John Morris

Biography

John Leonard Morris (October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018) was an American film, television, and Broadway composer, dance arranger, conductor, and trained concert pianist. He collaborated with filmmakers Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Morris (composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Tony Awards

(1956) Music Arranger

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7

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The French Chef

(1963) Music Arranger

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Spaceballs

(1987) Original Music Composer

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With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America

(1996) Original Music Composer

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Dirty Dancing

(1987) Original Music Composer

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Fresno

(1986) Original Music Composer

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Clue

(1985) Original Music Composer

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Blazing Saddles

(1974) Orchestrator

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2010	The Small One's Father	Within the Shadow of the Tree: Dark Dreams 2010-09-18 Movie
2009	Self	Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition 2009-12-15 Movie
	Self	Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie' 2009-12-15 Movie
2002	Self	The Making of 'The Producers' 2002-12-03 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Original Music Composer	The Blackwater Lightship 2004-02-04 Movie
1999	Music	The Lady in Question 1999-12-12 Movie
1997	Supervising Sound Editor	Fools Rush In 1997-02-14 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America 1996-09-27 TV Show
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Juror 1996-02-02 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	World War II: When Lions Roared 1994-01-01 TV Show
1992	Supervising Sound Editor	Raising Cain 1992-08-07 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Life Stinks 1991-06-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Sons 1991-05-19 Movie
	Music	The Last to Go 1991-01-21 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	The Last Best Year 1990-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stella 1990-02-02 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Second Sight 1989-11-03 Movie
	Sound Editor	Johnny Handsome 1989-09-12 Movie
1988	Music	Favorite Son 1988-10-30 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The Wash 1988-08-17 Movie
	Dialogue Editor	D.O.A. 1988-03-18 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Ironweed 1987-12-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dirty Dancing 1987-08-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Spaceballs 1987-06-24 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Fresno 1986-11-16 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Haunted Honeymoon 1986-07-25 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Clue 1985-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Doctor and the Devils 1985-10-04 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Johnny Dangerously 1984-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Woman in Red 1984-08-15 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	To Be or Not to Be 1983-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yellowbeard 1983-06-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Table for Five 1983-02-18 Movie
1982	Music	The Electric Grandmother 1982-01-17 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Splendor in the Grass 1981-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	History of the World: Part I 1981-06-12 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	The Mating Season 1980-12-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Elephant Man 1980-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	In God We Tru$t 1980-09-26 Movie
	Music	Doctor Franken 1980-01-13 Movie
1979	Original Music Composer	The In-Laws 1979-06-15 Movie
	Music	The Scarlet Letter 1979-03-03 TV Show
1977	Original Music Composer	High Anxiety 1977-12-25 Movie
	Conductor	High Anxiety 1977-12-25 Movie
	Orchestrator	High Anxiety 1977-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The World's Greatest Lover 1977-12-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Georgia O'Keeffe 1977-11-11 Movie
	Conductor	Georgia O'Keeffe 1977-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Remake of Beau Geste 1977-06-15 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Silent Movie 1976-06-17 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother 1975-12-14 Movie
1974	Orchestrator	Young Frankenstein 1974-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Young Frankenstein 1974-12-15 Movie
	Conductor	Young Frankenstein 1974-12-15 Movie
	Music	The Bank Shot 1974-07-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blazing Saddles 1974-02-07 Movie
	Songs	Blazing Saddles 1974-02-07 Movie
	Orchestrator	Blazing Saddles 1974-02-07 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	The Twelve Chairs 1970-10-28 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	The Producers 1968-03-18 Movie
	Conductor	The Producers 1968-03-18 Movie
1963	Music Arranger	The French Chef 1963-02-02 TV Show
1956	Music Arranger	Tony Awards 1956-04-01 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv