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Graduated High School of Music & Art in New York, then studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In addition to extensive film and TV work, composed music for hit songs including "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "I Got A Name" and "Ready To Take A Chance Again". Classical compositions include two full length ballets: "Song For Dead Warriors" (San Franciso Ballet Company... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideMusic Department (25 titles)
2010 100 Voices: A Journey Home (documentary) (musician)
 
1999 Love American Style (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1986-1991 Valerie (TV series) (composer: theme music - 110 episodes)
Ho, Ho, Hogans (1991) (composer: theme music)
Isn't It Romantic? (1991) (composer: theme music)
A Family Affair (1991) (composer: theme music)
A Sneaking Suspicion (1991) (composer: theme music)
The Best of Friends, Worst of Times (1990) (composer: theme music)
 
1989 The Gods Must Be Crazy II (conductor)
 
1987 Love at Stake (conductor)
 
1987 Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV series) (composer: theme music)
 
The Love Boat (TV series) (composer: theme music - 249 episodes, 1977-1987) (composer: theme music / theme - 1 episode, 1977)
Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987) (composer: theme music)
The Christmas Cruise: Part 1 (1986) (composer: theme music)
The Christmas Cruise: Part 2 (1986) (composer: theme music)
The Shipshape Cruise (1986) (composer: theme music)
 
Happy Days (TV series) (composer: theme music - 220 episodes, 1974-1984) (composer: additional music / theme music - 1 episode, 1977)
Fonzie's Spots (1984) (composer: theme music)
Good News, Bad News (1984) (composer: theme music)
School Dazed (1984) (composer: theme music)
Low Notes (1984) (composer: theme music)
So How Was Your Weekend? (1984) (composer: theme music)
 
Laverne & Shirley (TV series) (composer: theme music - 175 episodes, 1976-1983) (music conductor - 2 episodes, 1976) (composer: theme song "Making Our Dreams Come True" - 1 episode, 1977)
Here Today, Hair Tomorrow (1983) (composer: theme music)
Councilman DeFazio (1983) (composer: theme music)
Do the Carmine (1983) (composer: theme music)
How's Your Sister? (1983) (composer: theme music)
Please Don't Feed the Buzzards (1983) (composer: theme music)
 
1979-1980 Angie (TV series) (composer: theme music - 36 episodes)
Angie and Joyce Go to Jail (1980) (composer: theme music)
Friends in Need (1980) (composer: theme music)
The Kid Down the Block (1980) (composer: theme music)
The President's Coming, the President's Coming (1980) (composer: theme music)
February Fever (1980) (composer: theme music)
 
1980 Little Darlings (conductor)
 
1980 Goodtime Girls (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
Too Many Fiances (1980) (composer: theme music)
 
1975-1979 Wonder Woman (TV series) (composer: theme music - 60 episodes)
Phantom of the Roller Coaster: Part 2 (1979) (composer: theme music)
Phantom of the Roller Coaster: Part 1 (1979) (composer: theme music)
The Man Who Could Not Die (1979) (composer: theme music)
The Boy Who Knew Her Secret: Part 2 (1979) (composer: theme music)
The Boy Who Knew Her Secret: Part 1 (1979) (composer: theme music)
 
1978 Foul Play (conductor)
 
1977 Blansky's Beauties (TV series) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
Nancy Goes Sheik (1977) (composer: theme music)
Blansky's Biking Beauty (1977) (composer: theme music)
 
1975 Bug (composer: electronic music)
 
1972 Fol-de-Rol (TV movie) (music director)
 
1971 Lidsville (TV series) (musical director - 17 episodes)
World in a Hat (1971) (musical director)
Alias the Imperial Wizard (1971) (musical director)
A Little Hoodoo Goes a Long Way (1971) (musical director)
Fly Now, Vacuum Later (1971) (musical director)
Have I Got a Girl for Hoodoo (1971) (musical director)
 
1970 Pufnstuf (conductor, music composer: songs)
 
1968 Barbarella (conductor, lyrics by)
 
1966-1967 The Beagles (TV series) (musical director - 26 episodes)
The Cat Napper (1967) (musical director)
The Island Hideout (1967) (musical director)
Island in the Sky (1967) (musical director)
Motorcycle Mountie (1967) (musical director)
Klondike Goes to Town (1967) (musical director)
 
