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Ray Gilbert (1912–1976)

Academy Award-winning songwriter ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" [1947]), composer and author, educated in public schools and then a writer of special material for Sophie Tucker, Harry Richman and Buddy Rogers. He came to Hollywood in 1939 and wrote for Earl Carroll, then signed for 3 1/2 years with Walt Disney... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Hope Springs (writer: "Tormented")
 
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (TV series)
So Long & Thanks for All the Trading Cards (2009) (writer: "Chihuahua" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (writer: "THAT'S A PLENTY")
 
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua (writer: "Chihuahua a/k/a Chihuahua 2002")
 
2007 Juno (writer: "Once I Loved" 1963)
 
2006 You, Me and Dupree (writer: "Crickets Sing for Anna Maria")
 
2006 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (video) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
2005 Belíssima (TV series)
Episode dated 7 November 2005 (2005) (writer: "Bonita demais" - uncredited)
 
2005 Capote (lyrics: "Cherry" 1928)
 
2003 Destino (short) (lyrics: "Destino")
 
2002 House of Mouse (TV series)
Pete's One-Man Show (2002) (music: "Boom Da Boom Disney Version" / lyrics: "Boom Da Boom Disney Version")
 
2000 Super Speedway (documentary) (writer: "You Belong to my Heart" / as R. Gilbert)
 
2000 Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (Video Game) (music: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
2000 Joe Gould's Secret (writer: "Muskrat Ramble" / as Gilbert)
 
1999 Bicentennial Man (writer: "Muskrat Ramble")
 
1999 Man of the Century (writer: "Once I Loved")
 
1999 Between Your Legs (writer: "Você" / as R. Gilbert)
 
1992-1996 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
The Incredible Melting Man (1996) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
The Human Duplicators (1992) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
Crash of Moons (1992) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1996 Walt Disney World Explorer (Video Game) (writer: "Ev'rybody Has a Laughing Place")
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (lyrics: "Baião Ca-Room' Pa Pa" - uncredited)
 
1993 Keeping Up Appearances (TV series)
Looking at Properties (1993) ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1993 Life with Mikey (lyrics: "ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH")
 
1992 Encino Man (lyrics: "Zip a Dee Doo Dah")
 
1992 The Babe (writer: "Muskrat Ramble")
 
1991 JFK (writer: "Muskrat Ramble")
 
1991 True Identity (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1990 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (video) (lyrics: "Ev'rybody Has A Laughing Place")
 
1990 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Disneyland Fun (video) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1990 Cry-Baby (writer: "CHERRY")
 
1989 Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain (TV movie) (writer: "Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah")
 
1988 The Dressmaker (writer: "That's a-Plenty" - uncredited)
 
1988 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly (video short) (lyrics: "The Merrily Song")
 
1987 The Chipmunk Adventure (writer: "Cuanto le gusta")
 
1987 Henri (writer: "That's A Plenty")
 
1986 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (video short) (lyrics: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah", "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Reprise" - uncredited)
 
1984 Webster (TV series)
Special Friends (1984) (lyrics: "Cuanto Le Gusta")
 
1980 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Letters (1980) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1978 All in the Family (TV series)
Return of the Waitress (1978) (writer: "Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
George Burns (1977) (lyrics: "Cuanto le gusta" - uncredited)
 
1976 The Ritz (lyrics: "The Three Caballeros" - uncredited)
 
1958-1975 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
America on the Move (1975) (lyrics: "Cuanto le gusta" - uncredited)
Academy Awards (1970) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
Episode #6.32 (1961) (music: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
Episode #3.30 (1958) (music: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 13 November 1969 (1969) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1968 A Family Thing (TV special) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #2.28 (1965) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
Episode #1.21 (1965) (writer: "Muskat Ramble")
 
1964 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (writer: "Like I Like You", "Ven-E, Ven-O, Ven-A")
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Academy Award Songs (1960) (lyrics: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Polly Bergen Show (TV series)
Episode #1.18 (1958) (lyrics: "Cuanto le gusta" - uncredited)
 
1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 5 October 1957 (1957) (music: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
The Duenna (1957) (writer: "You Belong To My Heart Solamente Una Vez" - uncredited)
 
1955 Dateline: Disneyland (TV special documentary) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah")
 
1954 Playgirl (writer: "Lie to Me Baby" - uncredited)
 
1953 Sombrero (lyrics: "You Belong to My Heart" - uncredited)
 
1951 Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (short) (lyrics: "The Hot Canary")
 
1951 Mr. Imperium (lyrics: "Solamente una vez You Belong To My Heart" - uncredited)
 
1950 One Hour in Wonderland (TV special) (writer: "Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio (writer: "Yipsee-I-O" - uncredited / lyrics: "Baião Ca-Room' Pa Pa" - uncredited, "Love Is Like This" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (lyrics: "Merrily on Our Way to Nowhere in Particular" 1949 - uncredited)
 
1949 The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe (TV series)
Episode dated 25 October 1949 (1949) (writer: "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Big Sombrero (writer: "You Belong To My Heart")
 
1948 A Song Is Born (writer: "Muskrat Ramble" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1948 A Date with Judy (writer: "Cuanto La Gusta")
 
1948 Melody Time (writer: "Once Upon a Wintertime", "Blame It on the Samba")
 
1948 The Gay Ranchero (lyrics: "You Belong to My Heart")
 
1946 Make Mine Music (writer: "Blue Bayou" 1946, "Casey at the Bat" 1946 / lyrics: "All the Cats Join In" 1945, "Without You Bis ans Ende der Welt" 1942, "Two Silhouettes" 1945, "Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet" 1945)
 
1946 Song of the South (writer: "Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah", "Everybody's Got a Laughing Place", "Sooner Or Later You're Gonna Be Comin' Around" - uncredited)
 
1946 Blue Bayou (short) (writer: "Blue Bayou")
 
1946 All the Cats Join In (short) (writer: "All the Cats Join In")
 
1945 You Belong to My Heart (short) (lyrics: "You Belong to My Heart Solamente una vez")
 
1944 The Three Caballeros (lyrics: "The Three Caballeros Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!", "Baía No baixa do sapateiro", "You Belong To My Heart Solamente una vez", "Mexico")
 
1944 Moonlight and Cactus (writer: "Send Me a Man, Amen")
 
1943 O, My Darling Clementine (writer: "Diggin' the Docey Doe" - uncredited)
 
1943 Man from Music Mountain (writer: "Smiles Are Made Out of the Sunshine")
 
1942 A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (short) (writer: "A Zoot Suit for My Sunday Gal")
 
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1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (additional songs - 1 episode)
Cavalcade of Songs (1955) (additional songs)
 
1946 Song of the South (composer: songs)
 
1946 Make Mine Music (songs by)
 
1944 The Three Caballeros (songs: lyrics by)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1946 All the Cats Join In (short)
 
1946 Blue Bayou (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1984 We Think the World Is Round (TV movie) (written by)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Record album score: "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria".
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Trivia:

Father of singer Joanne Gilbert. Received an Academy Award for his song, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" for Song of the South. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo