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Known For


Filmography

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Saturday Night Live (TV series) (conductor - 138 episodes, 1981-1996) (musical director - 68 episodes, 1999-2013) (conductor: The Live Band - 5 episodes, 2012-2013) (musician - 2 episodes, 1983-1990) (musician: keyboards - 1 episode, 1980-1992)
Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men (2013) (musical director)
Melissa McCarthy/Phoenix (2013) (conductor: The Live Band, musical director)
Christoph Waltz/Alabama Shakes (2013) (conductor: The Live Band, musical director)
Sofía Vergara/One Direction (2012) (conductor: The Live Band, musical director)
Zooey Deschanel/Karmin (2012) (conductor: The Live Band, musical director)
 
2006 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (video) (musical director)
 
2003 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (TV movie) (conductor, musical director)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary) (conductor: The Live Band)
 
1986 Pretty in Pink (orchestrator - as L. Leon Pendarvis)
 
1975 The Tiny Tree (TV short) (music arranger: theme song, music producer: theme song)
 
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2002 On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (TV movie)
G.E. Smith Band
 
1999 Man on the Moon
Saturday Night Live Band
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
Stripster Band
 
1978 The Wiz
The Wiz Singers Adult Choir (voice) (uncredited)
 
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2010 Passion Play (performer: "Memories of Jilly Bean" / as L. Leon Pendarvis / "Memories of Jilly Bean" / as L. Leon Pendarvis)
 
1975 The Tiny Tree (TV short) (producer: "To Love And Be Loved", "When Autumn Comes" / arranger: "To Love And Be Loved", "When Autumn Comes")
 
Hide HideComposer (2 titles)
1993 Aretha Franklin: Duets (TV special)
 
1986 America
 
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2010 2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert (TV special)
Musician
 
1998 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 January 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1994 The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Peg (1983). A Musical Autobiography. Book by Peggy Lee. New lyrics by Peggy Lee. New music by Paul Horner. Musical Director: Larry Fallon. Vocal arrangements by Ray Charles. Music orchestrated by Artie Butler, Larry Fallon [final Broadway credit], Dominic Frontiere, Willis Holman [credited as Bill Holman]... See more »

Alternate Names:

L. Leon Pendarvis | Leroy Leon Pendarvis