William Axt

Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA

TV
Involvement

135

Movie
Involvement

Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Dr. William Axt

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 135

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1949	Additional Music	Adam's Rib 1949-11-18 Movie
1929	Additional Music	Spite Marriage 1929-03-24 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1946	Music	Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 1946-05-18 Movie
1945	Music	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945-10-05 Movie
1939	Original Music Composer	Miracles for Sale 1939-08-10 Movie
	Music	Tell No Tales 1939-06-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Kid From Texas 1939-04-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sergeant Madden 1939-03-24 Movie
	Music	Heroes at Leisure 1939-02-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stand Up and Fight 1939-01-06 Movie
1938	Music	The Girl Downstairs 1938-12-23 Movie
	Music Score Producer	Spring Madness 1938-11-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Listen, Darling 1938-10-21 Movie
	Music	Three Loves Has Nancy 1938-09-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rich Man, Poor Girl 1938-08-12 Movie
	Music	Fast Company 1938-07-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yellow Jack 1938-05-19 Movie
	Music Score Producer	The First Hundred Years 1938-03-12 Movie
1937	Music	The Bad Man of Brimstone 1937-12-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beg, Borrow or Steal 1937-12-03 Movie
	Music	Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937-11-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Big City 1937-09-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Between Two Women 1937-07-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Parnell 1937-06-04 Movie
	Music	Espionage 1937-02-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1937-02-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Under Cover of Night 1937-01-08 Movie
1936	Music	Wanted - A Master 1936-12-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mad Holiday 1936-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Libeled Lady 1936-10-09 Movie
	Music	Suzy 1936-07-20 Movie
	Music	Revolt of the Zombies 1936-06-04 Movie
	Music	Old Shep 1936-05-14 Movie
	Music Score Producer	The Unguarded Hour 1936-04-10 Movie
	Music	The Jonker Diamond 1936-03-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Petticoat Fever 1936-03-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Three Godfathers 1936-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Garden Murder Case 1936-02-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tough Guy 1936-01-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Three Live Ghosts 1936-01-10 Movie
1935	Original Music Composer	Last of the Pagans 1935-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Whipsaw 1935-12-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rendezvous 1935-10-25 Movie
	Music	Trained Hoofs 1935-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's in the Air 1935-10-10 Movie
	Music	O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935-09-27 Movie
	Music	The Perfect Tribute 1935-08-15 Movie
	Music	Woman Wanted 1935-08-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Murder Man 1935-07-12 Movie
	Music	Pitcairn Island Today 1935-05-25 Movie
	Music	Memories and Melodies 1935-02-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Buried Loot 1935-01-19 Movie
1934	Original Music Composer	Forsaking All Others 1934-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Wicked Woman 1934-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death on the Diamond 1934-09-14 Movie
	Music	Hide-Out 1934-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Straight Is the Way 1934-08-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Girl from Missouri 1934-08-03 Movie
	Music	Paris Interlude 1934-07-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stamboul Quest 1934-07-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Operator 13 1934-06-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Thin Man 1934-05-25 Movie
	Music	Sadie McKee 1934-05-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Manhattan Melodrama 1934-05-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Men in White 1934-04-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Goofy Movies Number Two 1934-02-24 Movie
	Music	The Mystery of Mr. X 1934-02-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	This Side of Heaven 1934-02-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	You Can't Buy Everything 1934-01-26 Movie
1933	Music	Sons of the Desert 1933-12-29 Movie
	Music	Dinner at Eight 1933-12-22 Movie
	Music	Should Ladies Behave 1933-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bombshell 1933-10-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Menu 1933-09-23 Movie
	Music	Broadway to Hollywood 1933-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Penthouse 1933-09-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Midnight Mary 1933-06-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Reunion in Vienna 1933-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Storm at Daybreak 1933-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gabriel Over the White House 1933-03-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fast Workers 1933-03-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Today We Live 1933-03-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Secret of Madame Blanche 1933-02-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Whistling in the Dark 1933-01-21 Movie
1932	Original Music Composer	The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932-11-05 Movie
	Music	Microscopic Mysteries 1932-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Faithless 1932-10-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blondie of the Follies 1932-09-01 Movie
	Music Score Producer	The Washington Masquerade 1932-07-09 Movie
	Music	As You Desire Me 1932-05-28 Movie
	Music	Sea Spiders 1932-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Letty Lynton 1932-04-30 Movie
	Music	The Wet Parade 1932-03-26 Movie
	Music	Polly of the Circus 1932-02-27 Movie
1931	Music	Mata Hari 1931-12-26 Movie
	Music	Private Lives 1931-12-12 Movie
	Music	Wild and Woolly 1931-11-07 Movie
	Music	Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) 1931-10-10 Movie
	Music	Love-Tails of Morocco 1931-09-02 Movie
	Music	Sporting Blood 1931-08-08 Movie
1930	Music	Doughboys 1930-08-30 Movie
	Music	Romance 1930-08-20 Movie
	Music	The Big Dog House 1930-04-08 Movie
	Music	When The Wind Blows 1930-04-05 Movie
	Music	The Woman Racket 1930-01-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Chasing Rainbows 1930-01-10 Movie
1929	Music	Navy Blues 1929-12-20 Movie
	Music	Untamed 1929-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Speedway 1929-10-07 Movie
	Music	The Mysterious Island 1929-10-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Unholy Night 1929-09-13 Movie
	Music	Our Modern Maidens 1929-09-08 Movie
	Music	The Single Standard 1929-07-27 Movie
	Music	Where East Is East 1929-05-04 Movie
	Music	The Pagan 1929-04-26 Movie
	Music	Tide of Empire 1929-03-23 Movie
1928	Original Music Composer	West of Zanzibar 1928-11-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Show People 1928-11-20 Movie
	Music	The Masks of the Devil 1928-11-17 Movie
	Music	The Wind 1928-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Dancing Daughters 1928-09-01 Movie
	Music	The Man Who Laughs 1928-04-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	While the City Sleeps 1928-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1928-01-30 Movie
1927	Original Music Composer	Camille 1927-09-04 Movie
1926	Original Music Composer	Bardelys the Magnificent 1926-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Don Juan 1926-08-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	La Bohème 1926-03-13 Movie
1925	Original Music Composer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925-12-25 Movie
	Music	The Big Parade 1925-11-05 Movie
1924	Original Music Composer	He Who Gets Slapped 1924-12-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Greed 1924-12-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Navigator 1924-09-28 Movie
1923	Original Music Composer	Scaramouche 1923-09-15 Movie
1919	Music	Madame DuBarry 1919-09-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv