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Walter Scharf (1910–2003)

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Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner and ten-time Oscar-nominee Walter Scharf was born and raised in New York City, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants. He started playing music at an early age, helping his uncle play the piano in theaters for silent films. His mother Bessie Zwerling was a well-known comedian in New York's Yiddish theater... See full bio »

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(age 92) in Brentwood, California, USA
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1979 Salvage 1 (TV series) (composer: theme music - 18 episodes)
– Hard Water: Part 2 (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Hard Water: Part 1 (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Confederate Gold (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Energy Solution (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Up, Up and Away (1979) (composer: theme music)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (conductor, music arranger)
 
1970 Uncle Sam Magoo (TV movie) (conductor, music arranger, music supervisor)
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club (conductor)
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (conductor)
 
1969 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Hippo! (1969) (composer: theme music)
 
1968 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV series documentary) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Whales (1968) (composer: theme music)
 
1968 Funny Girl (conductor, music supervisor, orchestrator)
 
1966-1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series) (conductor - 5 episodes)
– The Bank (1967) (conductor)
– The Survivors (1967) (conductor)
– The Ransom (1966) (conductor)
– Old Man Out: Part 2 (1966) (conductor)
– Old Man Out: Part 1 (1966) (conductor)
 
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– The Night of the Assassin (1967) (conductor)
 
1967 The Long Duel (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1965 The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (TV movie) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1965 Tickle Me (conductor)
 
1964 Honeymoon Hotel (conductor)
 
1963 The Nutty Professor (conductor)
 
1963 My Six Loves (conductor)
 
1962 Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (TV movie) (composer: incidental music, conductor)
 
1962 It's Only Money (conductor)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles (conductor)
 
1961 The Errand Boy (conductor)
 
1961 The Ladies Man (conductor)
 
1960-1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series) (conductor - 5 episodes)
– The Terrible Clockman (1961) (conductor)
– Pippi Longstocking (1961) (conductor)
– Babes in Toyland (1960) (conductor)
– The House of the Seven Gables (1960) (conductor)
– The Reluctant Dragon (1960) (conductor)
 
1960 Cinderfella (conductor)
 
1960 The Bellboy (conductor)
 
1959 Startime (TV series) (musical director - 1 episode)
– The Jazz Singer (1959) (musical director)
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series) (composer: stock music - 1 episode)
– One for the Angels (1959) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship (conductor)
 
1959 The Trap (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby (music adaptor)
 
1958 King Creole (music adaptor)
 
1958 Missile Monsters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 The Sad Sack (conductor)
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild (conductor)
 
1957 Loving You (conductor, music arranger)
 
1956 Three Violent People (conductor)
 
1956 Bundle of Joy (conductor: background score, music adaptor: background score)
 
1956 Hollywood or Bust (conductor, music arranger)
 
1956 Pardners (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 Three for Jamie Dawn (conductor - uncredited)
 
1956 The Leather Saint (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees (conductor)
 
1956 Time Table (musical director)
 
1955 Artists and Models (conductor, music arranger)
 
1955 You're Never Too Young (conductor, music arranger)
 
1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV series) (musical director - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.6 (1955) (musical director)
 
1954 Living It Up (conductor, music arranger)
 
1954 Drums Across the River (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 War Arrow (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The All American (musician - uncredited)
 
1953 Down Laredo Way (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Francis Covers the Big Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Column South (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Seminole (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The French Line (conductor, music arranger)
 
1952 Hans Christian Andersen (music director)
 
1952 Horizons West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Yankee Buccaneer (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Steel Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Here Come the Nelsons (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Cimarron Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Cave of Outlaws (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Utah Wagon Train (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Little Egypt (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Cattle Drive (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Lost Planet Airmen (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Dakota Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Hollywood Story (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Fat Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Target Unknown (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 The Pride of Maryland (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Mystery Submarine (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Under Mexicali Stars (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Kansas Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Undercover Girl (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 South Sea Sinner (musical director)
 
1950 Vigilante Hideout (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Deported (musical director)
 
1950 Jungle Stampede (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The Old Frontier (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Winchester '73 (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1950 Covered Wagon Raid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Sierra (musical director - uncredited)
 
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (musical director - uncredited)
 
1950 The Invisible Monster (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 I Was a Shoplifter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The Kid from Texas (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Tarnished (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Abandoned (musical director)
 
1949 Flame of Youth (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 The James Brothers of Missouri (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 The Wyoming Bandit (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 King of the Rocket Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 City Across the River (musical director - uncredited)
 
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Death Valley Gunfighter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Hideout (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Sheriff of Wichita (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Rose of the Yukon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Mexican Hayride (conductor, music arranger)
 
1948 The Far Frontier (musical director - uncredited)
 
1948 Out of the Storm (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Angel in Exile (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Sons of Adventure (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Casbah (music arranger, musical director)
 