1967 The Incident (conductor)
 
1967 Snap Judgment (TV series) (composer: theme music - 13 episodes)
Episode dated 28 August 1967 (1967) (composer: theme music)
Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) (composer: theme music)
Episode dated 24 July 1967 (1967) (composer: theme music)
Episode dated 3 July 1967 (1967) (composer: theme music)
Episode dated 19 June 1967 (1967) (composer: theme music)
 
1965 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series) (music arranger - 65 episodes)
Episode dated 31 December 1965 (1965) (music arranger)
Episode dated 20 December 1965 (1965) (music arranger)
Episode dated 15 December 1965 (1965) (music arranger)
Episode dated 13 December 1965 (1965) (music arranger)
Episode dated 9 December 1965 (1965) (music arranger)
 
Show ShowComposer (118 titles)
2010 100 Voices: A Journey Home (documentary)
 
2007 The Monday Night Miracle (TV movie)
 
2002 Collected Stories (TV movie)
 
2002 A Death in the Family (TV movie)
 
2001 The Song of the Lark (TV movie)
 
1997 Conan (TV series)
 
1996 Innocent Victims (TV movie)
 
1996 The Man Next Door (TV movie)
 
1995 Gordy
 
1994 Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (TV movie)
 
1993 The Broken Chain (TV movie)
 
1993 The Odd Couple: Together Again (TV movie)
 
1993 Woman on the Ledge (TV movie)
 
1993 The Great O'Grady (TV short)
 
1992 In My Daughter's Name (TV movie)
 
1992 Christmas in Connecticut (TV movie)
 
1991 Absolute Strangers (TV movie)
 
1990 Repossessed
 
1990 A Family for Joe (TV series)
Having a Baby (1990)
Night School (1990)
Once a Bum (1990)
Law and Order (1990)
Life of the Party (1990)
 
1990 A Family for Joe (TV movie)
 
1990 Rich Men, Single Women (TV movie)
 
1990 The Bobby & Larry Show (TV movie)
 
1989 Tarzan in Manhattan (TV movie)
 
1988 Short Circuit 2
 
1988 Baby M (TV movie)
 
1988 Mars: Base One (TV movie)
 
1987 Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (TV movie)
 
1987 Deep Dark Secrets (TV movie)
 
1987 Love at Stake
 
1987 Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV series)
Pilot (1987)
 
1986-1987 Valerie (TV series)
Bad Timing (1987)
The Six (1986)
Old Enough (1986)
 
1986 Unnatural Causes (TV movie)
 
1986 The Parent Trap II (TV movie)
 
1986 Dear Penelope and Peter (TV short)
 
1986 Betrayed by Innocence (TV movie)
 
1986 The Longshot
 
1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV series)
 
1985 Goodbye Charlie (TV short)
 
1985 Doin' Time
 
1985 A Summer to Remember (TV movie)
 
1984 He's Not Your Son (TV movie)
 
1984 Family Secrets (TV movie)
 
1983 It's Not Easy (TV series)
 
1983 Trenchcoat
 
1982 Love Child
 
1982 Zapped!
 
1982 Six Pack
 
1981 Aloha Paradise (TV series)
 
1981 Foul Play (TV series)
The Big Bang (1981)
 
1980 Nine to Five
 
1980 Little Darlings
 
1980 Goodtime Girls (TV series)
 
1979 Shirley (TV series)
 
1979 Better Late Than Never (TV movie)
 
1979 Out of the Blue (TV series)
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
 
1978 Rainbow (TV movie)
 
1978 The Paper Chase (TV series)
 
1978 Foul Play
 
1974-1978 Happy Days (TV series)
Rules to Date By (1978)
Be My Valentine (1978)
Spunkless Spunky (1978)
Nose for News (1977)
 
