: "My Heart Is a Hobo" - uncredited, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - uncredited, "You Don't Have to Know the Language" - uncredited)
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Academy Award Songs
(1960)
(music: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited, "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1959A Hole in the Head
(writer: "All My Tomorrows" 1959, "High Hopes" 1959 / as James Van Heusen)
1959Journey to the Center of the Earth
(music: "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" / as James Van Heusen / "The Faithful Heart", "Twice as Tall" / as James Van Heusen)
1959Holiday for Lovers
(music: "Holiday for Lovers" / as James Van Heusen)
1959Say One for Me
(music: "Say One for Me", "You Can't Love Them All", "The Girl Most Likely to Succeed", "I Couldn't Care Less", "Cha Cha Choo Choo", "The Night Rock and Roll Died", "He's Starting to Get to Me", "The Secret of Christmas" / as James Van Heusen)
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Episode #1.8
(1957)
(music: "All the Way" - uncredited)
1957The Edsel Show
(TV special)
(music: "All the Way" - uncredited, "Love and Marriage" - uncredited, " We're Off on the Road to Morocco" - uncredited, "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited, "Sunday, Monday or Always" - uncredited)
1957The Joker Is Wild
(music: "All the Way", "Swingin' on a Star" - uncredited)
1950Riding High
(music: "We've Got a Sure Thing" 1950 - uncredited, "Someplace on Anywhere Road" 1950 - uncredited, "Sunshine Cake" 1950 - uncredited, "The Horse Told Me" 1950 - uncredited)
1950Mr. Music
(music: "Accidents Will Happen", "And You'll Be Home", "Life Is So Peculiar")
1949Top o' the Morning
(music: "TOP O' THE MORNING", "YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE")
1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(music: "IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE ON THE MOON", "WHEN IS SOMETIME?", "ONCE AND FOR ALWAYS", "BUSY DOING NOTHING" / as James Van Heusen)
1949Souls of Sin
(writer: "DO YOU WANNA JUMP, CHILDREN?")
1947Welcome Stranger
(music: "SMILE RIGHT BACK AT THE SUN", "COUNTRY STYLE", "MY HEART IS A HOBO", "AS LONG AS I'M DREAMING", "SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAINE")
1947Stallion Road
(music: "Deep in a Dream" - uncredited)
1947Nora Prentiss
(music: "Deep in a Dream" - uncredited)
1946Road to Utopia
(music: "Put It There, Pal" 1946, "It's Anybody's Spring" 1946, "Sunday, Monday or Always" 1943, "Good Time Charlie" 1946, "Personality" 1946, "Welcome to My Dream" 1946, "Would You?" 1946)
1946Cross My Heart
(music: "THAT LITTLE DREAM GOT NOWHERE", "HOW DO YOU DO IT", "LOVE IS THE DARNDEST THING", "It Hasn't Been Chilly in Chile", "Does Baby Feel Alright?")
1946London Town
(music: "You Can't Keep a Good Dreamer Down", "The 'Ampstead Way", "Any Way the Wind Blows", "So Would I", "My Heart Goes Crazy", "If Spring were only here to stay")
1944Take It Big
(writer: "Sunday, Monday and Always")
1944And the Angels Sing
(writer: "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU", "HIS ROCKING HORSE RAN AWAY", "BLUEBIRDS IN MY BELFRY", "FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS", "KNOCKING ON YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR", "MY HEART'S WRAPPED UP IN GINGHAM", "WHEN STANISLAUS GOT MARRIED", "HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?")
1944Lady in the Dark
(music: "Suddenly It's Spring" / as James Van Heusen)
1943Dixie
(music: "SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS", "SHE'S FROM MISSOURI", "MISS JEMIMA WALKS BY", "IF YOU PLEASE", "KINDA PECULIAR BROWN", "A HORSE THAT KNOWS HIS WAY BACK HOME")
1942Road to Morocco
(writer: " We're Off on the Road to Morocco" 1942, "Ain't Got a Dime to My Name Ho Hum" 1942, "Constantly" 1942, "Moonlight Becomes You" 1942, "Aladdin's Daughter" 1942)
1942My Favorite Spy
(music: "Just Plain Lonesome" 1942, "Got the Moon in My Pocket" 1942 / as James Van Heusen)
1942Casablanca
(music: "Heaven Can Wait" - uncredited)
1942Foney Fables
(short)
(music: "Heaven Can Wait" - uncredited)
1941Playmates
(music: "How Long Did I Dream" 1941, "Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes" 1941, "Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones" 1941, "Humpty Dumpty Heart" 1941, "Que Chica" 1941 / as James Van Husen)
1941Toy Trouble
(short)
(music: "All This and Heaven Too")
1941Road to Zanzibar
(writer: "YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU", "AFRICAN ETUDE", "YOU'RE DANGEROUS", "IT'S ALWAYS YOU", "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" / music: "ROAD TO ZANZIBAR")
1941Porky's Bear Facts
(short)
(music: "Heaven Can Wait" - uncredited, "All This and Heaven Too" - uncredited)
1941Goofy Groceries
(short)
(music: "All This and Heaven Too" - uncredited)
1940Love Thy Neighbor
(music: "Isn't That Just Like Love", "Do You Know Why", "Dearest, Darest I")
1940The Sour Puss
(short)
(music: "All This and Heaven Too" - uncredited)
1996The Sensible Thing
(TV short)
(composer: song "Polka Dots and Moonbeams")
Married with Children
(TV series)
(composer: theme music - 88 episodes, 1987-1993)
(theme song: words and music - 3 episodes, 1988)
(music supervisor - 1 episode, 1989)
(theme music: words and music - 1 episode, 1988)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(documentary)
(acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by - as James Van Heusen)
Nellie Bly (1946). Musical. Music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Material by Joseph Quillan. Lyrics by Johnny Burke. Musical Director: Charles Drury. Choreography by Edward Caton and Lee Sherman. Directed by Edgar MacGregor. Adelphi Theatre: 21 Jan 1946- 2 Feb 1946 (16 performances). Cast: Walter Armin (as "Pulitzer"...
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