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Marvin Hatley (1905–1986)

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Composer, conductor and author, educated at UCLA and then a staff pianist for KFWB in Hollywood for four years, then to vaudeville for one year, and then to KFUD. Two years after joining the Hal Roach Studios, he took over its music department, which he directed for ten years. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his most-popular composition is the Laurel and Hardy theme, which he always spelled "Ku-Ku". See full bio »

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in Reed, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Hollywood, California, USA
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2010 De Buik Vol ((Hal Roach Themes - )
 
2007 Kameleon als schokkend doelwit (video) (composer: themes)
 
2005 Kameleon en de dubbelganger (video short) (composer: themes)
 
1948 Who Killed Doc Robbin (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 I'll Sell My Life (musical director)
 
1941 Broadway Limited (musical director)
 
1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Topper Takes a Trip (music supervisor)
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (musical director)
 
1938 Block-Heads (musical director)
 
1938 Hide and Shriek (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1938 Swiss Miss (musical director)
 
1938 Three Men in a Tub (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1938 Bear Facts (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Merrily We Live (musical director)
 
1930 Blotto (short) (composer: theme music - 1937 re-release - uncredited)
 
1930 Brats (short) (composer: theme music - 1937 re-release - uncredited)
 
1937 Our Gang Follies of 1938 (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1937/I Mail and Female (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Pigskin Palooka (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Framing Youth (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Fishy Tales (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Night 'n' Gales (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Topper (musical director)
 
1937 Roamin' Holiday (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Pick a Star (musical director)
 
1937 Three Smart Boys (short) (musical director)
 
1937 Rushin' Ballet (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Way Out West (musical director)
 
1937 Hearts Are Thumps (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1937 Glove Taps (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Reunion in Rhythm (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1929 Perfect Day (short) (composer: stock music - 1936 reissue - uncredited)
 
1936 Pay As You Exit (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 Mister Cinderella (musical director)
 
1936 Two Too Young (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Kelly the Second (musical director)
 
1936 Bored of Education (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 Arbor Day (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 The Lucky Corner (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Pinch Singer (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Our Gang Follies of 1936 (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Little Sinner (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Little Papa (short) (musical director)
 
1935 Teacher's Beau (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Thicker Than Water (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Beginner's Luck (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 The Fixer Uppers (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1935 Tit for Tat (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1934 Shrimps for a Day (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Live Ghost (short) (composer: stock music / theme music - uncredited - uncredited)
 
1934 Mama's Little Pirate (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Mike Fright (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1934 Them Thar Hills (short) (composer: stock music / theme music - uncredited - uncredited)
 
1934 Going Bye-Bye! (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1934 Hi'-Neighbor! (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Oliver the Eighth (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1933 Sons of the Desert (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1933 Dirty Work (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Wild Poses (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Midsummer Mush (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1933 Busy Bodies (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 The Midnight Patrol (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 One Track Minds (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Me and My Pal (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1933 Twice Two (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Towed in a Hole (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 A Lad an' a Lamp (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Their First Mistake (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 Scram! (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 County Hospital (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 The Chimp (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 The Music Box (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 Any Old Port! (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Helpmates (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 One Good Turn (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Come Clean (short) (composer: stock music / theme music - uncredited - uncredited)
 
1931 Pardon Us (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1931 Spuk um Mitternacht (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Our Wife (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1931 Air-Tight (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1931 Politiquerías (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Los calaveras (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1931 Laughing Gravy (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Chickens Come Home- (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Be Big! (short) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
1930 Below Zero (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 Radiomanía (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
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1965 Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary) (music: "Ku-Ku" Dance of the Cuckoos - uncredited)
 
1961 A Coming-Out Party (music: "Dance of the Cuckoos" - uncredited)
 
1960 Concrete Jungle (music: "Dance of the Cuckoos" - uncredited)
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary) (music: "Dance of the Cuckoos")
 
1959 Little Rascals Varieties (writer: "Honolulu Baby")
 
1943 Campus Rhythm (writer: "It's Great to Be a College Girl" / as T. Marvin Hatley)
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous (music: "Dance of the Cuckoos" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1941 Uncle Joe (writer: "Woogie Hula", "The Land of Nod", "Inspirational You")
 
1939 The Flying Deuces (music: "Ku-Ku" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1938 Swiss Miss (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1937 Our Gang Follies of 1938 (short) (writer: "Stagecoach Conversation", "Honolula Baby")
 
1937 Framing Youth (short) (performer: "Honolulu Baby")
 
1937 Pick a Star (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1937 Nobody's Baby (music: "Nobody's Baby", "I've Dreamed About This", "Quien Sabe", "All Dressed Up in Rhythm")
 
