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Overview
Mini Biography:
Best known for his songs for "Bye Bye Birdie", but also a prolific composer... moreTrivia:
Won Broadway's Tony Award twice: in 1961, his lyrics as part of a Best... moreAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Roundabout's 'Bye Bye Birdie' Will Call Newly Completed Henry Miller Theatre 'Home' (From BroadwayWorld.com. 3 May 2009, 11:22 PM, PDT)
Stamos, Gershon, Irwin and Houdyshell Lead Roundabout's 'Bye Bye Birdie'
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 April 2009, 1:29 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Music Department:
- Bye Bye Birdie (1995) (TV) (lyrics)
- "All in the Family" (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days") (111 episodes, 1971-1976)
- Mike's Move (1976) TV episode (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
- Archie Finds a Friend (1976) TV episode (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
- Archie the Babysitter (1976) TV episode (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
- New Year's Wedding (1976) TV episode (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
- Birth of the Baby: Part 2 (1975) TV episode (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
(106 more)
Soundtrack:
- Charlie Bartlett (2007) (writer: "Those were the days")
- Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006) (V) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face")
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
- Beyond the Sea (2004) (writer: "Once Upon a Time" (1962))
... aka Beyond the Sea - Musik war sein Leben (Germany) - Secondhand Lions (2003) (writer: "A Lot of Livin' To Do")
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face")
... aka 13 Conversations (USA: short title) - The Anniversary Party (2001) (writer: "A Lot Of Livin' To Do")
- 61* (2001) (TV) (writer: "Put On A Happy Face")
... aka 61 (USA) - Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
- "Great Performances" (1 episode, 2001)
- My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001) TV episode (lyrics: "Rosie") - Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000) (TV) (writer: "Bye Bye Birdie", "A Lot of Livin' To Do", "Honestly Sincere")
- "The West Wing" (1 episode, 2000)
- Six Meetings Before Lunch (2000) TV episode (writer: "Put on a Happy Face") - Hanging Up (2000) (lyrics: "Once Upon A Time")
... aka Aufgelegt! (Germany) - Edtv (1999) (writer: "A Lot Of Livin' To Do")
... aka Ed TV (USA: poster title) - "Over the Top" (1 episode)
- Pilot (????) TV episode (writer: "Put on a Happy Face") - "The Simpsons" (2 episodes, 1991-1997)
- Lisa's Sax (1997) TV episode (writer: "Those Were the Days")
- When Flanders Failed (1991) TV episode (lyrics: "Put On A Happy Face") - Fathers' Day (1997) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
- Bye Bye Birdie (1995) (TV) (lyrics: "Main Title (Bye Bye Birdie)", "An English Teacher", "The Telephone Hour", "How Lovely to Be a Woman", "Put On a Happy Face", "A Healthy, Normal American Boy", "One Boy", "Let's Settle Down", "Honestly Sincere", "Hymn for a Sunday Evening (Ed Sullivan)", "One Last Kiss", "What Did I Ever See in Him?", "A Lot of Livin' to Do", "Kids", "Spanish Rose", "Talk to Me", "A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore", "A Giant Step", "Rosie")
- Life with Mikey (1993) (lyrics: "KIDS")
... aka Give Me a Break - Year of the Comet (1992) ("ALOT OF LIVIN' TO DO")
- 29th Street (1991) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
- "The Golden Girls" (1 episode, 1991)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) TV episode (writer: "Put on a Happy Face") - Jungle Fever (1991) (lyrics: "Once Upon a Time")
- Happy Together (1989/I) (writer: "Put On a Happy Face")
- Off Beat (1986) ("Put On a Happy Face")
- "Police Squad!" (2 episodes, 1982)
- Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982) TV episode (lyrics: "A Lot of Living to Do")
- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) TV episode (writer: "Put On a Happy Face" (uncredited)) - Portrait of a Showgirl (1982) (TV) (lyrics: "Applause")
- "Archie Bunker's Place" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "When Things Were Rotten" (1975) TV series (unknown episodes)
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (1975) (TV) (lyrics: "We Need Him", "It's Superman", "(It's a) Swell Country", "Revenge", "The Woman for the Man", "You've Got Possibilities", "You've Got What I Need", "What I've Always Wanted", "Ooh, Do You Love You!", "The Strongest Man in the World", "I'm Not Finished Yet", "Pow! Bam! Zonk!")
... aka Superman the Musical (Australia) - Applause (1973) (TV) (lyrics: "Backstage Babble", "But Alive", "The Best Night of My Life", "Who's That Girl?", "Applause", "Hurry Back", "Fasten Your Seat Belts", "Welcome to the Theatre", "One of a Kind", "One Hallowe'en", "Something Greater", "Finale")
- "All in the Family" (1971) TV series (unknown episodes)
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) ("There Was A Crooked Man...")
- Bobby Darin in London (1967) (TV) (writer: "Once Upon a Time")
- Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) (TV) (writer: "What's a Nice Kid Like You", "They'll Never Split Us Apart")
... aka Alice in Wonderland (USA: short title) - "The Perry Como Show" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Chesterfield Supper Club"
- Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) TV episode (writer: "Put On a Happy Face") - "Toast of the Town" (2 episodes, 1960-1963)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #16.33 (1963) TV episode (writer: "Bye Bye Birdie")
- Episode #14.6 (1960) TV episode (writer: "We Love You, Conrad!", "Put On a Happy Face", "Spanish Rose") - Bye Bye Birdie (1963) (lyrics: "The Telephone Song", "Put On a Happy Face", "Kids", "Bye Bye Birdie", "How Lovely To Be a Woman", "One Boy", "Honestly Sincere", "Hymn for a Sunday Evening", "One Last Kiss", "A Lot of Living to Do", "Rosie", "The Shriner's Ballet")
- "Concentration" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "The Price Is Right" (1956) TV series (unknown episodes)
Actor:
- The Prodigal (1983) .... Ollie
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) (uncredited) .... Construction worker
... aka Donovan's Army
Self:
- The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989) (TV) .... Himself
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