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John Addison (I) (1920–1998)

Music Department | Composer | Soundtrack

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British wartime fighter pilot Douglas Bader, the subject of "Reach for the Sky" - scored by Addison - was his brother-in-law. See more trivia »

Born:

John Mervyn Addison
in West Chobham, Surrey, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in Bennington, Vermont, USA
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Murder, She Wrote (TV series) (composer: theme - 180 episodes, 1984-1996) (composer: theme music - 81 episodes, 1984-1995)
– Death by Demographics (1996) (composer: theme)
– Mrs. Parker's Revenge (1996) (composer: theme)
– What You Don't Know Can Kill You (1996) (composer: theme)
– Race to Death (1996) (composer: theme)
– Southern Double-Cross (1996) (composer: theme)
See all 261 episodes »
 
1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– Mr. Boogedy (1986) (conductor)
 
1986 Dead Man's Folly (TV movie) (conductor - uncredited)
 
1985 Thirteen at Dinner (TV movie) (conductor - uncredited)
 
1984 Grace Quigley (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1980 The Pilot (conductor)
 
1978-1979 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series) (composer: theme music - 13 episodes)
– Who Killed Charles Pendragon? (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Murder Plays a Dead Hand (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Dying Declaration (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Two Million Dollar Stowaway (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Breakout to Murder (1978) (composer: theme music)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1978 A Death in Canaan (TV movie) (music arranger)
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far (conductor)
 
1977 Joseph Andrews (conductor)
 
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (conductor)
 
1976 Swashbuckler (conductor)
 
1974 Dead Cert (conductor)
 
1974 Luther (conductor)
 
1972 Sleuth (conductor, music arranger)
 
1971 Cry of the Penguins (conductor)
 
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me (music conductor)
 
1967 Smashing Time (conductor)
 
1967 The Honey Pot (conductor)
 
1966 Torn Curtain (conductor - uncredited)
 
1966 Time Lost and Time Remembered (conductor)
 
1965 The Loved One (conductor)
 
1965 The Peaches (short) (conductor)
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (conductor)
 
1965 The Uncle (conductor)
 
1964 Guns at Batasi (conductor)
 
1964 Detective (TV series) (composer: theme music - 17 episodes)
– The Quick One (1964) (composer: theme music)
– Death of a Fellow Traveller (1964) (composer: theme music)
– The Speaking Eye (1964) (composer: theme music)
– The Case of Oscar Brodski (1964) (composer: theme music)
– The Hungry Spider (1964) (composer: theme music)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1964 Girl with Green Eyes (conductor)
 
1964 Sherlock Holmes (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– The Speckled Band (1964) (composer: theme music)
 
1963 The Model Murder Case (conductor)
 
1963 Tom Jones (music conductor)
 
1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (conductor, music arranger)
 
1962 Go to Blazes (conductor)
 
1961 A Taste of Honey (conductor)
 
1960 A French Mistress (composer: song "Madeleine", conductor)
 
1960 The Entertainer (conductor)
 
1960 School for Scoundrels (conductor)
 
1959 Look Back in Anger (music supervisor)
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat (conductor)
 
1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (conductor)
 
1957 Cat Girl (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 Lucky Jim (music director)
 
1957 The End of the Road (musical director)
 
1956 Private's Progress (music director)
 
1955 John and Julie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 Make Me an Offer (conductor)
 
1953 Time Bomb (conductor)
 
1952 The Hour of 13 (conductor)
 
1952 Brandy for the Parson (conductor)
 
1947 Fame Is the Spur (musician: The Chopin Prelude - as Jock Addison)
 
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2000 'Torn Curtain' Rising (video documentary short)
 
1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie)
 
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (TV movie)
 
1987 Strange Voices (TV movie)
 
1986-1987 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Bride of Boogedy (1987)
– Mr. Boogedy (1986)
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
– The Pumpkin Competition (1986)
– The Greibble (1986)
 
1986 Something in Common (TV movie)
 
1986 Dead Man's Folly (TV movie)
 
1985 Code Name: Emerald
 
1985 Thirteen at Dinner (TV movie)
 
1984 Ellis Island (TV mini-series)
 
1984 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
– The Murder of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot (1984)
 
1984 Grace Quigley
 
1983 Strange Invaders
 
1982 I Was a Mail Order Bride (TV movie)
 
1982 The Devlin Connection (TV series)
 
1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV movie)
 
1982 Highpoint
 
1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World (TV movie)
 
1981 Mistress of Paradise (TV movie)
 
1981 Nero Wolfe (TV series)
– Sweet Revenge (1981)
– The Blue Ribbon Hostage (1981)
– The Murder in Question (1981)
– Death and the Dolls (1981)
– Gambit (1981)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1980 The Pilot
 