1977 One on One
 
1977 Walkin' Walter (TV series) (music by)
 
1977 Blansky's Beauties (TV series)
 
1977 The Love Boat II (TV movie)
 
1976 Victory at Entebbe (TV movie)
 
1976 Newman's Drugstore (TV movie)
 
1976 The Love Boat (TV movie)
 
1975 The Legend of Valentino (TV movie)
 
1975 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
 
1975 My Father's House (TV movie)
 
1975 Bug
 
1968-1974 What's My Line? (TV series)
Episode dated 1 December 1974 (1974) (uncredited)
Episode dated 17 October 1974 (1974) (uncredited)
Episode dated 19 December 1973 (1973) (uncredited)
Episode dated 13 December 1973 (1973) (uncredited)
Episode dated 1 October 1973 (1973) (uncredited)
 
1974 Aloha Means Goodbye (TV movie)
 
1974 The Stranger Within (TV movie)
 
1973 Dying Room Only (TV movie)
 
1973 Going Places (TV short)
 
1972 The Weekend Nun (TV movie)
 
1972 Women in Chains (TV movie)
 
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV series)
 
1971 Lidsville (TV series)
 
1971 Making It
 
1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
A Diller, a Dollar (1971)
 
1970-1971 The Bugaloos (TV series)
The Good Old Days (1971)
On a Clear Day (1970)
 
1970 Barefoot in the Park (TV series)
 
1970 NFL Monday Night Football (TV series)
 
1970 Pufnstuf
 
1969 The Joe Namath Show (TV series)
Episode #1.13 (1969)
Episode #1.4 (1969)
 
1968 The Green Slime
 
1968 Barbarella
 
1967 The Incident
 
1967 Johnny Belinda (TV movie)
 
1962 The Match Game (TV series)
Pilot (1962)
 
1961 ABC's Wide World of Sports (TV series)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (121 titles)
2013 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV series)
Happy Days #2 (2013) ("Happy Days Theme")
 
2012 Django Unchained (writer: "I Got a Name")
 
2012 Tu cara me suena (TV series)
Episode #2.7 (2012) (writer: "Killing Me Softly")
 
2012 The X Factor (TV series)
Live Show 4 (2012) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - uncredited)
 
2011 A Few Best Men (writer: "Love Boat" / as Fox)
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Larry the Cable Guy/Uncharted 3/Paul Williams (2011) (music: "Theme from 'The Love Boat'")
 
2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Episode #11.5 (2011) (writer: "Happy Days" - uncredited)
 
2011 We Need to Talk About Kevin (writer: "Happy Days - Cues" / as Fox)
 
2011 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Episode dated 23 February 2011 (2011) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - uncredited)
 
2010 100 Voices: A Journey Home (documentary) (writer: "Lament & Prayer")
 
2010/I Limbo (writer: "Killing me softly")
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
All Time Favourite TV Themes (2010) (writer: "Happy Days", "The Love Boat", "Making Our Dreams Come True")
 
2009 El coro de la cárcel (TV series)
Episode #3.5 (2009) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2009 See Hear (TV series)
Episode #29.13 (2009) (writer: "Theme Music From 'Happy Days'")
 
2008 D'un any 8 a un any 9 (TV movie) (writer: "Suament em mata aquella cançó")
 
2008 El disco del año 08 (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2008 La Marató 2008 (TV special) (writer: "Killing Me Softly")
 
2008 Premios Ondas 2008 (TV special) (writer: "Killing Me Softly")
 
2008 Cuéntame (TV series)
Bodas, bautizos y banquetes (2008) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
La cigüeña dijo 'sí' (2008) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2008 Salvemos Eurovisión con Rodolfo Chikilicuatre (TV special) (writer: "Killing Me Softly")
 
2008 Soulería (video) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2008 Family Guy (TV series)
Back to the Woods (2008) (music: "Ready To Take A Chance Again")
 
2007 The Heartbreak Kid (writer: "Ready to Take a Chance Again")
 
2006 Invincible (writer: "I Got a Name")
 
2006 Martha (TV series)
Episode dated 21 February 2006 (2006) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
2006 Porca misèria (TV series)
L'hora de la veritat (2006) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2005 Block Party (documentary) (writer: "Killing Me Softly with His Song")
 
2005 History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (video documentary) (writer: "Theme From 'ABC's Wide World of Sports'")
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (Video Game) ("Killing Me Softly")
 