1948 California Firebrand (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Are You with It? (music arranger, musical director)
 
1948 Madonna of the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Under Colorado Skies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Spoilers of the North (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Stagecoach to Denver (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 I've Always Loved You (musical director)
 
1946 The Magnificent Rogue (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Rio Grande Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Red River Renegades (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 One Exciting Week (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The El Paso Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Catman of Paris (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Alias Billy the Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Murder in the Music Hall (musical director)
 
1946 Days of Buffalo Bill (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Phantom Rider (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Woman Who Came Back (musical director)
 
1945 The Cherokee Flash (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Dakota (musical director)
 
1945 Mexicana (musical director)
 
1945 Colorado Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Rough Riders of Cheyenne (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye (musical director, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 The Fatal Witness (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Phantom of the Plains (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Hitchhike to Happiness (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Trail of Kit Carson (composer: stock music - uncredited, music department head - uncredited)
 
1945 Road to Alcatraz (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Gangs of the Waterfront (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Chicago Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Santa Fe Saddlemates (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Three's a Crowd (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Corpus Christi Bandits (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities (musical director)
 
1945 Sheriff of Cimarron (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Big Bonanza (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1944 Lake Placid Serenade (musical director)
 
1944 Faces in the Fog (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 Brazil (musical director)
 
1944 Zorro's Black Whip (musical director - uncredited)
 
1944 Storm Over Lisbon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Haunted Harbor (musical director - uncredited)
 
1944 The Girl Who Dared (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Atlantic City (musical director)
 
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Goodnight, Sweetheart (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Man from Frisco (musical director, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Tiger Woman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Cowboy and the Senorita (musical director)
 
1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Rosie the Riveter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Call of the South Seas (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Casanova in Burlesque (composer: additional music, musical director)
 
1944 Captain America (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (musical director - uncredited)
 
1944 Hands Across the Border (composer: additional music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1943 Whispering Footsteps (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Canyon City (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Mystery Broadcast (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Masked Marvel (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 A Scream in the Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Hoosier Holiday (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Sleepy Lagoon (musical director)
 
1943 Nobody's Darling (musical director)
 
1943 Headin' for God's Country (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 West Side Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Someone to Remember (musical director)
 
1943 Silver Spurs (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Secret Service in Darkest Africa (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 Thumbs Up (musical director)
 
1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Song of Texas (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Daredevils of the West (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Chatterbox (musical director)
 
1943 Shantytown (musical director)
 
1943 Santa Fe Scouts (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Mantrap (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Tahiti Honey (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Hit Parade of 1943 (musical director)
 
1943 The Purple V (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Blocked Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 London Blackout Murders (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1942 Johnny Doughboy (composer: additional music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1942 Ice-Capades Revue (composer: music cues, musical director)
 
1942 Secrets of the Underground (composer: additional music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1942 Valley of Hunted Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Palm Beach Story (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Youth on Parade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Flying Tigers (musical director)
 
1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Major and the Minor (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Bells of Capistrano (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1942 Call of the Canyon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Holiday Inn (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Priorities on Parade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Are Husbands Necessary? (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Moonlight Masquerade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Stardust on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Romance on the Range (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 This Gun for Hire (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Take a Letter, Darling (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 True to the Army (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 The Lady Has Plans (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Blue, White and Perfect (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Louisiana Purchase (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 West of Cimarron (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Red River Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Bahama Passage (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Tuxedo Junction (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Birth of the Blues (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Down Mexico Way (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1941 Ice-Capades (composer: main and end title music - uncredited)
 
1941 Mountain Moonlight (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Puddin' Head (orchestrator)
 
1941 Country Fair (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Rookies on Parade (orchestrator)
 
1941 That Night in Rio (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Road to Zanzibar (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 I Wanted Wings (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Murder Among Friends (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Hudson's Bay (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Michael Shayne: Private Detective (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Mark of Zorro (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (orchestrator)
 
1940 Pier 13 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Maryland (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Manhattan Heartbeat (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Sailor's Lady (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Lucky Cisco Kid (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Free, Blonde and 21 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Johnny Apollo (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 The Honeymoon's Over (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Barricade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Second Fiddle (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Three Musketeers (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Suez (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Kentucky Moonshine (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wake Up and Live (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Seventh Heaven (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1936 Follow the Fleet (music arranger - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (125 titles)
1984-1986 The Love Boat (TV series)
– Egypt: Part 1 (1986)
– Egypt: Part 2 (1986)
– My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 1 (1984)
– My Mother, My Chaperone/Present, The/Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest, The/Welcome Aboard: Part 2 (1984)
– Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Part 1 (1984)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Casablanca (TV series)
– Master Builder's Woman (1983)
 
