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Ben Oakland (I) (1909–1979)

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Filmography

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1959 The Flying Fontaines (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Have Rocket -- Will Travel (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 The Werewolf (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Uranium Boom (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Battle Stations (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 The Crooked Web (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 The Gun That Won the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Apache Ambush (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Seminole Uprising (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Jungle Moon Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 Drums of Tahiti (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Prisoners of the Casbah (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Saginaw Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Valley of Head Hunters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Flame of Calcutta (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Last Posse (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Man in the Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Rough, Tough West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 California Conquest (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Boots Malone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Magic Carpet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Mysterious Island (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Bonanza Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Big Gusher (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 China Corsair (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Pygmy Island (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The Blazing Sun (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Streets of Ghost Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 State Penitentiary (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Hoedown (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Blondie's Hero (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Mule Train (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The Traveling Saleswoman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Chinatown at Midnight (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 All the King's Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Bandits of El Dorado (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Prison Warden (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 The Cowboy and the Indians (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 The Devil's Henchman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Blondie Hits the Jackpot (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Batman and Robin (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 The Lost Tribe (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Desert Vigilante (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Law of the Barbary Coast (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Jungle Jim (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Triple Threat (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Superman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Best Man Wins (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Port Said (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 The Woman from Tangier (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 The Prince of Thieves (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Devil Ship (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Key Witness (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 The Son of Rusty (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 The Millerson Case (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 King of the Wild Horses (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 The Lone Wolf in Mexico (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Fighting Frontiersman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Terror Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Desert Horseman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Blondie's Lucky Day (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Night Editor (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 One Way to Love (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Out of the Depths (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Voice of the Whistler (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Blazing the Western Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Adventures of Rusty (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Return of the Durango Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Rockin' in the Rockies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Leave It to Blondie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 I Love a Mystery (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Youth on Trial (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Carolina Blues (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Sergeant Mike (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 One Mysterious Night (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 They Live in Fear (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Soul of a Monster (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 U-Boat Prisoner (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Louisiana Hayride (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 She's a Soldier Too (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Sailor's Holiday (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Nine Girls (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Ghost That Walks Alone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Doctor, Feel My Pulse (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Racket Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Swing Out the Blues (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Chance of a Lifetime (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Footlight Glamour (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 It's a Great Life (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Murder in Times Square (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Pardon My Gun (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Stand By All Networks (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Lone Prairie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Spirit of Stanford (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 A Man's World (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Counter-Espionage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sabotage Squad (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Blondie for Victory (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Parachute Nurse (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Prairie Gunsmoke (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Not a Ladies' Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Alias Boston Blackie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Canal Zone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Cadets on Parade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Confessions of Boston Blackie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 She's Oil Mine (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Blonde from Singapore (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Officer and the Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Harmon of Michigan (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Half Shot at Sunrise (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 An Ache in Every Stake (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Mystery Ship (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 King of Dodge City (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Richest Man in Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Two in a Taxi (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Naval Academy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 They Dare Not Love (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Her First Beau (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Big Boss (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Under Age (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Dutiful But Dumb (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Devil Commands (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Face Behind the Mask (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Boobs in Arms (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Phantom Submarine (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Blondie Plays Cupid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Nobody's Children (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Spook Speaks (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Before I Hang (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Secret Seven (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Military Academy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 How High Is Up? (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Girls of the Road (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Babies for Sale (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Nutty But Nice (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Escape to Glory (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Island of Doomed Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Men Without Souls (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 A Plumbing We Will Go (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Man with Nine Lives (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Rockin' Thru the Rockies (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Blondie on a Budget (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Convicted Woman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 You Nazty Spy! (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Cafe Hostess (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 His Girl Friday (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 My Son Is Guilty (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Three Sappy People (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Scandal Sheet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Taming of the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 A Woman Is the Judge (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Those High Grey Walls (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Konga, the Wild Stallion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Calling All Curs (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Man They Could Not Hang (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Behind Prison Gates (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Saved by the Belle (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Good Girls Go to Paris (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Yes, We Have No Bonanza (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Only Angels Have Wings (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Blind Alley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 A Ducking They Did Go (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Romance of the Redwoods (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Let Us Live (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 We Want Our Mummy (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 My Son Is a Criminal (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 North of Shanghai (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Homicide Bureau (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Rio Grande (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Flat Foot Stooges (short) (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1938 Adventure in Sahara (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Mutts to You (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Spider's Web (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Girls' School (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Juvenile Court (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Pioneer Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 City Streets (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Holiday (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lone Wolf in Paris (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Extortion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 There's Always a Woman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 When G-Men Step In (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Women in Prison (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Who Killed Gail Preston? (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 She Married an Artist (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Under Suspicion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Murder in Greenwich Village (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Awful Truth (music)
 
1937 A Dangerous Adventure (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Devil Is Driving (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 From Bad to Worse (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Venus Makes Trouble (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (69 titles)
2002 The Cockettes (documentary) (writer: "Do the New York")
 
1997 Full Circle with Michael Palin (TV mini-series documentary)
Malaysia/Indonesia (1997) (writer: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV movie) (writer: "Sidewalks of Cuba" / as Oakland)
 
1994 Radioland Murders (writer: "Java Jive")
 
1990 Avalon (music: "I'll Dance at Your Wedding")
 
1975 Funny Lady (music: "If I Love Again" - uncredited)
 
1958-1960 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Episode #5.4 (1960) (music: "The Champagne Waltz" - uncredited)
Episode #3.7 (1958) (music: "The Champagne Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1959 Juke Box Rhythm (music: "Spring Is the Season for Remembering" - uncredited)
 
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway (music: "Jack of Diamonds")
 
1952 Brave Warrior (music: "Disintegration" - uncredited)
 
1950 Where Danger Lives (music: "You May Not Remember" - uncredited)
 
1949 Holiday in Havana (music: "I'll Take Romance")
 
1949 Manhattan Angel ("I'll take Romance")
 
1948 I Surrender Dear (music: "When You're in the Room")
 
1948 Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (short) (music: "I'll Dance at Your Wedding")
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man ("You're Not So Easy to Forget" 1947)
 
1946 Sing While You Dance (music: "Oh, What a Lovely Dream", "It's a Blue World")
 
1946 Talk About a Lady (music: "A Mist Is Over the Moon")
 
1946 The Gentleman Misbehaves (music: "Home in Your Arms" - uncredited)
 
1945 The Girl of the Limberlost (music: "Magnolia March" - uncredited)
 
1945 Eadie Was a Lady (music: "SHE'S A GYPSY FROM BROOKLYN")
 
1944 Show Business (music: "You May Not Remember" 1944)
 
1944 Beautiful But Broke (music: "Mr. Jive Has Gone to War")
 
1943 The Wise Quacking Duck (short) (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1943 Cinderella Swings It (writer: "The Flags Still There, Mr. Key")
 
1943 Java Jive (short) (music: "Java Jive")
 
1942 The Hep Cat (short) (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1942 Pardon My Sarong (writer: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1942 Hobby Horse-Laffs (short) (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1942 Juke Girl (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1942 In This Our Life (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Big Store (music: "If It's You" 1941 / lyrics: "If It's You" 1941)
 
1941 Porky's Midnight Matinee (short) (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1941 Robinson Crusoe Jr. (short) (music: "Java Jive")
 
1941 Manpower (music: "Java Jive" - uncredited)
 
1941 Blondie in Society (arranger: "Strauss Medley" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne (writer: "WILLIE OF THE VALLEY" - uncredited)
 
1941 So You Won't Squawk (short) (arranger: "Merrily We Roll Along" - uncredited)
 
1940 Li'l Abner (writer: "Li'l Abner")
 
1940 My Little Chickadee (music: "Willie of the Valley")
 
1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective (music: "Almost" - uncredited)
 
1939 Laugh It Off (writer: "You're Doing the 1940", "My Dreams and I and You", "Who's Going To Keep Your Wigwam Warm?", "Smile, Smile, Smile, "Laugh It Off")
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams (music: "Sky High" - uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation (arranger: "Lullaby" - uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Meets the Boss (writer: "Varsity Reel" - uncredited / music: "Naughty Naughty I'm Surprised At You" 1937 - uncredited, "Everybody's Laughing" 1938 - uncredited, "You Had It Coming to You" 1939, "A Mist Is Over the Moon" 1938 - uncredited, "That Week in Paris" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Start Cheering (music: "Start Cheering" 1938, "Naughty, Naughty, I'm Surprised at You" 1938 - uncredited, "You Walked into My Life" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Blondie (arranger: "Lullaby" 1868 - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lady Objects (music: "That Week in Paris", "When You're in the Room", "Home in Your Arms", "A Mist Is Over the Moon")
 
1938 You Can't Take It with You (music: "Gypsy Dance No.8" - uncredited, "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited / arranger: "Polly Wolly Doodle" - uncredited)
 
1938 Who Killed Gail Preston? (writer: "The Greatest Attraction in the World", "Twelve O'Clock and All's Not Well")
 
1938 Little Miss Roughneck (writer: "As Long as I Love")
 
1937 The Life of the Party (music: "Roses in December" 1937)
 
1937 The Awful Truth (music: "My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 I'll Take Romance (music: "I'll Take Romance")
 
1937 Life Begins with Love (music: "What Makes You So Sweet?")
 
1937 Dance Charlie Dance (music: "You're Walking in My Sleep" - uncredited)
 
1937 It's All Yours (writer: "Don't Let Mammy Go" / music: "If They Gave Me a Million")
 
1937 It Can't Last Forever (writer: "Crazy Dreams", "Lazy Rhythm")
 
1937 Criminals of the Air (writer: "Rumbarita")
 
1937 Champagne Waltz (music: "I'll Take Romance", "The Champagne Waltz")
 
1937 Smart Blonde (writer: "You're Walking in My Sleep" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1936 Hats Off (music: "Hats Off" - uncredited, "Where Have You Been All My Life", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "Little Odd Rhythm", "Let's Have Another", "Zilch's Hats" - uncredited)
 
1936 Polo Joe (music: "You're Walking in My Sleep" - uncredited)
 
1936 Give Me Your Heart (writer: "You're Walking in My Sleep" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1936 Public Enemy's Wife (music: "You're Walking in My Sleep" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1936 They're Off (short) (music: "Honest to Goodness" - uncredited)
 
1935 Buddy's Bug Hunt (short) (music: "You're Walking in My Sleep" - uncredited)
 
1934 Bachelor of Arts (writer: "I'm Counting on You")
 
1932 Close Farm-ony (short) (music: "Hittin' the Hay - Hey", "What Time Is It?", "Give, Cow, Give", "The Little Red Barn Is a Red-Hot Barnyard Now!")
 
Show ShowComposer (6 titles)
1938 Smashing the Spy Ring (uncredited)
 
1938 Flat Foot Stooges (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 The Grand Hooter (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Old Man Blues (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1931 A Lesson in Love (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
Tom and Jerry (1955) … Himself (uncredited)
 
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