Nestor Amaral(1913-1962)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

Composer, conductor, singer and actor, he was educated in Brazilian public schools and arrived in the US with Carmen Miranda and her group in 1940. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Laurindo Almeida, Ray Gilbert, and Johnny Mercer. His popular-music compositions include: "Old Man and the Sea", "Sambiana", and "Sighs".

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Known for

Tropical Heat Wave

7.4

Soundtrack

1952

Run for the Sun

6.4

Soundtrack

1956

Pan-Americana

5.1

Samba Band Leader(as Nestor Amaral and His Samba Band)

1945

Holiday for Lovers

5.6

Nestor Amaral - Orchestra Leader

1959

Credits

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Actor

Gunslinger
7.9
TV Series
- Rodriguez
- 1961
Holiday for Lovers
5.6
- Nestor Amaral - Orchestra Leader
- 1959
The Man Behind the Gun
6.0
- Musician (uncredited)
- 1953
Romance on the High Seas
7.1
- Pedro (uncredited)
- 1948
The Best Years of Our Lives
8.1
- Guitar player in Samba band. (uncredited)
- 1946
Pan-Americana
5.1
- Samba Band Leader (as Nestor Amaral and His Samba Band)
- 1945
The Three Caballeros
6.2
- 1944
To Have and Have Not
7.8
- Band member with Hoagy Carmichael (uncredited)
- 1944

Music Department

Soundtrack

Holiday for Lovers
5.6
- writer: "Samba Ya' Ya'" (uncredited)
- 1959
The Old Man and the Sea
6.9
- lyrics: "Cancion del Pescador" (uncredited)
- 1958
Run for the Sun
6.4
- lyrics: "Taco", "Triste ranchero"
- 1956
The Man Behind the Gun
6.0
- writer: "Adios, Mi Amor" (uncredited)
- 1953
Tropical Heat Wave
7.4
- writer: "I Want to Be Kissed"
- 1952
Slick Hare
7.6
Short
- writer: "Sambaiana" (uncredited)
- 1947
The Gang's All Here
6.6
- writer: "P'ra Que Discutir", "Diga o Ella" (uncredited)
- 1943
Week-End in Havana
6.5
- music: "Rebola a Bola (Embolada)" (uncredited)
- 1941
Rose Hobart
5.6
Short
- performer: "Corrupção", "Porto Alegre", "Playtime in Brazil"
- 1936