1982 Twilight Time
 
1981 This Is Elvis
 
1981 Midnight Offerings (TV movie)
 
1980 The Long Days of Summer (TV movie)
 
1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War (TV movie)
 
1980 From Here to Eternity (TV series)
 
1979 Blind Ambition (TV mini-series)
 
1979 Salvage 1 (TV series)
– The Haunting of Manderley Mansion (1979)
– Shelter Five (1979)
– Shangri-la Lil (1979)
– Salvage (1979)
 
1979 From Here to Eternity (TV mini-series)
 
1979 The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (TV movie)
 
1978 A Real American Hero (TV movie)
 
1978 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– A Death in the Family (1978)
– Invitation to Murder (1978)
 
1978 When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (TV movie)
 
1977 Final Chapter: Walking Tall
 
1965-1976 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary)
– Search for the Great Apes (1976)
– This Britain: Heritage of the Sea (1975)
– Bushmen of the Kalahari (1974)
– The Big Cats (1974)
– Wind Raiders of the Sahara (1973)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1975 Walking Tall Part II
 
1975 Backbone
 
1974 Journey Back to Oz
 
1973 Walking Tall
 
1968-1973 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV series documentary)
– The Forgotten Mermaids (1973)
– The Smile of the Walrus (1972)
– A Sound of Dolphins (1972)
– Those Incredible Diving Machines (1970)
– The Return of the Sea Elephants (1970)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1973 Strange Creatures of the Night (TV documentary)
 
1972 Ben
 
1972 Plimpton! At the Wheel (TV documentary)
 
1971 Plimpton! The Man on the Flying Trapeze (TV documentary)
 
1970 Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (TV documentary)
 
1970 Uncle Sam Magoo (TV movie)
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
 
1970 A Storm in Summer (TV movie)
 
1969 The Mystery of Animal Behavior (TV documentary)
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
 
1969 Pendulum
 
1966-1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– The Bank (1967)
– The Survivors (1967)
– The Ransom (1966)
– Old Man Out: Part 2 (1966)
– Old Man Out: Part 1 (1966)
 
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
– The Night of the Assassin (1967)
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
– Break a Leg (1966)
– Rich Little Rich Kid (1966)
– Anatomy of a Blunder (1966)
– I'll Be Suing You (1966)
– Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night (1966)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1965 Tickle Me
 
1964-1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Gazebo in the Maze Affair (1965)
– The Love Affair (1965)
– The See-Paris-And-Die Affair (1965)
– The Deadly Decoy Affair (1965)
– The Terbuf Affair (1964)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1965 Guns of Diablo
 
1964 Where Love Has Gone
 
1964 Honeymoon Hotel
 
1963-1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
– The Day of the Reckoning (1964) (music score)
– The Day of the Dark Deeds (1964) (music score)
– The Day of the Pretenders (1964) (music score)
– The Day of the Picnic (1964) (music score)
– The Day of the Lame Duck (1964) (music score)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
– The Bull Roarer (1963)
 
1963 Funny Side of Life (documentary)
 
1963 The Nutty Professor (music scored by)
 
1963 My Six Loves
 
1961-1963 Bonanza (TV series)
– The Hayburner (1963)
– The Deadly Ones (1962)
– Land Grab (1961)
– The Lonely House (1961)
– The Honor of Cochise (1961)
 
1962 It's Only Money
 
1962 World of Comedy (documentary)
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
 
1961 The Errand Boy
 
1961 The Ladies Man
 
1960-1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
– The Terrible Clockman (1961)
– The House of the Seven Gables (1960)
 
1960 Cinderfella
 
1960 The Bellboy
 
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship
 
1958 The Geisha Boy
 
1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
 
1958 King Creole
 
1958 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV movie)
 
1957 The Sad Sack
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild
 
1957 Loving You (uncredited)
 
1956 Three Violent People
 
1956 Hollywood or Bust (uncredited)
 
1956 Three for Jamie Dawn
 
1956 The Birds and the Bees
 
1956 Time Table
 
1955 The Court Jester (uncredited)
 
1955 Artists and Models (uncredited)
 
1955 You're Never Too Young (uncredited)
 
1954 3 Ring Circus
 
1954 Living It Up (uncredited)
 
1953 The French Line (uncredited)
 
1951 Two Tickets to Broadway
 
1950 South Sea Sinner
 
1950 Deported (uncredited)
 
1950 Peggy (uncredited)
 
1950 Spy Hunt (uncredited)
 
1950 Sierra
 
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
 
1950 Buccaneer's Girl
 
1950 Francis (uncredited)
 
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
 
1949 Take One False Step
 
1949 Red Canyon
 
1949 City Across the River
 
1948 Mexican Hayride (uncredited)
 
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
 
1948 The Saxon Charm
 
1948 Casbah (uncredited)
 
1948 Are You with It? (uncredited)
 
1946 I've Always Loved You (uncredited)
 
1946 Murder in the Music Hall (uncredited)
 
1945 Dakota (uncredited)
 
1945 The Cheaters (music score)
 
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities (uncredited)
 
1944 Lake Placid Serenade (uncredited)
 
1944 Brazil (uncredited)
 
1944 Atlantic City (uncredited)
 
1944 The Lady and the Monster
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (musical score)
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma
 
1943 Sleepy Lagoon (uncredited)
 
1943 Nobody's Darling (uncredited)
 
1943 Someone to Remember (uncredited)
 
1943 Thumbs Up (uncredited)
 
1943 Chatterbox (uncredited)
 
1943 Shantytown (uncredited)
 
1943 Hit Parade of 1943 (uncredited)
 
1942 The Glass Key (uncredited)
 
1941 Henry Aldrich for President (uncredited)
 
1941 Mercy Island (uncredited)
 
1941 Puddin' Head (uncredited)
 
1941 Sis Hopkins (uncredited)
 
1941 Las Vegas Nights (uncredited)
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (uncredited)
 
1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (uncredited)
 
1939 Frontier Marshal (uncredited)
 
1939 Return of the Cisco Kid (uncredited)
 
1938 Josette (uncredited)
 
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary (uncredited)
 
1937 Thin Ice (uncredited)
 
1937 You Can't Have Everything (uncredited)
 
1933 Poppin' the Cork (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (31 titles)
2012 Glee (TV series)
– Michael (2012) (music: "Ben" - uncredited)
 
2011 Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (documentary) (writer: "Ben")
 
2009 Karaoke Revolution (Video Game) ("Ben" / as Walter Scharff)
 
2008 Operación triunfo (TV series)
– Gala 13 (2008) (writer: "Ben")
 
2008 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (2008) (writer: "Ben")
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
– Music (2007) (writer: "Ben")
 
2006 Wedding Wars (TV movie) (writer: "Ben")
 
2006 Hollywoodland (writer: "From Here to Eternity")
 
2003 Willard (writer: "Ben")
 
2002 Queer as Folk (TV series)
– Episode #2.9 (2002) (writer: "Ben")
 
1991 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Stark Raving Dad (1991) (writer: "Ben" - uncredited)
 
1988 Moonwalker (music: "Ben")
 
1978 A Real American Hero (TV movie) (music: "Walking Tall")
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Ben")
 
1973 Walking Tall (music: "Walking Tall")
 
1972 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #3.1 (1972) (writer: "Ben")
 
1972 Ben (music: "Ben's Song", "Start the Day")
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club (music: "Rolling Stone", "One Dream" / lyrics: "Rolling Stone", "One Dream")
 
1969 Pendulum (music: "THE PENDULUM SWINGS BOTH WAYS")
 
1963 Funny Side of Life (documentary) (music: "There Was a Boy, There Was a Girl")
 
1960 Cinderfella (music: "The Princess Waltz Once Upon A Time")
 
1956 Time Table (music: "Salud, Felicidad y Amor")
 
1951 Two Tickets to Broadway (music: "Prologue" - uncredited / arranger: "Prologue" - uncredited)
 
1950 Buccaneer's Girl (music: "HERE'S TO THE LADIES", "PRALINES", "MONSIEUR YOU HAVE BUT TO SAY THE WORD", "BECAUSE YOU'RE IN LOVE", "A SAILOR SAILS THE SEVEN SEAS")
 
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby (music: "Look at Me", "They've Never Figured Out a Woman", "Men Are Little Children")
 
1948 Mexican Hayride (music: "Is It Yes, or Is It No?")
 
1945 Mexicana (music: "Somewhere There's a Rainbow", "Children's Song")
 
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye (music: "Close Those Eyes")
 
1943 False Faces (music: "A Trifle on the Trifling Side")
 
1942 Ice-Capades Revue (music: "After All" - uncredited)
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (music: "South American Ballet" - uncredited)
 
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1971 Plimpton! The Great Quarterback Sneak (TV movie) (title designer)
 
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1996 Biography (TV series documentary) (acknowledgment - 1 episode)
– Alice Faye: The Star Next Door (1996) (acknowledgment)
 
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1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
Arranger / Himself - Music Composer
– Alice Faye: The Star Next Door (1996) … Himself - Music Composer/Arranger
 
1991 The Republic Pictures Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1958 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Harry Warren (1958) … Himself
 
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2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - (Memorial Tribute)
 
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Other Works:

(1962) Unsold pilot: Wrote the music for "The Sound and the Fidelity", one of the pilot episodes produced for a proposed TV anthology series called "The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre." See more »
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Child: daughter Susan. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo