Alfred Newman

Person Details

Birthday: 1901-03-17 02:14:49

Death: 1970-02-17 02:14:49

Aliases: Pappy

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Movie Involvements: 253

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated forty-three times. In a career spanning more than four decades, Newman composed the scores for over 200 motion pictures. Some of his most famous scores include Wuthering Heights, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Mark of Zorro, How Green Was My Valley, The Song of Bernadette, Captain from Castile, All About Eve, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Anastasia, The Diary of Anne Frank, How The West Was Won, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and his final score, Airport, all of which were nominated for or won Academy Awards. Newman was also highly regarded as a conductor, and arranged and conducted many scores by other composers, including George Gershwin, Charlie Chaplin, and Irving Berlin. He also conducted the music for many film adaptations of Broadway musicals (having worked on Broadway for ten years before coming to Hollywood), as well as many original Hollywood musicals. He was among the first musicians to compose and conduct original music during Hollywood's Golden Age of movies, later becoming a respected and powerful music director in the history of Hollywood. Newman and two of his fellow composers, Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin, were considered the "three godfathers of film music"

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1953	Orchestra Conductor in Prologue (uncredited)	How to Marry a Millionaire 1953-10-29 Movie
1951	Joseph Haydn	The CinemaScope Parade 1951-11-01 Movie
1939	Musical Director	They Shall Have Music 1939-08-18 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1981	Songs	Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued 1981-01-01 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	Airport 1970-05-29 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Firecreek 1968-01-24 Movie
1967	Music	Camelot 1967-10-25 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	Nevada Smith 1966-06-10 Movie
1965	Original Music Composer	The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965-04-09 Movie
1962	Conductor	How the West Was Won 1962-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	How the West Was Won 1962-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Counterfeit Traitor 1962-04-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	State Fair 1962-03-09 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Flower Drum Song 1961-11-09 Movie
	Conductor	Flower Drum Song 1961-11-09 Movie
	Music Supervisor	Flower Drum Song 1961-11-09 Movie
	Music	The Pleasure of His Company 1961-06-01 Movie
1959	Original Music Composer	The Best of Everything 1959-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Diary of Anne Frank 1959-03-18 Movie
1958	Music	A Certain Smile 1958-07-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	South Pacific 1958-03-18 Movie
	Music Supervisor	South Pacific 1958-03-18 Movie
	Conductor	South Pacific 1958-03-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Gift of Love 1958-02-11 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Anastasia 1956-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bus Stop 1956-08-31 Movie
	Conductor	Bus Stop 1956-08-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The King and I 1956-06-29 Movie
	Music Supervisor	Carousel 1956-02-16 Movie
	Conductor	Carousel 1956-02-16 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955-08-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Seven Year Itch 1955-06-03 Movie
	Music Supervisor	Daddy Long Legs 1955-05-05 Movie
	Conductor	Daddy Long Legs 1955-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Daddy Long Legs 1955-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Man Called Peter 1955-03-31 Movie
1954	Music Supervisor	There's No Business Like Show Business 1954-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Egyptian 1954-08-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hell and High Water 1954-02-06 Movie
1953	Music Director	How to Marry a Millionaire 1953-10-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	How to Marry a Millionaire 1953-10-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Robe 1953-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The President's Lady 1953-05-21 Movie
	Music Director	The Desert Rats 1953-05-20 Movie
	Music Director	Call Me Madam 1953-03-25 Movie
	Music Director	Treasure of the Golden Condor 1953-02-04 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	The Prisoner of Zenda 1952-11-04 Movie
	Music	What Price Glory 1952-08-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	O. Henry's Full House 1952-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie 1952-06-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	With a Song in My Heart 1952-04-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Viva Zapata! 1952-02-07 Movie
1951	Music	The CinemaScope Parade 1951-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	David and Bathsheba 1951-08-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Take Care of My Little Girl 1951-07-06 Movie
	Music Director	The House on Telegraph Hill 1951-05-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fourteen Hours 1951-04-01 Movie
1950	Original Music Composer	For Heaven's Sake 1950-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	All About Eve 1950-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	No Way Out 1950-08-16 Movie
	Music Director	Broken Arrow 1950-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Panic in the Streets 1950-07-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Gunfighter 1950-06-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Big Lift 1950-04-26 Movie
1949	Original Music Composer	Twelve O'Clock High 1949-12-21 Movie
	Music Director	Dancing in the Dark 1949-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Prince of Foxes 1949-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pinky 1949-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thieves' Highway 1949-09-20 Movie
	Music	You're My Everything 1949-07-22 Movie
	Music Director	You're My Everything 1949-07-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 1949-04-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mother Is a Freshman 1949-03-12 Movie
	Music	Down to the Sea in Ships 1949-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Letter to Three Wives 1949-01-20 Movie
1948	Original Music Composer	Yellow Sky 1948-12-24 Movie
	Music	The Walls of Jericho 1948-11-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Snake Pit 1948-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cry of the City 1948-09-29 Movie
	Music	That Lady in Ermine 1948-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sitting Pretty 1948-03-10 Movie
	Music Director	Call Northside 777 1948-02-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Call Northside 777 1948-02-13 Movie
1947	Original Music Composer	Captain from Castile 1947-12-25 Movie
	Music Director	Daisy Kenyon 1947-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gentleman's Agreement 1947-11-11 Movie
	Music Director	Mother Wore Tights 1947-08-20 Movie
	Music Director	Miracle on 34th Street 1947-06-04 Movie
	Music Director	Moss Rose 1947-05-30 Movie
	Music Director	The Late George Apley 1947-03-19 Movie
	Music Director	The Brasher Doubloon 1947-02-06 Movie
1946	Original Music Composer	The Razor's Edge 1946-11-19 Movie
	Music Director	My Darling Clementine 1946-10-17 Movie
	Music Director	Margie 1946-10-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dragonwyck 1946-04-19 Movie
1945	Original Music Composer	Leave Her to Heaven 1945-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Bell for Adano 1945-06-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Royal Scandal 1945-03-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945-02-28 Movie
1944	Original Music Composer	The Keys of the Kingdom 1944-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944-10-19 Movie
	Music Director	Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wilson 1944-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Purple Heart 1944-02-25 Movie
1943	Music	The Gang's All Here 1943-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Song of Bernadette 1943-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Claudia 1943-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Heaven Can Wait 1943-08-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Moon Is Down 1943-03-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	December 7th 1943-03-01 Movie
1942	Original Music Composer	China Girl 1942-12-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Black Swan 1942-12-04 Movie
	Music Director	The Black Swan 1942-12-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	To the Shores of Tripoli 1942-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Battle of Midway 1942-09-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's Everybody's War 1942-09-06 Movie
	Music Director	Orchestra Wives 1942-09-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Pied Piper 1942-08-21 Movie
	Music Director	The Pied Piper 1942-08-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942-06-26 Movie
	Music	Prelude to War 1942-05-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	This Above All 1942-05-12 Movie
	Music Director	This Above All 1942-05-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Roxie Hart 1942-02-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942-01-29 Movie
1941	Original Music Composer	Ball of Fire 1941-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	How Green Was My Valley 1941-10-28 Movie
	Music Director	A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941-09-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Belle Starr 1941-09-12 Movie
	Music Director	The Little Foxes 1941-08-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wild Geese Calling 1941-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Charley's Aunt 1941-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man Hunt 1941-06-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blood and Sand 1941-05-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hudson's Bay 1941-01-03 Movie
1940	Original Music Composer	Tin Pan Alley 1940-11-29 Movie
	Music	The Mark of Zorro 1940-11-08 Movie
	Conductor	They Knew What They Wanted 1940-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	They Knew What They Wanted 1940-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Brigham Young 1940-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Foreign Correspondent 1940-08-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Earthbound 1940-06-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Girl in 313 1940-05-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Grapes of Wrath 1940-03-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blondie on a Budget 1940-02-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Little Old New York 1940-02-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vigil in the Night 1940-02-05 Movie
	Music	The Blue Bird 1940-01-15 Movie
1939	Original Music Composer	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939-12-29 Movie
	Music Director	Barricade 1939-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Drums Along the Mohawk 1939-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Real Glory 1939-09-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Rains Came 1939-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Star Maker 1939-08-25 Movie
	Music Director	They Shall Have Music 1939-08-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beau Geste 1939-07-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Young Mr. Lincoln 1939-06-09 Movie
	Music	The Gorilla 1939-05-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wuthering Heights 1939-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gunga Din 1939-01-26 Movie
