Fred Karger(1916-1979)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

Fred Karger was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for From Here to Eternity (1953) and The Caine Mutiny (1954). He was married to Elizabeth Derrick, Jane Wyman and Patti Sacks. He died on August 5, 1979 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

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Known for

From Here to Eternity

7.6

Soundtrack("Re-enlistment Blues" (1953))

1953

The Shape of Water

7.3

Soundtrack("How Wrong Can I Be")

2017

The Caine Mutiny

7.7

Soundtrack("Yellowstain Blues")

1954

The Loners

5.0

Music Department

1972

Credits

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Music Department

Chatterbox!
5.0
- conductor
- 1977
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
5.7
- music coordinator
- 1976
The Loners
5.0
- conductor
- scored by
- 1972
Necromancy
4.6
- conductor
- 1972
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
4.3
- conductor
- 1969
The Young Runaways
5.3
- conductor
- 1968
A Time to Sing
5.4
- conductor
- 1968
For Singles Only
5.3
- conductor
- 1968
The Love-Ins
4.4
- conductor
- 1967
The Fastest Guitar Alive
4.3
- conductor
- 1967
Riot on Sunset Strip
5.0
- conductor
- 1967
Hot Rods to Hell
5.4
- conductor
- 1966
Hold On!
4.6
- conductor
- 1966
Frankie and Johnny
5.5
- conductor
- 1966
Harum Scarum
4.6
- conductor
- music supervisor
- 1965

Composer

Chatterbox!
5.0
- Composer
- 1977
The Loners
5.0
- Composer
- 1972
Necromancy
4.6
- Composer
- 1972
The Moonshine War
5.9
- Composer
- 1970
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
4.3
- Composer
- 1969
The Young Runaways
5.3
- Composer
- 1968
A Time to Sing
5.4
- Composer
- 1968
For Singles Only
5.3
- Composer
- 1968
The Love-Ins
4.4
- Composer
- 1967
The Fastest Guitar Alive
4.3
- Composer (music scored by)
- 1967
Riot on Sunset Strip
5.0
- Composer (music scored by)
- 1967
Hot Rods to Hell
5.4
- Composer
- 1966
Hold On!
4.6
- Composer (score)
- 1966
Frankie and Johnny
5.5
- Composer
- 1966
Harum Scarum
4.6
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1965

Actor

Personal details

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Born
- February 13, 1916
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- August 5, 1979
- Santa Monica, California, USA(leukemia)
Spouses
Parents
- Maxwell Karger
Publicity listings
- 1 Portrayal

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Trivia
Karger also worked as a vocal coach at Columbia Pictures in 1948, where a young student-starlet of his named Marilyn Monroe fell in love with him. But he spurned Marilyn because he didn't think she would make a proper stepmother for his young son from an earlier marriage.