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Buddy Collette(1921-2010)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Actor
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Composer, author, songwriter, conductor and flutist who, after college, led his own quintet in Los Angeles. He has made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1961, his chief musical collaborator was Joe Greene. His popular-song compositions include "Blue Sands", "Santa Monica", "Soft Touch", and "Room with Skies".
BornAugust 6, 1921
DiedSeptember 19, 2010(89)
BornAugust 6, 1921
DiedSeptember 19, 2010(89)
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Known for

Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Christine Ebersole, Bradley Cooper, Harriet Sansom Harris, Maya Rudolph, Nate Mann, Cooper Hoffman, Benny Safdie, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Skyler Gisondo, and Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza (2021)
Licorice Pizza
7.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 2021
Lorrie Richards in Trauma (1962)
Trauma
5.1
  • Music Department
  • 1962
Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
The Danny Kaye Show
7.8
TV Series
  • Music Department
Emmanuelle Devos in Violette (2013)
Violette
6.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2013

Credits

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Music Department

  • John Wayne and Diana Muldaur in McQ (1974)
    McQ
    6.2
    • musician: flute (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
    Shaft's Big Score!
    6.1
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1971)
    Shaft
    6.6
    • musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Peter Falk, Peter Lawford, and Vic Morrow in A Step Out of Line (1971)
    A Step Out of Line
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • musician: reeds (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Rock Hudson, Joy Bang, JoAnna Cameron, Aimee Eccles, June Fairchild, Barbara Leigh, Margaret Markov, and Brenda Sykes in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
    Pretty Maids All in a Row
    6.1
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Stacy Keach in The Traveling Executioner (1970)
    The Traveling Executioner
    6.3
    • musician: flute (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)
    Kelly's Heroes
    7.6
    • musician: flute (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Patton (1970)
    Patton
    7.9
    • musician: clarinet (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • The Only Game in Town (1970)
    The Only Game in Town
    5.7
    • musician: clarinet (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • The Gypsy Moths (1969)
    The Gypsy Moths
    6.3
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • The Devil's Brigade (1968)
    The Devil's Brigade
    6.7
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • George Hamilton, Richard Carlson, Arthur O'Connell, and Suzanne Pleshette in The Power (1968)
    The Power
    5.9
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
    The Danny Kaye Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • musician: woodwind
    • 1963–1967
  • Ann-Margret, Alain Delon, and Van Heflin in Once a Thief (1965)
    Once a Thief
    6.5
    • musician: saxophone (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Jennings Sturgeon in Ethan (1964)
    Ethan
    6.7
    • musician: saxophone
    • 1964

Composer

  • We Are All One People
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Today Is for the Championship
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are
    6.7
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
    6.1
    Short
    • Composer (as Buddy Collete)
    • 1967
  • A Comedy Tale of Fanny Hill
    Short
    • music by
    • 1964
  • Lorrie Richards in Trauma (1962)
    Trauma
    5.1
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • ECS
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • George Washington Carver
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1959

Actor

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • The Sax Player
    • 1963
  • Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    You'll Never Get Rich
    6.7
    • Clarinetist - One of the Delta Rhythm Boys (uncredited)
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Alternative names
    • Buddy Colette
  • Born
    • August 6, 1921
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • September 19, 2010
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Helen? - 2008 (her death, 1 child)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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