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Ernest Ball (I) (1878–1927)

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Composer of familiar Irish songs ("When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "Mother Machree", "A Little Bit of Heaven") and pianist, educated at the Cleveland Conservatory. He was a staff composer for a music publishing company from 1907 to 1927, and a vaudeville pianist throughout the USA. He joined ASCAP as a charter member in 1914... See full bio »

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in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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(age 48) in Santa Ana, California, USA

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2008 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes (2008) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
2006 The Departed (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
2006 Flyboys (writer: "You Can't Beat Us If It Takes 10 Million More")
 
2003 Swimming Upstream (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
2000 Return to Me (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1995 Another Froggy Evening (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss (TV movie) (writer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1994 Widows' Peak (music: "Mother Machree")
 
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream (writer: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" / as Ernest R. Ball)
 
1984 Grace Quigley (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1979 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
– Leprechaun TV: Opening Night (1979) (music: "Mother Machree")
 
1977 Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (TV special) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1974 The Morning After (TV movie) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1970 Husbands (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1964 Coronation Street (TV series)
– Episode #1.398 (1964) (writer: "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
– Episode #7.6 (1963) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1962 Mother Was a Rooster (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1961 Strangled Eggs (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1960 Ice Palace (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Young Philadelphians (music: "When Irish I eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1957 Ducking the Devil (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1957 Beau James (music: "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?")
 
1957 Boyhood Daze (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story (music: "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" - uncredited)
 
1956 Rocket Squad (short) (writer: "Mother Machree" - uncredited)
 
1955 Sincerely Yours (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1954 Little Boy Boo (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story (music: "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" - uncredited, "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1953 Cats A-Weigh! (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1953 Trouble Along the Way (music: "Mother Machree" - uncredited)
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (music: "I'll Forget You" - uncredited)
 
1953 She's Back on Broadway (music: "A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland" - uncredited)
 
1952 Stop, You're Killing Me (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1952 Orange Blossoms for Violet (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1952 Who's Kitten Who? (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1951 Starlift (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1951 Jim Thorpe -- All-American (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1950 Canary Row (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1950 The Glass Menagerie (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1950 His Bitter Half (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1950 The Lion's Busy (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1949 A Ham in a Role (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1949 So You Want to Be an Actor (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1949 Top o' the Morning (music: "WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING" - uncredited)
 
1949 Awful Orphan (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1949 So Much for So Little (documentary short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Fight Never Ends (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By")
 
1948 One Sunday Afternoon (music: "I'll Forget You" - uncredited)
 
1948 The Time of Your Life (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited, "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" 1905 - uncredited, "A Little Bit of Heaven" 1914 - uncredited, "I Love the Name of Mary" 1911 - uncredited)
 
1947 The Unsuspected (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1946 Hush My Mouse (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1945 Duffy's Tavern (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1945 The Bashful Buzzard (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" 1918 - uncredited)
 
1945 Nob Hill (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1945 Trap Happy Porky (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1944 The Stupid Cupid (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1944 The Old Grey Hare (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling (music: "I'll Forget You" - uncredited, "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited, "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited, "A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland" - uncredited, "Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday" - uncredited, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited, "Mother Machree" - uncredited, "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1944 What's Cookin' Doc? (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1943 Doughboys in Ireland (music: "Mother Machree" - uncredited, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1943 Yankee Doodle Daffy (short) (music: "In the Garden of My Heart" - uncredited)
 
1943 Coney Island (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1943 The Human Comedy (music: "All the World Will Be Jealous of Me" 1917 - uncredited)
 
1942 Vaudeville Days (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1942 Moonlight in Havana (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1942 Foney Fables (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1942 Broadway (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1942 Dog Tired (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1942 My Favorite Blonde (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912)
 
1941 Porky's Pooch (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine")
 
1941 The Tanks Are Coming (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine")
 
1941 Notes to You (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1941 We, the Animals - Squeak! (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1941 Aviation Vacation (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1941 Three Sons o' Guns (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Strawberry Blonde (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" 1906 - uncredited, "Let the Rest of the World Go By" 1919 - uncredited)
 
1940 Of Fox and Hounds (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By")
 
1940 Always a Bride (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912)
 
1940 Holiday Highlights (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven (music: "A Little Bit of Heaven" - uncredited)
 
1940 The Long Voyage Home (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1940 Circus Today (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1940 Tear Gas Squad (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1940 Slap Happy Pappy (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" 1906 - uncredited)
 
1940 It All Came True (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1940 Cross Country Detours (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine")
 
1940 The Fighting 69th (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1939 Kid Nightingale (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1939 Fresh Fish (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1939 The Cowboy Quarterback (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1939 Rose of Washington Square (music: "Mother Machree" - uncredited)
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1939 Seeing Spots (short) (music: "Mother Machree" - uncredited)
 
1939 A Small Town Idol (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1938 Going Places (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1938 You're an Education (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By")
 
1938 Porky's Naughty Nephew (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1938 The Sisters (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" 1906 - uncredited)
 
1938 Spawn of the North (music: "Mother Machree" - uncredited)
 
1938 The Crowd Roars (music: "Mother Machree" 1910, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912)
 
1938 Love and Curses (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1938 Now That Summer Is Gone (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1937 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1936 Milk and Money (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1936 Porky's Moving Day (short) (music: "Let the Rest of the World Go By" - uncredited)
 
1936 San Francisco (music: "Love Me and the World Is Mine" 1906 - uncredited)
 
1936 I'd Love to Take Orders from You (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine")
 
1936 Gentle Julia (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited, "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" - uncredited)
 
1936 Trouble in Toyland (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1935 Roof Tops of Manhattan (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1935 It's a Great Life (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1935 The Irish in Us (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1935 Rambling 'Round Radio Row (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1935 In Caliente (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' (documentary short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1933 The Bowery (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited, "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1933 Stage Mother (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (music: "In the Garden of My Heart" 1908 - uncredited)
 
1933 Pilgrimage (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1933 Hold Your Man (music: "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" 1905 - uncredited)
 
1933 Arabian Tights (short) (music: "I'll Forget You" - uncredited)
 
1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (music: "Mother Machree" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1931 I Surrender Dear (short) (music: "A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland")
 
1931 In the Family (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1930 Going Wild (music: "A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland" - uncredited)
 
1930/I Metro Movietone Revue (short) (music: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - uncredited)
 
1930 The Big Dog House (short) (music: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1929/II Hurdy Gurdy (short) (writer: "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" - uncredited)
 
1929 After the Round-Up (short) (music: "West of the Great Divide" - uncredited)
 
1929 Paul Cunningham and Florence Bennett (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1928 Mother Machree (music: "Mother Machree" 1910)
 
1928 The Movie Man (short) (music: "Dear Little Boy of Mine" - uncredited)
 
1928 A Group of Songs (short) (music: "A Little Bit of Heaven Shure They Call It Ireland" - uncredited)
 
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