2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
2003 Duplex (writer: "The Love Boat" 1977 / as Charlie Fox)
 
2002 The Monkees: Live Summer Tour (video) (writer: "Girl")
 
2002 About a Boy ("Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
2002 Big Trouble (writer: "Making Our Dreams Come True")
 
2002 Robert Flack in Concert (video) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
2001 Malcolm in the Middle (TV series)
Mini-Bike (2001) (music: "Wonder Woman" - uncredited)
 
2000 Lucky Numbers (writer: "Happy Days Theme")
 
2000 Keeping the Faith (writer: "Ready to Take a Chance Again")
 
2000 The Tao of Steve (writer: "The Bugaloos" 1970 / music: "The Bugaloos" 1970)
 
1999 200 Cigarettes ("Ready to Take a Chance Again")
 
1998 The Simpsons (TV series)
When You Dish Upon a Star (1998) (writer: "Happy Days theme song")
 
1998 Can't Hardly Wait (writer: "Ready To Take A Chance Again")
 
1998 Conan (TV series)
Antidote (1998) (writer: "In Love And War")
 
1997 Spice World (writer: "Wonder Woman")
 
1997 The 1997 World Music Awards (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1997 The Ice Storm (writer: "I Got a Name")
 
1996 Sånt är livet (music: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1996 A Very Brady Sequel ("Girl")
 
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (writer: "Theme" / as C. Fox)
 
1995 Gordy (writer: "I Made a Promise")
 
1995 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Episode dated 20 March 1995 (1995) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1995 The Brady Bunch Movie ("Girl")
 
1989-1994 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Kitten with a Whip (1994) (music: "Happy Days")
The Violent Years (1994) (music: "Happy Days")
The Day the Earth Froze (1993) (writer: "Love Boat Theme")
Hercules Unchained (1992) (writer: "Barbarella" - uncredited)
Master Ninja I (1992) (music: "Wonder Woman Theme")
 
1994 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
About Face (1994) (music: "Love, American Style" - uncredited / lyrics: "Love, American Style" - uncredited)
 
1993 Demolition Man (writer: "The Love Boat Theme")
 
1992 Christmas in Connecticut (TV movie) (writer: "Love Is A Feast")
 
1992 Wayne's World ("MAKING OUR DREAMS COME TRUE")
 
1991 Derrick (TV series)
Ein Tod auf dem Hinterhof (1991) (writer: "Killing me softly")
 
1990 Repossessed (music: "Repossessed" / lyrics: "Repossessed")
 
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (writer: "The Love Boat")
 
1990 Loose Cannons (writer: "The Theme from The Love Boat" / as Charlie Fox)
 
1989 It Had to Be You (music: "How Do I Get Him Out Of My Heart" / "As Long As It's You")
 
1987-1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV series)
The Mentor (1989) (music: "The Best Of Times")
Clubs and Cliques (1989) (music: "The Best Of Times")
Stevie (1989) (music: "The Best Of Times")
Practical Jokes (1989) (music: "The Best Of Times")
Let's Get Together (1989) (music: "The Best Of Times")
 
1989 Cousins ("HAPPY DAYS")
 
1988 Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1987 Designing Women (TV series)
Cruising (1987) ("The Love Boat theme")
 
1986 The Parent Trap II (TV movie) (music: "Let's Keep What We've Got")
 
1986 America Votes the #1 Song (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1986 Valerie (TV series)
 
1986 The Longshot (writer: "The Longshot")
 
1985 New Love, American Style (TV series)
Love and the Housekeeper (writer: "Love American Style")
 
1985 Summer Rental (writer: "'Love Boat' Theme")
 
1985 European Vacation (music: "New Looks")
 
1985 Goodbye Charlie (TV short) (music: "Goodbye Charlie")
 
1985 A Summer to Remember (TV movie) (music: "It's You")
 
1983 Fame (TV series)
U.N. Week (1983) (music: "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - uncredited / lyrics: "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - uncredited)
 
1983 The Other Woman (TV movie) (music: "Easy With You")
 
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel ("'Love Boat' Theme" / as C. Fox)
 
