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Frank Churchill(1901-1942)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Frank Churchill in Silly Symphonies Rediscovered (2006)
Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter ("Whistle While You Work", "Some Day My Prince Will Come"), and pianist, educated at the University of California. He was a pianist in film theatres, and then came to Hollywood under contract to Walt Disney. Joining ASCAP in 1938, his chief musical collaborators included Ann Ronell and Larry Morey. His other popular-song compositions include "I Bring You a Song", "Love Is a Song", "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", "Spring is in the Air", "Ain't Nature Grand?", "The Golden Youth", "Slow but Sure", "With a Smile and a Song", "I'm Wishing", "Heigh-Ho", "Happy as a Lark", "The Sunny Side of Things", "One Song", and "Baby Mine".
BornOctober 20, 1901
DiedMay 14, 1942(40)
BornOctober 20, 1901
DiedMay 14, 1942(40)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 5 nominations total

Known for

Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo
7.2
  • Composer
  • 1941
Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Composer(music)
  • 1937
Bambi (1942)
Bambi
7.3
  • Composer(music by)
  • 1942
Hilary Swank and Clara Rugaard in I Am Mother (2019)
I Am Mother
6.7
  • Soundtrack("Baby Mine")
  • 2019

Credits

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Composer



  • Michelle Kwan: Princess on Ice
    7.0
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
    Simply Mad About the Mouse
    6.9
    Short
    • Composer (segment "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", music by)
    • 1991
  • Bruce & Bongo: Hi Ho (Heigh Ho - Whistle While You Work)
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1986
  • Snow White Live (1980)
    Snow White Live
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Sky Trooper (1942)
    Sky Trooper
    6.7
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Saludos Amigos (1942)
    Saludos Amigos
    6.0
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Bambi (1942)
    Bambi
    7.3
    • Composer (music by)
    • 1942
  • The Army Mascot (1942)
    The Army Mascot
    6.4
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • All Together (1942)
    All Together
    4.8
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • 7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)
    7 Wise Dwarfs
    5.1
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
    Dumbo
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Mouse Trappers (1941)
    Mouse Trappers
    6.1
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
    The Reluctant Dragon
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Bone Trouble (1940)
    Bone Trouble
    7.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1940
  • Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
    Pinocchio
    7.5
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940

Music Department



  • Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot in Snow White (2025)
    Snow White
    1.7
    • original songs
    • 2025
  • Jude Law, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Ever Anderson, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, and Alexander Molony in Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
    Peter Pan & Wendy
    4.4
    • original music by
    • 2023
  • Patrick Stewart, Alexander Gould, Brendon Baerg, Makenna Cowgill, Keith Ferguson, Ariel Winter, Emma Rose Lima, and Nicky Jones in Bambi II (2006)
    Bambi II
    6.1
    Video
    • composer: music from Bambi
    • 2006
  • The Making of Indiana Jed 'Behind the Scenes'
    3.7
    Video
    • composer: song "Heigh-Ho!"
    • 1992
  • Fantasmic! (1992)
    Fantasmic!
    9.2
    Short
    • music: "Some Day My Prince Will Come" "Little April Shower" (uncredited)
    • 1992
  • Fran Drescher, Julie Hagerty, and Twiggy in Princesses (1991)
    Princesses
    6.5
    TV Series
    • composer: theme song "Someday My Prince will Come" (uncredited)
    • 1991
  • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
    Simply Mad About the Mouse
    6.9
    Short
    • words by (segment "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf")
    • 1991
  • The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985)
    The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
    8.7
    Video
    • musical director: archive footage
    • 1985
  • Kan du se hva jeg sier?
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1979
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • additional songs
    • 1955
  • Mel Blanc, June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Jeffrey Silver, Stuffy Singer, and Anne Whitfield in Peter Pan (1953)
    Peter Pan
    7.3
    • songs
    • 1953
  • Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)
    Alice in Wonderland
    7.3
    • music
    • uncredited
    • 1951
  • Orphans' Benefit (1941)
    Orphans' Benefit
    6.2
    Short
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    7.6
    • conductor
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Puppy Love (1933)
    The Worm Turns
    6.8
    Short
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1937

Actor



  • The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
    The Reluctant Dragon
    6.7
    • Frank Churchill (uncredited)
    • 1941

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Frank Churchchill
  • Born
    • October 20, 1901
    • Rumford, Maine, USA
  • Died
    • May 14, 1942
    • Castaic, California, USA(suicide)

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