1979 The French Atlantic Affair (TV mini-series)
 
1979 Love's Savage Fury (TV movie)
 
1979 The Power Within (TV movie)
 
1979 Like Normal People (TV movie)
 
1978-1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)
– The Scream of Eagles (1979)
– The Winds of Death (1979)
– The Winds of Fortune (1979)
– The Crime (1979)
– The Storm (1979)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1978 Pearl (TV mini-series)
 
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series)
– Where There's Smoke (1978)
 
1978 The Bastard (TV movie)
 
1978 Black Beauty (TV mini-series)
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far
 
1977 Joseph Andrews
 
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
 
1976 Swashbuckler
 
1975 Grady (TV series)
– The Driving Force (1975)
– Be It Ever So Humble (1975)
 
1975 Ride a Wild Pony
 
1975 A Journey to London (TV movie)
 
1974 Play for Today (TV series)
– Back of Beyond (1974)
 
1974 The Concert (short)
 
1974 Dead Cert
 
1974 Luther
 
1974 Bellamira (TV movie)
 
1972 Sleuth
 
1971 Cry of the Penguins
 
1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Hamlet (1970) (music composer)
 
1970/I Hamlet (TV movie)
 
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
 
1969 Brotherly Love
 
1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade
 
1967 Smashing Time
 
1967 The Honey Pot
 
1966 Torn Curtain
 
1966 Time Lost and Time Remembered
 
1966 A Fine Madness
 
1965 The Loved One
 
1965 The Peaches (short)
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
 
1965 The Uncle
 
1964 Guns at Batasi
 
1964 Girl with Green Eyes
 
1964 Detective (TV series)
– The Speckled Band (1964)
 
1963 The Model Murder Case
 
1963 Tom Jones
 
1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
 
1962 Go to Blazes
 
1961 A Taste of Honey
 
1961 His and Hers
 
1960 A French Mistress
 
1960 The Entertainer
 
1960 School for Scoundrels
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat
 
1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
 
1957 All at Sea
 
1957 Lucky Jim
 
1957 The Shiralee
 
1957 The End of the Road
 
1956 Three Men in a Boat
 
1956 Reach for the Sky
 
1956 Private's Progress
 
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes
 
1955 Josephine and Men
 
1955 Touch and Go
 
1955 That Lady
 
1955 One Good Turn
 
1954 Make Me an Offer
 
1954 The Black Knight
 
1954 High and Dry
 
1953 The Man Between
 
1953 Paratrooper
 
1953 Time Bomb
 
1952 The Hour of 13
 
1952 Brandy for the Parson
 
1951 High Treason
 
1951 Pool of London
 
1950 Seven Days to Noon
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2007 BBC Proms (TV series)
– Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) ("Theme from A Bridge Too Far 1977")
 
1992 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (documentary) (writer: "Torn Curtain")
 
1989 Resurrected (music: "Reach for the Sky" - uncredited)
 
1978 A Death in Canaan (TV movie) (music: "Canaan Rock" - uncredited / arranger: "Yankee Doodle" - uncredited)
 
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (arranger: "Valse Sentimental" - uncredited)
 
1975 Ride a Wild Pony (arranger: "In the Good Old Summertime" - uncredited)
 
1968 Twisted Nerve (writer: "Madeleine" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade (arranger: "My Heart's In The Highlands" - uncredited, "Pretty Poll Polka" - uncredited, "Standard Bearer Quadrille" - uncredited, "Gallop" - uncredited, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
– Episode #5.26 (1968) (writer: "Waiting For My Friend")
 
1967 Smashing Time (music: "Smashing Time", "Carnaby Street", "Waiting For My Friend", "New Clothes", "It's Always Your Fault", "While I'm Still Young", "Day Out", "Trouble", "The Morning After", "Baby Don't Go", "Swinging Thru London" / lyrics: "It's Always Your Fault")
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (writer: "Theme from the Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders")
 
1961 A Taste of Honey (music: "Baby Face Rock" - uncredited)
 
1960 A French Mistress (writer: "Madeleine" - uncredited)
 
1960 The Entertainer (music: "Why Should I Care?" - uncredited, "Let's Rock" - uncredited, "Hide Your Face, Mom" - uncredited, "Thank God I'm Normal" - uncredited)
 
1956 It's Great to Be Young! (writer: "Scherzo")
 
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes (arranger: "A Life on the Ocean Wave" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Man Between (music: "The Man Between Theme" - uncredited)
 
1947 Brighton Rock (music: "Hello Hello!" - uncredited / arranger: "More Than Ever" / as Jock Addison)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie)
Conductor (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1985 The 37th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Music Composition for a Series
 
1980 Filmharmonic '80 (TV movie)
Himself - Conductor
 
1977 Filmharmonic '77 (TV movie)
Himself - Conductor
 

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(1964) He was the musical director for Bertolt Brecht's play, "Saint Joan of the Stockyards", at the Queen's Theatre in London, England in an English Stage Company production with Siobhan McKenna, Lionel Stander, Michael Medwin, Mark Dignam, Robert Ayres, Dervis Ward, Rachel Kempson... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Jock Addison
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Trivia:

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