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Music Department:

• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. "McHale's Navy" (composer: theme music) (52 episodes, 1963-1966) (composer: title music) (4 episodes, 1963-1964) (composer: McHale's Navy theme) (1 episode, 1964) (composer: additional music) (1 episode, 1963) (music score) (1 episode, 1965)
       - Wally for Congress (1966) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - Binghamton at 20 Paces (1966) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - An Ensign's Best Friend (1966) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - The McHale Grand Prix (1966) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - Who Was That German I Saw You With? (1966) TV episode (composer: theme music)
         (54 more)
2. "Westinghouse Playhouse" (composer: theme music) (26 episodes, 1961)
   ... aka "The Nanette Fabray Show"
   ... aka "Westinghouse Playhouse Starring Nanette Fabray and Wendell Corey"
   ... aka "Yes, Yes Nanette" (syndication title)
       - Nan Suits Dan (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - Ballet-Oop (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - The Mrs. Harper Story (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - House Guest (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
       - Behind Every Great Man (1961) TV episode (composer: theme music)
         (21 more)
3. "Startime" (musical director) (1 episode, 1960)
   ... aka "Ford Startime"
   ... aka "Lincoln-Mercury Startime"
       - The Nanette Fabray Show, or Help Me, Aphrodite (1960) TV episode (musical director)
   
   
4. "Sunday Showcase" (musical director) (2 episodes, 1959)
   ... aka "Breck Sunday Showcase" (USA: promotional title)
   ... aka "NBC Sunday Showcase" (USA: complete title)
       - Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) TV episode (musical director)
       - The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) TV episode (musical director)
5. Some of Manie's Friends (1959) (TV) (musical director)
6. "Coke Time" (musical director) (1 episode, 1953)
   ... aka "Coke Time with Eddie Fisher"
       - Diahann Carroll (1953) TV episode (musical director)
7. "The Frank Sinatra Show" (musical director) (2 episodes, 1950-1951)
       - Episode #1.18 (1951) TV episode (musical director)
       - Episode #1.1 (1950) TV episode (musical director)
   
   
8. Lucky Strike Salesman's Movie 48-A (1948) (musical director)
9. MGM Christmas Trailer (1945) (musical director)
10. The House I Live In (1945) (musical director)
11. The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) (music arranger: Frank Sinatra) (uncredited)
12. Step Lively (1944) (music arranger: Frank Sinatra)
13. Higher and Higher (1943) (music arranger: orchestral arrangements)
14. Girl Crazy (1943) (orchestrator)
15. Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) (orchestrator) (as Alec Stordahl)
16. Ship Ahoy (1942) (music arranger: vocals) (as Odd Stordahl) (orchestrator) (as Odd Stordahl)
    

Composer:

1. "McHale's Navy" (42 episodes, 1962-1963)
       - My Ensign, the Lawyer (1963) TV episode
       - Have Kimono, Will Travel (1963) TV episode
       - To Binghamton with Love (1963) TV episode
       - Is There a Doctor in the Hut? (1963) TV episode
       - McHale and His Schweinhunds (1963) TV episode
         (37 more)
   

Soundtrack:

1. You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart (1946) (writer: "Day by Day")
   ... aka Community Sing 7661: You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart (USA: series title)
2. Anchors Aweigh (1945) ("We Hate to Leave" (uncredited), "I Begged Her" (uncredited), "What Makes the Sunset?" (uncredited), "The Charm of You" (uncredited), "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (uncredited))
   

Thanks:

1. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (acknowledgment)
   

Self:

• 1950s
• 1940s

1. "Sunday Showcase" .... Himself - Music Director (1 episode, 1959)
   ... aka "Breck Sunday Showcase" (USA: promotional title)
   ... aka "NBC Sunday Showcase" (USA: complete title)
       - The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Music Director
2. "The Frank Sinatra Show" .... Himself - Musician (1 episode, 1951)
       - Episode #2.6 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Musician
   
   
3. Lucky Strike Salesman's Movie 48-A (1948) .... Himself
4. The House I Live In (1945) (uncredited) .... Himself - orchestra conductor