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Alan Bergman

Prolific songwriter ("Nice 'n' Easy", "Yellow Bird"), composer and author, educated at UCLA and the University of Northern Carolina (BA). During WW II, he wrote and directed Special Services shows, then directed TV shows for CBS in Philadelphia, PA from 1945-1953. He joined ASCAP in 1955 and wrote TV production numbers for Jo Stafford special shows... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideMusic Department (9 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (musical consultant)
 
1988-1995 In the Heat of the Night (TV series) (lyrics: theme music - 100 episodes)
By Duty Bound (1995) (lyrics: theme music - uncredited)
Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994) (lyrics: theme music - uncredited)
A Matter of Justice (1994) (lyrics: theme music - uncredited)
Give Me Your Life: Part 1 (1994) (lyrics: theme music - uncredited)
The Law on Trial (1992) (lyrics: theme music)
 
1976-1985 Alice (TV series) (lyricist: theme music - 202 episodes)
Th-th-th-that's All Folks (1985) (lyricist: theme music)
Vera's Grounded Gumshoe (1985) (lyricist: theme music)
One on One (1985) (lyricist: theme music)
The Night They Raided Debbie's (1985) (lyricist: theme music)
Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 2 (1985) (lyricist: theme music)
 
1983 Yentl (lyricist)
 
1974-1979 Good Times (TV series) (composer: theme music - 133 episodes)
The End of the Rainbow (1979) (composer: theme music)
A Matter of Mothers (1979) (composer: theme music)
The Physical (1979) (composer: theme music)
J.J. and T.C. (1979) (composer: theme music)
Where Have All the Doctor's Gone? (1979) (composer: theme music)
 
1972-1978 Maude (TV series) (composer: theme music - 141 episodes)
Maude's Big Move: Part 3 (1978) (composer: theme music)
Maude's Big Move: Part 2 (1978) (composer: theme music)
Maude's Big Move: Part 1 (1978) (composer: theme music)
Phillip's Mature Romance (1978) (composer: theme music)
Mr. Butterfield's Return (1978) (composer: theme music)
 
1976 Sybil (TV movie) (lyricist)
 
1969 The Happy Ending (lyricist: songs)
 
1967 In the Heat of the Night (lyricist: songs)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (151 titles)
2012 The X Factor Philippines (TV series)
Top 3 Finals (2012) (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
2011-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #20.185 (2012) (lyrics: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
Episode #19.166 (2011) (lyrics: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
2012 Killing Them Softly (writer: "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
2012 Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (TV special) (lyrics: "The Way We Were")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #19.42 (2011) (writer: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - uncredited)
Episode #18.110 (2011) (lyrics: "The Way We Were")
 
2011 't Schaep Met De 5 Pooten (TV series)
Harrie (2011) (lyrics: "Cirkles")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.360 (2010) (lyrics: "It Might Be You")
Episode #1.176 (2010) (writer: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers")
 
2010 Glee (TV series)
Grilled Cheesus (2010) (lyrics: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" - uncredited)
 
2010 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
Episode #5.1 (2010) (lyrics: "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?")
 
2010 Michel Legrand and Friends (TV movie) (lyrics: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", "His Eyes, Her Eyes", "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?", "Summer Me, Winter Me", "The Windmills of Your Mind" / "Reminiscing")
 
2010 My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (lyrics: "Fifty Percent")
 
2010 Loose Cannons (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
2009 In My Life (writer: "Something New In My Life")
 
2009 The Informant! (lyrics: "Trust Me")
 
2009 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (TV documentary) ("You Don't Bring Me Flowers")
 
2008 One True Love ("The Last Time I Felt Like This")
 
2008 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (documentary) (lyrics: "Where Do You Start")
 
2008 Nancy LaMott: I'll Be Here with You (video) (writer: "Where Do You Start?")
 
2007 Family Guy (TV series)
Blue Harvest (2007) (lyrics: "It Might Be You" - uncredited)
 
2000-2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (lyrics: "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?")
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) (writer: "In the Heat of the Night")
 
2007 Ugly Betty (TV series)
East Side Story (2007) (lyrics: "The Way We Were")
 
2007 The Great Outdoors (TV series)
Michael Bublé's Vancouver, Canada (2007) (writer: "Nice 'N Easy")
 
2007 Your Song (TV series)
Someone in the Dark (2007) (writer: "Someone In The Dark")
 
2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (video) (lyrics: "Someone's Love")
 
2006 Confetti (lyrics: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?")
 
2006 The Gigolos (lyrics: "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
2005 Breakfast on Pluto (lyrics: "The Windmills of Your Mind" 1968)
 
2002-2004 The Simpsons (TV series)
Sleeping with the Enemy (2004) ("Papa, Can You Hear Me?")
The Great Louse Detective (2002) (writer: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
2004 Connie and Carla (writer: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?")
 
2003 The School of Rock ("Good Times Theme")
 
2003/I The In-Laws (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
2002 I'm Alan Partridge (TV series)
Alan Wide Shut (2002) (lyrics: "The Windmills Of Your Mind" - uncredited)
 
2002 The Graduation (lyrics: "The Way We Were")
 
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember (writer: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?")
 
2001 The Tick (TV series)
The Big Leagues (2001) (writer: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
2001 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (TV special documentary) (lyrics: "On the Way to Becoming Me")
 
2000 Our Favorite Things: Christmas in Vienna (TV special) (lyrics: "Through the Eyes of a Child")
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
2000 Next Friday (writer: "Good Times")
 
1999 Great Performances (TV series)
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999) (lyrics: "Fifty Percent")
 
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair (writer: "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND")
 
1994-1999 The Nanny (TV series)
The Finale: Part 2 (1999) (lyrics: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
Ode to Barbra Joan (1994) (lyrics: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
1999 At First Sight (lyrics: "Love Is Where You Are")
 
1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (TV special documentary) (writer: "Nice 'n' Easy" - uncredited)
 
1993-1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Devil Doll (1997) (writer: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
The Violent Years (1994) (writer: "The Way We Were")
Radar Secret Service (1993) (writer: "Ol' MacDonald")
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1993) (writer: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - uncredited)
 
1997 Washington Square (lyrics: "The Tale Of The String")
 
1997 The Fanatics (writer: "That Face")
 
1996 Bogus (lyrics: "The Best of Friends")
 
1996 Twister (lyrics: "Love Affair")
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Moonlight")
 
1995 Waiting to Exhale (writer: "It Might Be You")
 
1995 Sabrina (lyrics: "Moonlight", "How Can I Remember?")
 
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary) (writer: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" 1977 - uncredited / lyrics: "The Way We Were" 1973 - uncredited, "Ordinary Miracles" 1993 - uncredited, "Where Is It Written?" 1983 - uncredited, "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" 1983 - uncredited, "Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way?" 1983 - uncredited, "A Piece Of Sky" 1983 - uncredited)
 
1995 Boys on the Side (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (TV movie) (lyrics: "Why Does There Have to Be a Song at the End?")
 
1993 The Gingerbread Girl (TV series)
 
1993 Melrose Place (TV series)
End Game (1993) (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
1992 As Time Goes By (TV series)
The Picnic (1992) (lyrics: "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life" - uncredited)
 
1991 For the Boys (writer: "Dreamland")
 
1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear ("THE WAY WE WERE")
 
1991 Switch (lyrics: "It's All There")
 
1991 Married with Children (TV series)
Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do? (1991) (lyrics: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
1990 Love Hurts (writer: "NICE 'N' EASY" / performer: "NICE 'N' EASY")
 
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV special) (lyrics: "One Day")
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "The Girl Who Used to Be Me")
 
1989 Welcome Home (lyrics: "WELCOME HOME, WELCOME HOME" theme song)
 
1989 Shirley Valentine (lyrics: "THE GIRL WHO USED TO BE ME")
 
1989 Major League (lyrics: "Most of All You")
 
1989 The January Man (lyrics: "I KNOW THE FEELING")
 
1988 Big (writer: "THE WAY WE WERE")
 
1988 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Pilot: Part 1 (1988) (lyrics: "In the Heat of the Night")
 
1987 Shy People (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
1986 One Voice (TV special documentary) (lyrics: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?", "The Way We Were")
 
1984 Micki + Maude (lyrics: "Something New in My Life")
 
1984 P.O.P. (TV movie) (lyrics: "P.O.P.")
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (writer: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?", "The Way He Makes Me Feel")
 
1983 The Man Who Loved Women (lyrics: "Little Boys" theme song)
 
1983 Yentl (lyrics: "Where Is It Written?", "Papa, Can You Hear Me?", "This Is One Of Those Moments", "No Wonder", "The Way He Makes Me Feel", "Tomorrow Night", "Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way?", "No Matter What Happens", "A Piece Of Sky")
 
1983 Never Say Never Again ("Never Say Never Again")
 
1983 The Facts of Life (TV series)
Graduation: Part 2 (1983) (lyrics: "The Way We Were")
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?", "If We Were In Love", "It Might Be You")
 
1982 Tootsie (lyrics: "Tootsie" 1982, "It Might Be You" 1982)
 
1982 Best Friends (lyrics: "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?", "Think About Love")
 
1982 Yes, Giorgio (lyrics: "If We Were In Love")
 
1982 Author! Author! (lyrics: "Comin' Home To You")
 
1981 Bolero (lyrics: "Serenade for Sarah")
 
1981 Back Roads (lyrics: "Ask Me No Questions I'll Tell You No Lies")
 
1980 The Dick Emery Hour (TV movie) (writer: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers")
 
1980 A Change of Seasons (lyrics: "Where Do You Catch The Bus For Tomorrow?")
 
1980 Fame (lyrics: "The Way We Were" 1973 - uncredited)
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Theme from The Promise I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'")
 
1980 Roller Revolution (TV movie) (writer: "I Believe In Love")
 
1979 Starting Over ("The Way We Were" 1973)
 
1979 ...And Justice for All. (lyrics: "Something Funny Goin' On")
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (writer: "The Last Time I Felt Like This")
 
1978 Same Time, Next Year (lyrics: "The Last Time I Felt Like This")
 
1978 The One and Only ("THE ONE AND ONLY")
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Don Knotts (1977) (lyrics: "Sweet Gingerbread Man", "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
1976 A Star Is Born (lyrics: "I BELIEVE IN LOVE")
 
1976 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
Pilot (1976) (writer: "The Way We Were" - uncredited)
 
1976 From Noon Till Three (lyrics: "Hello and Goodbye")
 
1976 Ode to Billy Joe (lyrics: "THERE'LL BE TIME")
 
1975 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
Great Mysteries with Orson Buggy (1975) (writer: "Sweet Gingerbread Man")
 
1975 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (TV movie) (lyrics: "Pennies and Dreams", "Suddenly, There's You", "A Big Mistake", "Who Gave You Permission?", "I Love To Dance")
 
1974 99 and 44/100% Dead (lyrics: "Easy, Baby")
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "The Way We Were")
 
1974 Good Times (TV series)
 
1973 The Way We Were (lyrics: "The Way We Were" 1973)
 
1973 Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (TV special documentary) (writer: "Nice and Easy")
 
1973 Breezy (lyrics: "Breezy's Song")
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey")
 
1973 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
Episode #7.9 (1973) (lyrics: "The Windmills Of Your Mind")
 
1972 Molly and Lawless John (lyrics: "Take Me Home")
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (lyrics: "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey")
 
1972 Maude (TV series)
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "All His Children")
 
1971 Funny Face (TV series)
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Pieces of Dreams")
 
1971 Doctors' Wives (lyrics: "The Costume Ball")
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion (lyrics: "All His Children")
 
1970 Pieces of Dreams (lyrics: "Pieces of Dreams")
 
1970 Move (lyrics: "Move")
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge (lyrics: "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit")
 
1970 Wuthering Heights (lyrics: "I Was Born in Love With You" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (lyrics: "Nobody Knows", "Sweet Gingerbread Man")
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 16 April 1970 (1970) (writer: "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?")
 
1970 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
Academy Awards (1970) (lyrics: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" - uncredited)
 
1969 The Happy Ending (lyrics: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", "Hurry Up 'N' Hurry Down", "Something for Everybody")
 
1969 Gaily, Gaily (lyrics: "Tomorrow Is My Friend", "There's Enough to Go Around")
 
1969 John and Mary (lyrics: "Maybe Tomorrow")
 
1969 Bracken's World (TV series)
 
1969 Stiletto (lyrics: "Sugar in the Rain")
 
1969 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1969) (lyrics: "Windmills of Your Mind")
 
1969 The 41st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
1969 The Swimming Pool (lyrics: "Run Brother Rabbit Run")
 
1968 The Thomas Crown Affair (lyrics: "The Windmills Of Your Mind")
 
1967 Fitzwilly (lyrics: "Make Me Rainbows")
 
1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Episode #5.3 (1967) (writer: "Make Me Rainbows")
 
1967 In the Heat of the Night (lyrics: "In the Heat of the Night", "It Sure Is Groovy!" - uncredited, "Bowlegged Polly" - uncredited, "Foul Owl on the Prowl" - uncredited)
 
1966 Any Wednesday (lyrics: "Any Wednesday")
 
1966 Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (lyrics: "I Believed It All")
 
1960-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) (writer: "Yellow Bird")
Episode dated 7 December 1960 (1960) (lyrics: "Nice 'n' Easy" - uncredited)
Episode dated 20 January 1960 (1960) (lyrics: "Yellow Bird" - uncredited)
 
1965/II Harlow (writer: "I Believed It All", "With Open Arms")
 
1964 Paris When It Sizzles (lyrics: "That Face")
 
1963 Summer Flight (lyrics: "Stolen Hours")
 
1963 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
June Music Festival (1963) (writer: "Nice and Easy")
 
1963 The Avengers (TV series)
School for Traitors (1963) (writer: "Yellow Bird" - uncredited)
 
1961 The Right Approach (writer: "The Right Approach")
 
1961 Sanctuary (lyrics: "Sanctuary")
 
1955 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
The White Buffalo (1955) (writer: "The White Buffalo")
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary) (written by)
 
1986 One Voice (TV special documentary) (written by)
 
1966 Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (additional material)
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
The Language of Love (1961) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1991 Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)
Perry Hirsch
Get a Job (1991) … Perry Hirsch
 
1976 From Noon Till Three
Songwriter (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1999 The Way We Were: Looking Back (video documentary) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2012 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 1 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 22 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 21 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Michel Legrand and Friends (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Streisand: Live in Concert (TV special documentary)
Himself - Audience (uncredited)
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) … Himself
 
2003 The Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Elmer Bernstein (2003) … Himself
 
2001 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Way We Were: Looking Back (video documentary)
Himself - Lyricist
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
 
1984 Gala Opening of the American Ballet Theater (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 Hour Magazine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 24 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Everyday (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1970 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.15 (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree (credit only)
 

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The Lady and the Clarinet; stage show; composer. See more »
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980. See more »

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Virgo