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Ralph Freed(1907-1973)

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  • Producer
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Songwriter ("How About You?", "Hawaiian War Chant"), composer, author and producer, educated at Hollywood High School. He was a contract writer for Paramount, Universal and MGM studios, and then began producing television shows and films, beginning in 1954. He joined ASCAP in 1931, and his chief musical collaborators included Sammy Fain, Burton Lane, and Harry Barris. His other popular-song compositions include "Little Dutch Mill", "Who Walks in When I Walk Out?", "Mama Don't Allow It", "You Leave Me Breathless", "Lovelight in the Starlight", "Please Don't Say 'No', Say 'Maybe'", "I Never Felt More Like Falling in Love", "Adios Amigo", "I Thought of You Last Night", "Just the Way You Are", "All the Time", "The Young Man With a Horn", "In a Moment of Madness", and "Madam, I Love Your Crepe Suzettes".
BornMay 1, 1907
DiedFebruary 13, 1973(65)
BornMay 1, 1907
DiedFebruary 13, 1973(65)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King (1991)
The Fisher King
7.5
  • Soundtrack("How About You?")
  • 1991
Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
7.1
  • Soundtrack("I Thought Of You Last Night")
  • 2018
Mario Cantone, Zooey Deschanel, Shia LaBeouf, and Jon Heder in Surf's Up (2007)
Surf's Up
6.7
  • Soundtrack("Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)")
  • 2007
Jean Parker, Phil Regan, and Roscoe Turner in Flight at Midnight (1939)
Flight at Midnight
5.3
  • Soundtrack("I Never Thought I'd Fall In Love Again")
  • 1939

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  • Rhonda Fleming and Mark Stevens in Little Egypt (1951)
    Little Egypt
    6.2
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Jim Backus, Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Fred Clark, and Henry Hull in Hollywood Story (1951)
    Hollywood Story
    6.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, and Lauritz Melchior in Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
    Two Sisters from Boston
    6.6
    • songs by
    • 1946
  • Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, and Renee Godfrey in Terror by Night (1946)
    Terror by Night
    6.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Louise Currie, Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, and Lyle Talbot in Gun Town (1946)
    Gun Town
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Rosalind Ivan, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Riordan, and Leslie Vincent in Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
    Pursuit to Algiers
    6.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • George Dolenz, Bill Kennedy, and Daun Kennedy in The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)
    The Royal Mounted Rides Again
    6.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Kirby Grant and Fuzzy Knight in Code of the Lawless (1945)
    Code of the Lawless
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, and Barbara Sears in Bad Men of the Border (1945)
    Bad Men of the Border
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Rod Cameron, Eddie Dew, Jennifer Holt, John James, Fuzzy Knight, and Glenn Strange in Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945)
    Renegades of the Rio Grande
    5.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Acquanetta, Paul Kelly, and Jean Parker in Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
    Dead Man's Eyes
    6.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Eddie Dew, Fuzzy Knight, Lyle Talbot, and Maris Wrixon in Trail to Gunsight (1944)
    Trail to Gunsight
    5.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Vivian Austin, Rod Cameron, and Fuzzy Knight in Trigger Trail (1944)
    Trigger Trail
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, and George Zucco in The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
    The Mummy's Ghost
    5.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Acquanetta, Evelyn Ankers, Lois Collier, J. Carrol Naish, and Richard Davis in Jungle Woman (1944)
    Jungle Woman
    4.6
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944

Composer



  • The People's Choice (1955)
    The People's Choice
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1955–1958

Producer



  • Hell's Horizon (1955)
    Hell's Horizon
    5.2
    • associate producer
    • 1955

Personal details

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    • Ralph Freed Wikipedia Site
  • Born
    • May 1, 1907
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Died
    • February 13, 1973
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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    Brother of Arthur Freed and Patty Fisher.

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