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Darrell Calker (1905–1964)

Prominent film composer, conductor and arranger, educated at Maryland University (with a Bachelor of Science degree) and the Curtis Institute. He studied music under Edgar Priest and David Pell, joined ASCAP in 1953, and composed musical scores for ballet companies including the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1964 Rah Rah Ruckus (short)
 
1963 Goose Is Wild (short)
 
1963 Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker (short)
 
1963 Charlie's Mother-in-Law (short)
 
1962 Corny Concerto (short)
 
1962 Hyde and Sneak (short)
 
1962 Mother's Little Helper (short)
 
1962 Careless Caretaker (short)
 
1962 Phoney Express (short)
 
1962 Fowled-Up Birthday (short)
 
1962 Fish and Chips (short)
 
1961 Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby (short)
 
1961 Woody's Kook-Out (short)
 
1961 Voo-Doo Boo-Boo (short)
 
1960 Five Bold Women
 
1959 Date with Death
 
1957 Voodoo Woman
 
1955 Outlaw Treasure
 
1953 Son of the Renegade (uncredited)
 
1952 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Borrowed Trouble (1952)
Silent Conflict (1952)
Sinister Journey (1952)
 
1951 Cattle Queen
 
1951 Inside Cackle Corners (short)
 
1951 FBI Girl
 
1951 The Hoodlum
 
1951 Savage Drums
 
1951 Badman's Gold (uncredited)
 
1950 Border Outlaws
 
1950 Federal Man (as Darrel Calker)
 
1950 Forbidden Jungle (as Darrel Calker)
 
1949 Cat-Tastrophy (short)
 
1949 Manhandled
 
1949 Tucson
 
1949 Grape Nutty (short)
 
1949 Drooler's Delight (short)
 
1949 El Paso
 
1949 Scrappy Birthday (short)
 
1949 Coo-Coo Bird Dog (short)
 
1949 Dynamite
 
1948 Wild and Woody! (short)
 
1948 Dog Tax Dodgers (short)
 
1948 Lo, the Poor Buffal (short)
 
1948 The Playful Pelican (short)
 
1948 Pickled Puss (short)
 
1948 Wet Blanket Policy (short)
 
1948 Fighting Back
 
1948 Wacky-Bye Baby (short)
 
1948 Short Snorts on Sports (short)
 
1948 Speed to Spare
 
1948 Silent Conflict
 
1948 Flora (short)
 
1948 Banquet Busters (short)
 
1948 Albuquerque
 
1948 Topsy Turkey (short)
 
1947 The Bandmaster (short)
 
1947 Boston Beanie (short)
 
1947 The Mad Hatter (short)
 
1947 Kitty Caddy (short)
 
1947 Swiss Tease (short)
 
1947 Solid Ivory (short)
 
1947 Jungle Flight
 
1947 The Case of the Baby Sitter (short)
 
1947 Well Oiled (short)
 
1947 Woody the Giant Killer (short)
 
1947 Danger Street
 
1947 The Coo Coo Bird (short)
 
1947 Tooth or Consequences (short)
 
1947 Big Town
 
1947 Leave Us Chase It (short)
 
1947 Smoked Hams (short)
 
1947 Shoot to Kill
 
1947 Backlash
 
1947 The Story of Human Energy (short)
 
1946 Renegade Girl
 
1946 The Wacky Weed (short)
 
1946 Fair Weather Fiends (short)
 
1946 Rolling Home
 
1946 The Reckless Driver (short)
 
1946 Bathing Buddies (short)
 
1946 Who's Cookin Who? (short)
 
1946 Mousie Come Home (short)
 
1946 Apple Andy (short)
 
1945 The Loose Nut (short)
 
1945 The Dippy Diplomat (short)
 
1945 Crow Crazy (short)
 
1945 Woody Dines Out (short)
 
1945 Sliphorn King of Polaroo (short)
 
1945 Chew-Chew Baby (short)
 
1945 Enemy Bacteria (short) (uncredited)
 
1945 The Poet & Peasant (short)
 
1944 The Painter and the Pointer (short)
 
1944 Ski for Two (short)
 
1944 The Beach Nut (short)
 
1944 Abou Ben Boogie (short)
 
1944 Fish Fry (short)
 
1944 Jungle Jive (short)
 
1944 The Barber of Seville (short)
 
1944 The Greatest Man in Siam (short)
 
1943 Meatless Tuesday (short)
 
1943 Andy Panda's Victory Garden (short)
 
1943 Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (short)
 
1943 Ration Bored (short)
 
1943 Canine Commandos (short)
 
1943 The Dizzy Acrobat (short)
 
1943/II Swing Your Partner (short)
 
1943 The Egg Cracker Suite (short)
 
1943 The Screwball (short)
 
1943 Cow-Cow Boogie (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Take Heed Mr. Tojo (short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Air Raid Warden (short)
 
1942 Boogie Woogie Sioux (short)
 
1942 The Loan Stranger (short)
 
1942 Yankee Doodle Swing Shift (short)
 
1942 Pigeon Patrol (short)
 
1942 Juke Box Jamboree (short)
 
1942 Ace in the Hole (short)
 
1942 Nutty Pine Cabin (short)
 
1942 Miss Annie Rooney (uncredited)
 
1942 Good-Bye Mr. Moth (short)
 
1942 The Hollywood Matador (short)
 
1942 Mother Goose on the Loose (short) (as Boogie Woogie Calker)
 
1941 $21 a Day - (Once a Month) (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Pantry Panic (short)
 
1941 Man's Best Friend (short)
 
1941 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Under Fiesta Stars (uncredited)
 
1941 The Screwdriver (short)
 
1941 Andy Panda's Pop (short)
 
1941 Woody Woodpecker (short)
 
1941 Salt Water Daffy (short)
 
1941 Dizzy Kitty (short)
 
1941 Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Fair Today (short)
 
1941 Mouse Trappers (short)
 
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1965 The New 3 Stooges (TV series) (composer: stock music - 24 episodes)
Baby Sitters (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Boobs in the Woods (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Call of the Wile (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Dentist the Menace (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Dinopoodi (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1961 Hercules and the Captive Women (composer: stock music US version - uncredited)
 
1960 Beyond the Time Barrier (conductor)
 
1960 The Amazing Transparent Man (conductor)
 
1959 Date with Death (conductor)
 
1958 My World Dies Screaming (conductor)
 
1957 From Hell It Came (conductor)
 
1956 I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (conductor)
 
1954 Hay Rube (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Marshal's Daughter (musical director)
 
1953 Son of the Renegade (conductor - as Daryl Caulker)
 
1951 Cattle Queen (musical director)
 
1951 Slaughter Trail (musical director)
 
1950 Border Outlaws (music arranger, musical director)
 
1950 I Killed Geronimo (musical director)
 
1950 Federal Man (musical director - uncredited)
 
1949 The Fighting Redhead (musical director)
 
1949 Drooler's Delight (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangements - uncredited)
 
1949 Ride, Ryder, Ride! (musical director)
 
1948 Dog Tax Dodgers (short) (conductor - uncredited)
 
1948 The Playful Pelican (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangements - uncredited)
 
1948 Pixie Picnic (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical adaptation)
 
1948 Kiddie Koncert (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical adaptation)
 
1947 Solid Ivory (short) (conductor - uncredited)
 
1947 The Overture to 'William Tell' (short) (composer: classical music adaptation, conductor - uncredited, musical arrangement - uncredited)
 
1947 The Coo Coo Bird (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangements - uncredited)
 
1946 The Reckless Driver (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangements - uncredited)
 
1946 Musical Moments from Chopin (short) (composer: classical music adaptation)
 
1945 The Poet & Peasant (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangement - uncredited)
 
1944 The Big Bonanza (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Ski for Two (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangements - uncredited)
 
1943/II Swing Your Partner (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 The Egg Cracker Suite (short) (conductor - uncredited, musical arrangement - uncredited)
 
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Cow-Cow Boogie (short) (musical arrangement)
 
1942 Sunset Serenade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Call of the Canyon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sons of the Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Stardust on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Romance on the Range (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sunset on the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 South of Santa Fe (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Man from Cheyenne (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 West of Cimarron (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Red River Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 $21 a Day - (Once a Month) (short) (musical arrangement)
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Jesse James at Bay (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Down Mexico Way (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 King of the Texas Rangers (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' (short) (musical arrangement)
 
1941 Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (short) (music arranger)
 
1941 Mouse Trappers (short) (musical arrangement - uncredited)
 
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2005 Son of the Mask (writer: "Woody Woodpecker")
 
1998 Mercury Rising (writer: "Woody Waltz")
 
1959 Date with Death (music: "Flimflam")
 
1942 Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy (short) (writer: "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy")
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Ballets: "Royal Coachman"; "Quiet Week"; "Decameron". See more »

Alternate Names:

Boogie Woogie Calker | Darrel Calker | Daryl Caulker
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Star Sign:

Aquarius