George Duning

Person Details

Birthday: 1908-02-25 07:43:25

Death: 2000-02-27 07:43:25

Aliases: George Dunning

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Richmond, Indiana, USA

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Movie Involvements: 142

TV Involvements: 5

Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musicial and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In his early 20s Duning played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's radio program, Kollege of Musical Knowledge. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Blues (1944) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a Columbia contract. Duning joined the Navy in 1942 and served as a conductor and arranger with Armed Forces Radio. Film and TV career Morris Stoloff signed Duning to Columbia Pictures in 1946, where he worked almost exclusively through the early 1960s, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine. Prominent Duning scores are two of the best examples of western genre – the original 3:10 to Yuma, and Cowboy – and those he composed for films as diverse as Picnic, The World of Suzie Wong, The Devil at Four O'Clock, Bell, Book, and Candle and Toys in the Attic. Duning shared music adaptation credit with Nelson Riddle for the highly successful 1957 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. During his career, Duning worked on more than 300 film and television scores. His notable television work includes Tightrope, Star Trek, The Big Valley and Naked City, and TV miniseries, such as Top of the Hill (1980), The Dream Merchants (1980) and Goliath Awaits (1981). The quality of his work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was The Man with Bogart's Face (1980), and he retired in 1981. Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Duning never won. Duning was an active citizen of the music industry, serving on the ASCAP Board of Directors from 1972 to 1985, and as ASCAP Vice President from 1978 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was active in numerous other music industry organizations. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Duning was also honored with awards from the Society for the Preservation of Film Music, Downbeat Magazine, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and his home state of Indiana (1993 Indiana Composer of the Year).