1937 Way Out West (music: "Will You Be My Lovey-Dovey?" 1936 - uncredited, "Dance of the Cuckoos" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1936 Our Relations (music: "Ku-Ku" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1935 Bonnie Scotland (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1935 No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (short) (writer: "Dance of the Cuckoos")
 
1935 Thicker Than Water (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Fixer Uppers (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1934 Babes in Toyland (music: "The Ku-Ku Song" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1934 Fate's Fathead (short) (music: "How About Another Cup of Coffee?" - uncredited)
 
1934 Mike Fright (short) (music: "Honolulu Baby" / lyrics: "Honolulu Baby")
 
1934 Them Thar Hills (short) (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1934 Going Bye-Bye! (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1934 Music in Your Hair (short) (writer: "Don't Start Frettin'" - uncredited, "Goin' to Town" - uncredited)
 
1934 Benny, from Panama (short) (writer: "Now That We're Alone" - uncredited, "We Came to Pay Our Respects" - uncredited)
 
1934 Four Parts (short) (music: "Auntie's Got Ants in Her Pantry" - uncredited, "When the Band Around Your Hat Plays Home Sweet Home" - uncredited)
 
1933 Sons of the Desert (writer: "Honolulu Baby" - uncredited, "We Are the Sons of the Desert" - uncredited)
 
1933 The Merry Old Soul (short) (writer: "The Cuckoo Song Ku-Ku / The Dance of the Cuckoos" - uncredited)
 
1933 Busy Bodies (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1933 The Devil's Brother (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles (writer: "Dance of the Cuckoos" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Scram! (short) (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1932 County Hospital (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1932 The Music Box (short) (performer: " I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" 1860 - uncredited, "The Star-Spangled Banner" 1814 - uncredited)
 
1932 Helpmates (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1931 Our Wife (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1931 Chickens Come Home- (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1930 Another Fine Mess (short) (music: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1929 Men O'War (short) (writer: "Ku-Ku" 1928 - uncredited)
 
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1945 Hollywood and Vine
 
1941 I'll Sell My Life (uncredited)
 
1941 Broadway Limited (uncredited)
 
1941 City of Missing Girls (uncredited)
 
1940 Saps at Sea
 
1940 A Chump at Oxford
 
1940 Blame It on Love (short)
 
1939 Captain Fury
 
1939 Zenobia
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (uncredited)
 
1938 Block-Heads (uncredited)
 
1938 Swiss Miss (uncredited)
 
1938 Merrily We Live (uncredited)
 
1937 Our Gang Follies of 1938 (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 The Pigskin Palooka (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Topper (uncredited)
 
1937 Roamin' Holiday (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Pick a Star (uncredited)
 
1937 Rushin' Ballet (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Nobody's Baby
 
1937 Way Out West (uncredited)
 
1937 Reunion in Rhythm (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 General Spanky (musical score)
 
1936 Mister Cinderella (uncredited)
 
1936 Kelly the Second (uncredited)
 
1935 Our Gang Follies of 1936 (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Little Sinner (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Bonnie Scotland (uncredited)
 
1933 Sons of the Desert (uncredited)
 
1933 Midsummer Mush (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles (uncredited)
 
1932 The Music Box (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Beau Hunks (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 One Good Turn (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Our Wife (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Be Big! (short) (uncredited)
 
1930 Another Fine Mess (short) (uncredited)
 
1930 Hog Wild (short) (uncredited)
 
1930 Night Owls (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (19 titles)
1941 Uncle Joe
Bandleader Marvin Hartley
 
1936 Our Relations
Extra in Denker's Beer Garden/Nightclub (uncredited)
 
1936 The Pinch Singer (short)
Music conductor
 
1935 Bonnie Scotland
Accordionist (uncredited)
 
1934 Mike Fright (short)
Piano Player (uncredited)
 
1933 Sons of the Desert
Club Pianist (uncredited)
 
1933 Luncheon at Twelve (short)
Marv (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1933 Midsummer Mush (short)
Member of Camping Trio (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1933 Sherman Said It (short) (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1933 Arabian Tights (short) (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1933 Maids a la Mode (short)
Pianist (uncredited)
 
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles
Doughboy (uncredited)
 
1932 First in War (short)
 
1932 Love Pains (short)
 
1932 The Tabasco Kid (short) (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1931 Beau Hunks (short)
Riffian (uncredited)
 
1931 Rough Seas (short)
Pvt. Marvin Hatley (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1930 High C's (short)
Trumpet player (as The Ranch Boys)
 
1930 Shivering Shakespeare (short)
Musician
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1974 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974) … Himself (as T. Marvin Hatley)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 Silent Clowns (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2003 Living Famously (TV series)
 

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Accomplished composer and musician at Hal Roach studios during the 1930s; he wrote Laurel & Hardy's legendary signature tune 'The Cuckoo Song'. See more »

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