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Frank Comstock(1922-2013)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Composer, conductor, arranger and accompanist, educated in high school. He became an arranger for several bands, including those of Les Brown's (with whom he worked for seventeen years). He was a free-lance arranger for Doris Day, and for radio and television shows including the Bob Hope and Steve Allen shows, and for films. He made many records. He joined ASCAP in 1955.
BornSeptember 20, 1922
DiedMay 21, 2013(90)
BornSeptember 20, 1922
DiedMay 21, 2013(90)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2007
Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice (2014)
Inherent Vice
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 2014
Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2020
Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland
7.3
  • Music Department
  • 1951

Credits

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Composer



  • The 25th Man
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • music score
    • music scored by
    • 1975–1978
  • Nancy Walker in Blansky's Beauties (1977)
    Blansky's Beauties
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)
    Adam-12
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • music
    • 1968–1975
  • Escape
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • The D.A. (1971)
    The D.A.
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971–1972
  • D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971)
    D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Harry Morgan and Jack Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967)
    Dragnet 1967
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1968–1970
  • D.A.: Murder One (1969)
    D.A.: Murder One
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Preview Tonight (1966)
    Preview Tonight
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in F Troop (1965)
    F Troop
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • co-composer (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, and Joe Flynn in McHale's Navy (1962)
    McHale's Navy
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1964–1965
  • Jim Backus, Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer, and Dawn Wells in Gilligan's Island (1964)
    Gilligan's Island
    7.4
    TV Series
    • music score composed by
    • 1964

Music Department



  • Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999)
    Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox
    6.5
    Short
    • composer: "Fractured Fairy Tales" theme
    • 1999
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music
    • 1976–1978
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    7.4
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music
    • 1977–1978
  • The Night That Panicked America (1975)
    The Night That Panicked America
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1975
  • Escape
    7.6
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1973
  • Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
    Hello, Dolly!
    7.1
    • orchestrations
    • 1969
  • A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
    A Guide for the Married Man
    6.6
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
    Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
    4.9
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • The Swinger (1966)
    The Swinger
    5.2
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • The Andy Williams Show (1962)
    The Andy Williams Show
    7.4
    TV Series
    • additional musical arrangements
    • 1966
  • Assault on a Queen (1966)
    Assault on a Queen
    5.6
    • arranger
    • orchestrator (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1966
  • The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)
    The Last of the Secret Agents?
    4.6
    • orchestrator
    • 1966
  • Jerry Lewis and Donna Butterworth in The Family Jewels (1965)
    The Family Jewels
    6.2
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Temple Houston (1963)
    Temple Houston
    7.7
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • music editor
    • 1963–1964
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
    The Fall of the Roman Empire
    6.7
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1964

Soundtrack



  • Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
    I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    6.5
    • writer: "Peabody's Improbable History"
    • 2020
  • June Foray and Tom Kenny in Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014)
    Rocky and Bullwinkle
    6.5
    Short
    • writer: "Rocky The Flying Squirrel"
    • 2014
  • Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice (2014)
    Inherent Vice
    6.6
    • performer: "(Theme and Cues from the Television Series) Adam-12"
    • writer: "(Theme and Cues from the Television Series) Adam-12"
    • 2014
  • Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)
    Hot Fuzz
    7.8
    • performer: "Nostalgia"
    • writer: "Nostalgia"
    • 2007
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Rocky the Flying Squirrel" (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, June Foray, and Keith Scott in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
    The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    4.3
    • writer: "Rocky the Flying Squirrel"
    • 2000
  • A Disney Christmas Gift (1983)
    A Disney Christmas Gift
    6.8
    TV Special
    • arranger: "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (uncredited)
    • 1983
  • The Night That Panicked America (1975)
    The Night That Panicked America
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • arranger: "Piano Concerto No.1", "Juanita", "La Paloma", "La Golondrina"
    • music: "Mystery Theater Playoff" (10 seconds), "Mystery Theater Playon" (10 seconds), "Flourish" (10 seconds) (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Hoppity Hooper (1964)
    Hoppity Hooper
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack ("Fight Fiercely, Young Teddy!")
    • 1964

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 20, 1922
    • San Diego, California, USA
  • Died
    • May 21, 2013
    • Huntington Beach, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Works: "Nostalgia" (for strings).

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