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1982	Original Music Composer	Beyond Witch Mountain 1982-02-20 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Goliath Awaits 1981-11-11 TV Show
1980	Original Music Composer	The Man with Bogart's Face 1980-10-03 Movie
	Music	The Dream Merchants 1980-05-12 TV Show
	Music	The Top of the Hill 1980-02-06 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	Child of Glass 1978-05-14 Movie
1977	Music	Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas 1977-12-18 Movie
	Music	The Love Boat 1977-09-24 TV Show
	Music	The Father Knows Best Reunion 1977-05-15 Movie
	Music Supervisor	The House That Would Not Die 1977-01-01 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	The Abduction of Saint Anne 1975-01-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Sky's the Limit 1975-01-19 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	Arnold 1973-11-16 Movie
	Songs	Arnold 1973-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Terror in the Wax Museum 1973-05-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Honor Thy Father 1973-03-01 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Climb an Angry Mountain 1972-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Great American Tragedy 1972-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Woman Hunter 1972-09-19 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Black Noon 1971-11-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yuma 1971-03-02 Movie
1970	Music Supervisor	Crowhaven Farm 1970-11-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	But I Don't Want to Get Married! 1970-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Quarantined 1970-02-24 Movie
1969	Music	Then Came Bronson 1969-03-24 Movie
1968	Music	Land's End 1968-04-21 TV Show
1966	Original Music Composer	Any Wednesday 1966-10-13 Movie
	Music	Star Trek 1966-09-08 TV Show
1965	Original Music Composer	Brainstorm 1965-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Blood Runs Cold 1965-03-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dear Brigitte 1965-01-08 Movie
1964	Original Music Composer	Ensign Pulver 1964-07-31 Movie
1963	Music	Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? 1963-12-25 Movie
	Music	Toys in the Attic 1963-07-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Island of Love 1963-06-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Critic's Choice 1963-02-24 Movie
1962	Original Music Composer	Who's Got the Action? 1962-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	That Touch of Mink 1962-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Notorious Landlady 1962-04-13 Movie
	Music	13 West Street 1962-02-23 Movie
1961	Music	Two Rode Together 1961-05-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cry for Happy 1961-03-03 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960-12-29 Movie
	Music	The World of Suzie Wong 1960-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strangers When We Meet 1960-06-29 Movie
	Music	Man on a String 1960-05-20 Movie
1959	Original Music Composer	1001 Arabian Nights 1959-12-01 Movie
	Songs	1001 Arabian Nights 1959-12-01 Movie
	Music	The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1959-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Angry Man 1959-10-22 Movie
	Music Score Producer	The Silent Kill 1959-08-11 Movie
	Music	It Happened to Jane 1959-05-24 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	Bell, Book and Candle 1958-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Houseboat 1958-11-19 Movie
	Music Director	Houseboat 1958-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Me and the Colonel 1958-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gunman's Walk 1958-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cowboy 1958-01-23 Movie
1957	Other	Pal Joey 1957-10-25 Movie
	Music	The Tijuana Story 1957-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Brothers Rico 1957-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Operation Mad Ball 1957-08-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	3:10 to Yuma 1957-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jeanne Eagels 1957-08-02 Movie
	Music	The Giant Claw 1957-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Shadow on the Window 1957-03-06 Movie
1956	Music	Full of Life 1956-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nightfall 1956-11-09 Movie
	Music	Miami Exposé 1956-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956-08-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Storm Center 1956-07-31 Movie
	Music	The Werewolf 1956-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Eddy Duchin Story 1956-05-02 Movie
	Music	Inside Detroit 1956-01-01 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	Three Stripes in the Sun 1955-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Picnic 1955-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Queen Bee 1955-11-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Count Three and Pray 1955-10-01 Movie
	Music Arranger	My Sister Eileen 1955-09-22 Movie
	Music	My Sister Eileen 1955-09-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man from Laramie 1955-08-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Chicago Syndicate 1955-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bring Your Smile Along 1955-06-22 Movie
	Music	5 Against the House 1955-06-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tight Spot 1955-03-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Three for the Show 1955-02-24 Movie
	Music	Women's Prison 1955-02-01 Movie
	Music	The Long Gray Line 1955-01-04 Movie
1954	Original Music Composer	Drive a Crooked Road 1954-03-10 Movie
1953	Original Music Composer	From Here to Eternity 1953-08-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Let's Do It Again 1953-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Salome 1953-03-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Last of the Comanches 1953-02-01 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	Assignment: Paris 1952-09-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Captain Pirate 1952-08-27 Movie
	Music Director	Affair in Trinidad 1952-07-29 Movie
	Music	Affair in Trinidad 1952-07-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Paula 1952-05-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder 1952-03-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Scandal Sheet 1952-01-16 Movie
1951	Music	The Barefoot Mailman 1951-12-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man in the Saddle 1951-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Family Secret 1951-10-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Mob 1951-09-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Lady and the Bandit 1951-08-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Two of a Kind 1951-07-01 Movie
1950	Original Music Composer	The Flying Missile 1950-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Harriet Craig 1950-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Between Midnight and Dawn 1950-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Convicted 1950-08-01 Movie
	Music	No Sad Songs for Me 1950-04-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cargo to Capetown 1950-04-01 Movie
1949	Original Music Composer	And Baby Makes Three 1949-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jolson Sings Again 1949-08-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lust for Gold 1949-06-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949-05-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Johnny Allegro 1949-05-26 Movie
	Music Director	The Undercover Man 1949-03-21 Movie
	Music	The Undercover Man 1949-03-21 Movie
	Music Score Producer	Slightly French 1949-02-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shockproof 1949-01-25 Movie
1948	Original Music Composer	Ladies of the Chorus 1948-12-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dark Past 1948-12-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Return of October 1948-10-26 Movie
	Music	The Untamed Breed 1948-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man from Colorado 1948-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	To the Ends of the Earth 1948-02-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Love Trouble 1948-01-15 Movie
1947	Original Music Composer	Her Husband's Affairs 1947-11-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Guilt of Janet Ames 1947-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Johnny O'Clock 1947-01-07 Movie
1946	Original Music Composer	The Return of Rusty 1946-06-27 Movie
	Music	The Man Who Dared 1946-05-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mysterious Intruder 1946-04-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946-02-14 Movie
1945	Original Music Composer	Leave It to Blondie 1945-02-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Eadie Was a Lady 1945-01-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tonight and Every Night 1945-01-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Let's Go Steady 1945-01-04 Movie
1944	Original Music Composer	She's a Sweetheart 1944-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strange Affair 1944-10-05 Movie
1943	Orchestrator	Swing Fever 1943-11-01 Movie
1939	Music Arranger	That's Right – You're Wrong 1939-11-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Three Stooges Scrapbook Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv