Carleton Carpenter(1926-2022)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

Carleton Carpenter in Two Swell Guys (2006)

Harley 'Tumbleweeds' Williams is a mellow rodeo competitor who lacks entry fee cash. He enters a casino owned by Al and increases, then loses his money. Club employee Dixie hatches a plan to get both her and Harley a small fortune.

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Sky Full of Moon (1952)

Actor, songwriter ("Christmas Eve"), composer and author Carleton Carpenter, was educated at Bennington (VT) High School. He appeared on Broadway, in "Bright Boy", "Three to Make Ready", and "John Murray Anderson's Almanac," and on television, and made many records. Carpenter wrote special material for Debbie Reynolds, Kaye Ballard, Marlene Dietrich and Hermione Gingold, and also scripts for films and television. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his other popular-song compositions include "I Wouldn't Mind," "Ev'ry Other Day," "Cabin In the Woods," "A Little Love" and "Come Away."

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Known for

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

6.9

Eddie Talbot

1951

The Best of Broadway

6.9

TV Series

Joe Fisher

Up Periscope

6.4

Lt. Phil Carney

1959

Two Weeks with Love

6.8

Billy Finlay

1950

Credits

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Actor

The American Snitch
5.1
- Arthur
- 1983
The Prowler
5.9
- 1945 M.C
- 1981
The Ropers
5.9
TV Series
- Roland Calvert
- 1979
Some of My Best Friends Are...
5.9
- Miss Untouchable
- 1971
Cauliflower Cupids
4.8
- Christopher
- 1970
Directions
5.3
TV Series
- JC Three
- 1964
The DuPont Show of the Week
6.4
TV Series
- 1964
McHale's Navy
7.4
TV Series
- The Witch Doctor
- 1963
Perry Mason
8.3
TV Series
- Peter Brent
- 1963
The Beachcomber
7.2
TV Series
- Jimmy Bliss
- 1962
Pete and Gladys
7.3
TV Series
- Jerry
- 1962
Outlaws
7.3
TV Series
- Rafe Cutter
- 1960
Father Knows Best
7.4
TV Series
- George Frazier
- 1960
The Rifleman
8.3
TV Series
- George Collins
- 1959
The Alaskans
8.1
TV Series
- Cliff Cartright
- 1959

Music Department

Soundtrack

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
7.9
TV Movie
- performer: "Aba Daba Honeymoon" (from tt0043081) (uncredited)
- 2016
That's Entertainment!
7.8
- performer: "Aba Daba Honeymoon" (1914), "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (1928) (uncredited)
- 1974
Max Liebman Spectaculars
5.0
TV Series
- performer: "Sunshine", "Did You Ever Get Stung?", "Il est un Coin de France", "Happy Mood"
- 1956
Lady in the Dark
7.7
TV Movie
- performer: "The Greatest Show on Earth", "The Best Years of His Life", "Tschaikowsky"
- 1954
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
6.9
- performer: "Ev'ry Other Day", "Saturday Square Dance" (uncredited)
- writer: "Ev'ry Other Day", "Saturday Square Dance" (uncredited)
- 1951
Two Weeks with Love
6.8
- performer: "That's How I Need You", "Aba Daba Honeymoon", "Row, Row, Row" (uncredited)
- 1950
Lost Boundaries
7.0
- lyrics: "I Wouldn't Mind"
- music: "I Wouldn't Mind"
- performer: "I Wouldn't Mind" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited)
- 1949

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Personal details

Height
- 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
Born
- July 10, 1926
- Bennington, Vermont, USA
Died
- January 31, 2022
- Warwick, New York, USA(undisclosed)
Other works
Stage: Appeared in "The Star Spangled Girl" in Charlotte, NC. Also in cast: Edd Byrnes, Diane McBain.
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Trivia
His duet of "Aba Daba Honeymoon" with Debbie Reynolds from their film "Two Weeks With Love," was the very first soundtrack recording to become a No. 1 gold record.