1938	Original Music Composer	Trade Winds 1938-12-28 Movie
	Music Director	Trade Winds 1938-12-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Cowboy and the Lady 1938-11-17 Movie
	Music Director	The Cowboy and the Lady 1938-11-17 Movie
	Music Director	Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938-05-24 Movie
	Music Director	The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938-04-07 Movie
1937	Original Music Composer	52nd Street 1937-11-19 Movie
	Music Director	The Hurricane 1937-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Hurricane 1937-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Prisoner of Zenda 1937-09-03 Movie
	Music Director	Dead End 1937-08-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dead End 1937-08-27 Movie
	Music Director	Stella Dallas 1937-08-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stella Dallas 1937-08-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wee Willie Winkie 1937-07-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Slave Ship 1937-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Woman Chases Man 1937-05-07 Movie
	Music Director	History Is Made at Night 1937-03-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	History Is Made at Night 1937-03-05 Movie
	Music Director	You Only Live Once 1937-01-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	You Only Live Once 1937-01-23 Movie
1936	Original Music Composer	Beloved Enemy 1936-12-25 Movie
	Music Director	Beloved Enemy 1936-12-25 Movie
	Music Director	Born to Dance 1936-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Come and Get It 1936-11-06 Movie
	Music Director	The Gay Desperado 1936-10-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Gay Desperado 1936-10-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ramona 1936-09-25 Movie
	Music Director	Dodsworth 1936-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dodsworth 1936-09-23 Movie
	Music	Dancing Pirate 1936-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	One Rainy Afternoon 1936-05-13 Movie
	Music Director	One Rainy Afternoon 1936-05-13 Movie
	Music Director	These Three 1936-03-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	These Three 1936-03-18 Movie
	Music Director	Modern Times 1936-02-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strike Me Pink 1936-01-24 Movie
1935	Original Music Composer	Splendor 1935-11-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Barbary Coast 1935-10-13 Movie
	Music Director	Broadway Melody of 1936 1935-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Salute 1935-09-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dark Angel 1935-09-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Call of the Wild 1935-08-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Les Misérables 1935-04-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cardinal Richelieu 1935-04-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Wedding Night 1935-03-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Folies Bergère 1935-02-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Clive of India 1935-01-25 Movie
1934	Original Music Composer	The Mighty Barnum 1934-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kid Millions 1934-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round 1934-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	We Live Again 1934-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Daily Bread 1934-10-02 Movie
	Music	The Count of Monte Cristo 1934-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Affairs of Cellini 1934-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934-08-15 Movie
	Music Director	Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Born to Be Bad 1934-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Gentleman 1934-04-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The House of Rothschild 1934-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Looking for Trouble 1934-03-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nana 1934-02-01 Movie
1933	Original Music Composer	Roman Scandals 1933-11-27 Movie
	Music Director	Blood Money 1933-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Broadway Thru a Keyhole 1933-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bowery 1933-10-07 Movie
	Music Director	The Masquerader 1933-09-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Masquerader 1933-09-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Cover the Waterfront 1933-05-19 Movie
	Music Director	Secrets 1933-03-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Secrets 1933-03-16 Movie
	Music Director	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933-02-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933-02-03 Movie
1932	Music Director	Cynara 1932-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cynara 1932-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Flesh 1932-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Kid from Spain 1932-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rain 1932-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Movie Crazy 1932-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mr. Robinson Crusoe 1932-08-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night World 1932-05-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sky Devils 1932-03-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932-02-03 Movie
1931	Original Music Composer	Arrowsmith 1931-12-07 Movie
	Music Director	Arrowsmith 1931-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Corsair 1931-11-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks 1931-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Age for Love 1931-10-17 Movie
	Music Director	The Unholy Garden 1931-10-06 Movie
	Music Director	Street Scene 1931-09-05 Movie
	Music Director	City Lights 1931-02-01 Movie
	Music Director	Tonight or Never 1931-01-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tonight or Never 1931-01-04 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv