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Jack Lawrence (II) (1912–2009)

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He went to podiatry school to please his parents. He graduated the same year that his first published song became a hit -- "Play, Fiddle, Play". See more trivia »

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2013 Defiance (TV series)
Pilot, Part 1 (2013) (writer: "If I Didn't Care" - uncredited)
 
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game) (writer: "Once Upon a Dream" 1958)
 
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Episode #9.25 (2010) (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2009 Get Low (writer: "If I Didn't Care" 1939)
 
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (writer: "If I Didn't Care")
 
2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (video documentary short) (writer: "Tenderly")
 
2007 Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2007 Rogue (writer: "Never Smile at a Crocodile")
 
2007 Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (video) (lyrics: "Tenderly" - uncredited)
 
2007 BioShock (Video Game) ("If I Didn't Care")
 
2007/I Crazy Love (documentary) (writer: "Linda")
 
2007 Because I Said So (writer: "Yes, My Darling Daughter")
 
2006 Clatterford (TV series)
Christmas Panto (2006) (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2006 I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (writer: "Tenderly")
 
2004 Beyond the Sea ("Beyond the Sea" 1960)
 
2003 Matchstick Men (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
2003 The Human Stain (lyrics: "Sleepy Lagoon" 1940)
 
2003 Finding Nemo (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea" 1945)
 
2002 American Dreams (TV series)
 
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember (writer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV special documentary) (writer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
2001 Festival in Cannes (writer: "Passing By")
 
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (lyrics: "Sunrise Serenade")
 
2001 My First Mister (writer: "Beyond the Sea" 1945)
 
2000 Return to Me (writer: "Tenderly")
 
1999 The Sopranos (TV series)
Denial, Anger, Acceptance (1999) (writer: "Tenderly")
 
1998 You've Got Mail (writer: "Never Smile At A Crocodile")
 
1998 The Rat Pack (TV movie) (writer: "All or nothing at all")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
Apollo One (1998) (writer: "Beyond The Sea" / lyrics: "Beyond The Sea")
Can We Do This? (1998) (writer: "Beyond The Sea" / lyrics: "Beyond The Sea")
 
1997 The Visitor (TV series)
Reunion (1997) (writer: "If I Didn't Care" - uncredited)
 
1997 A Life Less Ordinary (writer: "BEYOND THE SEA" Karaoke Version, "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints (writer: "Tenderly")
 
1997 Cop Land (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1996 The Proprietor (writer: "If I Didn't Care")
 
1996 Stealing Beauty (writer: "TENDERLY")
 
1995 A Month by the Lake (lyrics: "Tuli-Tulip Time")
 
1995 Apollo 13 (writer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV special documentary) (music: "Once Upon a Dream" 1959 - uncredited / lyrics: "Once Upon a Dream" 1959 - uncredited)
 
1994 Today (TV series)
Episode dated 10 November 1994 (1994) (writer: "Tenderly")
 
1994 The Shawshank Redemption ("If I Didn't Care")
 
1994 Clean Slate (lyrics: "WITH THE WIND AND RAIN IN YOUR HAIR")
 
1993 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
Secret Agent Super Dragon (1993) (writer: "Beyond the Sea" - uncredited)
 
1993 Amos & Andrew (writer: "Beyond The Sea")
 
1992 Sinatra (TV movie) (lyrics: "All or Nothing at All")
 
1992 La vie de bohème (lyrics: "Chantez pour moi violons")
 
1991 Father of the Bride (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (writer: "What Will I Tell My Heart" / as Lawrence)
 
1991 Flirting (writer: "Sleepy Lagoon" / as Lawrence)
 
1991 Scenes from a Mall (writer: "TENDERLY")
 
1990/I Havana (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 Love Hurts (writer: "TENDERLY" / performer: "TENDERLY")
 
1990 Goodfellas (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (writer: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1990 Men Don't Leave (writer: "IF I DIDN'T CARE")
 
1990 In Too Deep ("TENDERLY")
 
1989 Black Rain ("BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1989 Sea of Love (writer: "BEYOND THE SEA")
 
1988 Rocket Gibraltar (writer: "Foolin' Myself")
 
1988 Aloha Summer (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea")
 
1988 School Daze (writer: "If I Didn't Care")
 
1987 Radio Days (writer: "If I Didn't Care" 1939 / lyrics: "All or Nothing at All" 1940)
 
1986 Webster (TV series)
Hello, I Must Be Going (1986) (lyrics: "Tenderly")
 
1982 Missing (writer: "ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL" 1940)
 
1981 Sanford (TV series)
Cal the Coward (1981) (writer: "If I Didn't Care")
 
1980 Raging Bull (lyrics: "All or Nothing at All" 1940)
 
1978 Fedora (lyrics: "Tenderly" - uncredited)
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Avery Schreiber (1976) (writer: "Tenderly")
Episode #1.14 (1976) (writer: "Never Smile at a Crocodile")
 
1973 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Fifty Happy Years (1973) ("Once Upon a Dream")
 
1972 Sanford and Son (TV series)
 
1971 A Safe Place (writer: "Passing By')
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #1.25 (1965) (music: "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair")
Episode #1.3 (1964) (lyrics: "Yes, My Darling Daughter")
 
1962 Satan in High Heels ("I Would If I Could", "What Have You Done for Me Lately")
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 25 May 1960 (1960) (writer: "All or Nothing at All" - uncredited)
 
1959 Sleeping Beauty (music: "Once Upon a Dream" 1958 - uncredited / lyrics: "Once Upon a Dream" 1958 - uncredited)
 
1958 She Gods of Shark Reef (writer: "Nearer My Love to You")
 
1958 The Tender Game (short) (writer: "Tenderly")
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
Episode #1.9 (1957) (lyrics: "Tenderly")
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Ice Capades (1956) (lyrics: "The Poor People of Paris")
 
1956 The Voice of Firestone (TV series)
Episode #7.41 (1956) (lyrics: "Beyond the Sea" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Rosemary Clooney Show (TV series)
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Hold My Hand")
 
1954 Susan Slept Here (writer: "Susan Slept Here" - uncredited / lyrics: "Hold My Hand")
 
1954 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Episode #4.5 (1954) (lyrics: "Symphony")
 
1953 Torch Song (music: "Tenderly")
 
1953 Little Boy Lost (lyrics: "Mon Coeur est un Violin")
 
1953 The I Don't Care Girl (writer: "The Johnson Rag" - uncredited)
 
1951 Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (short) (lyrics: "Johnson Rag" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Spider and the Fly (writer: "Symphony" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Episode #1.38 (1949) (writer: "If I Didn't Care")
 
1948 Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (short) (writer: "Linda")
 
1948 Little 'Tinker (short) (lyrics: "All or Nothing")
 
1948 Killer Diller (music: "If I didn't Care" / lyrics: "If I didn't Care")
 
1947 Community Sing 9651: Heartaches (short) (writer: "Linda")
 
1947 Swing the Western Way (writer: "Chopsticks")
 
1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami ("My Bel Ami")
 
1946 The Bachelor's Daughters (writer: "Twilight Song")
 
1946 One Exciting Week (music: "Heave Ho! My Lads, Heave Ho!" / lyrics: "Heave Ho! My Lads, Heave Ho!")
 
1945 Dreaming (writer: "All or Nothing At All" - uncredited)
 
1944 Moonlight and Cactus (writer: "Heave Ho")
 
1944 This Is the Life (lyrics: "All or Nothing At All" - uncredited)
 
1944 Weekend Pass (writer: "All or Nothing at All")
 
1944 The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Band (short) (writer: "Heave Ho! My Lads, Heave Ho!" - uncredited)
 
1943 Doughboys in Ireland (lyrics: "All Or Nothing At All" - uncredited)
 
1943 Sleepy Lagoon (lyrics: "Sleepy Lagoon")
 
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady (lyrics: "Sleepy Lagoon" 1940)
 
1941 The Big Store (writer: "Yes, My Darling Daughter" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast (writer: "If I Didn't Care" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Lady Eve (music: "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 Hullabaloo (writer: "A Handful of Stars" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 The Quarterback (writer: "Sentimental Me")
 
1940 Romance in Rhythm (short) (writer: "Chopsticks" - uncredited)
 
1938 The Old Barn Dance (writer: "Ten Little Miles" 1938 - uncredited, "At the Old Barn Dance" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Man from Music Mountain (writer: "The Man From Music Mountain" - uncredited)
 
1938 Romance on the Run (writer: "Are You a Dreamer?" - uncredited)
 
1938 Under Western Stars (writer: "Send My Mail to the County Jail", "When a Cowboy Sings a Song", "Back to the Backwoods")
 
1938 Outside of Paradise (writer: "Outside of Paradise", "Sweet Irish Sweetheart of Mine", "Shenanigans")
 
1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (writer: "It's Round Up Time in Reno" - uncredited / lyrics: "Have You Ever Been to Heaven" - uncredited, "I Owe You" - uncredited, "All Over Nothing at All" - uncredited)
 
1937 Love Under Fire (lyrics: "The Language of Love")
 
1937 Starlets (short) (writer: "Big Boy Blue" - uncredited)
 
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1938 The Old Barn Dance (songs by)
 
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He went to podiatry school to please his parents. He graduated the same year that his first published song became a hit -- "Play, Fiddle, Play". See more »

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