1982 Love Child (music: "Something More")
 
1982 Zapped! (music: "Shoot the Moon", "Just for Fun", "Got to Believe in Magic", "King and Queen of Hearts", "Ready or Not")
 
1982 Six Pack (music: "I Got a Name" - uncredited, "Nothing But the Sky and Me")
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Episode dated 17 September 1981 (1981) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1981 Soundstage (TV series)
Roberta Flack (1981) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1981 Aloha Paradise (TV series)
 
1973-1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Episode dated 18 June 1980 (1980) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
Episode dated 13 July 1973 (1973) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1980 The Last Married Couple in America (music: "We Could Have It All")
 
1980 Goodtime Girls (TV series)
 
1979 Mork & Mindy (TV series)
The Mork Syndrome (1979) (writer: "Making Our Dreams Come True")
 
1979 Shirley (TV series)
 
1979 The Late Late Lien Show (TV series)
Episode #2.1 (1979) (writer: "Killing me Softly")
 
1979 Better Late Than Never (TV movie) (music: "You're Never Too Young")
 
1979 Out of the Blue (TV series)
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (writer: "Ready to Take a Chance Again")
 
1979 Angie (TV series)
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
 
1978 The Paper Chase (TV series)
 
1978 Foul Play (music: "Ready To Take A Chance Again")
 
1975-1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
The Pied Piper (1977) (writer: "Love Conquers All")
The New Original Wonder Woman (1975) (music: "Wonder Woman")
 
1977 One on One (writer: "This Day Belongs To Me", "John Wayne", "My Fair Share", "Hustle", "Love Conquers All")
 
1977 Walkin' Walter (TV series) (music: "Walkin' Walter")
 
1977 The Love Boat (TV series)
 
1977 Blansky's Beauties (TV series)
 
1977 Happy Days (TV series)
The Graduation: Part 1 (1977) (writer: "Deeply" - uncredited)
 
1976 The Love Boat (TV movie) (writer: "Love Boat")
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Lena Horne (1976) (music: "I Got a Name")
 
1976 The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (writer: "Lemondrops, Lollipops & Sunbeams", "Please Don't Touch Me Plums", "Blimey", "Fools Gold", "A Touch Of Love")
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Richard's Window")
 
1976 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
 
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain (music: "Richard's Window")
 
1975 The Drowning Pool (performer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" / "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1973 The Last American Hero (writer: "I Got A Name")
 
1973 Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever (TV movie) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
 
1973 The Harrad Experiment (music: "I Hope I Have Your Love", "Go Gently")
 
1973 Take a Giant Step (TV series)
Episode dated 10 February 1973 (1973) (writer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - uncredited)
 
1971 Star Spangled Girl (writer: "Girl")
 
1971 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
Getting Davy Jones (1971) (writer: "Girl" - uncredited)
 
1970-1971 The Bugaloos (TV series)
The Good Old Days (1971) (writer: "Gna Gna Gna Gna Gna")
Now You See 'em, Now You Don't (1970) (writer: "Gna Gna Gna Gna Gna")
 
1970 Pufnstuf (music: "IF I COULD", "LIVING ISLAND", "A FRIEND IN YOU", "PUFNSTUF", "DIFFERENT", "ZAP THE WORLD", "HOW LUCKY I AM", "WITCHIEPOO'S LAMENT")
 
1969 Love, American Style (TV series)
 
1968 The Green Slime (music: "Space Rock" - uncredited, "Lunar Landing" - uncredited)
 
1968 Barbarella (writer: "Barbarella", "Drag Me Down", "Love Theme from 'Barbarella'", "An Angel is Love")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2002 Killing Me Softly (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2011 The John Kerwin Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Dee Wallace and Charles Fox (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2010 100 Voices: A Journey Home (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame (TV movie)
Himself - Inductee
 
2002 Inside TV Land: 40 Greatest Theme Songs (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 I Love 1970's (TV series documentary)
Himself
I Love 1978 (2000) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Fall 2010) Release of his memoirs, "Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music".

Publicity Listings:

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Began career writing and playing Latin music for Tito Puente, Joe Quijano, Ray Barretto and other Latin music greats, then released his first solo salsa album "Just For Fun" (1962). See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio