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Kim Gannon(1900-1974)

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  • Soundtrack
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Songwriter ("I'll Be Home For Christmas", "Under Paris Skies", "A Dreamer's Holiday", "Autumn Nocturne"), author and lawyer, educated at St. Lawrence University (BS) and Albany Law School (LL.B.). He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1934. Besides writing for films, he wrote the Broadway stage score for "Seventeen". Joining ASCAP in 1940, his chief musical collaborators included J. Fred Coots, Max Steiner, Mabel Wayne, Walter Kent, and Josef Myrow. His other popular-song compositions include "Five O'Clock Whistle", "I Understand", "Always In My Heart", "Moonlight Cocktail", "It Can't Be Wrong", "I Want to Be Wanted" and "Johnny Appleseed".
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedApril 29, 1974(73)
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedApril 29, 1974(73)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool
8.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2016
Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
Shazam!
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2019
Stephanie Bachelor, Constance Moore, and Dennis O'Keefe in Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities
5.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 1945
W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Charlie McCarthy, and Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra in Song of the Open Road (1944)
Song of the Open Road
5.9
  • Music Department
  • 1944

Credits

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  • Christmas in Vienna (1992)
    Christmas in Vienna
    TV Series
    • music by
    • 2020
  • Twisted Sister: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2007)
    Twisted Sister: I'll Be Home for Christmas
    7.3
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2007
  • Allan Lane and Black Jack in The Denver Kid (1948)
    The Denver Kid
    6.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Don 'Red' Barry, Warren Douglas, and Lynne Roberts in Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)
    Lightnin' in the Forest
    6.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Tito Guízar, and Trigger in The Gay Ranchero (1948)
    The Gay Ranchero
    6.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Gene Autry, James Cardwell, Lynne Roberts, and Champion Jr. in Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
    Robin Hood of Texas
    5.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Adele Mara in Web of Danger (1947)
    Web of Danger
    5.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Don Ameche and Catherine McLeod in That's My Man (1947)
    That's My Man
    6.2
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, and Gail Patrick in Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
    Rendezvous with Annie
    6.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Charlie McCarthy, and Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra in Song of the Open Road (1944)
    Song of the Open Road
    5.9
    • lyrics by
    • 1944

Soundtrack



  • The Jane Froman Show
    • lyrics: "Moonlight Cocktail" (uncredited)
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1952



  • Scott Eastwood in Lucky Strike (2026)
    Lucky Strike
    5.3
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2026
  • Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me (2025)
    The Beast in Me
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2025
  • Helen Mirren, Ariella Glaser, and Orlando Schwerdt in White Bird (2023)
    White Bird
    7.4
    • writer: "It Can't Be Wrong"
    • 2023
  • Asa Butterfield and Cora Kirk in Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
    Your Christmas or Mine?
    6.4
    • writer: "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
    • 2022
  • Ted Lasso (2020)
    Ted Lasso
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Erin Cahill and Ryan Paevey in A Timeless Christmas (2020)
    A Timeless Christmas
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2020
  • The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019)
    The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2019
  • Matthew Davis and Jill Wagner in Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses (2019)
    Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
    Shazam!
    7.0
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2019
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2018
  • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
    Happy!
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2018
  • Maria Ylipää, Sami Pitkämö, and Waltteri Torikka in Svengaava joulu (2017)
    Svengaava joulu
    TV Special
    • writer: "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
    • 2017
  • Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, and Naomi Watts in Feud (2017)
    Feud
    8.3
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I Want to Be Wanted" (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • Christmas Is (2016)
    Christmas Is
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 1943
    • music: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 1943
    • 2016
  • Ernie Hudson, Marley Shelton, Robert Brinkmann, Bridget Durnford, Christian Kane, Michael Landon Jr., Ryan McPartlin, Rick Ramage, Jeremy Woodward, Hanan Townshend, and Mallory James Mahoney in Heaven Sent (2016)
    Heaven Sent
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2016

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 18, 1900
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 29, 1974
    • Lake Worth, Florida, USA
  • Other works
    Stage Play: Seventeen. Musical comedy. Music by Walter Kent. Lyrics by Kim Gannon. Material by Sally Benson. Material direction by Richard Whorf. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. Music arranged by Ted Royal. Musical Director: Vincent Travers. Choral arrangements by Crane Calder. Assistant to Miss Krupska: Rex Cooper. Dances and Musical Numbers by Dania Krupska. Dance Musical Arrangements by Jesse Meeker. Book Directed by Richard Whorf. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadhurst Theatre: 21 Jun 1951- 24 Nov 1951 1951 (182 performances). Cast: Frank Albertson (as "Mr. Baxter"), Robert Bakanic [credited as Bob Bakanic] (as "Don") [Broadway debut], Penny Bancroft, Margaret Baxter, Alonzo Bosan, Joan Bowman, Bonnie Brae, King Calder (as "Mr. Parcher") [final Broadway role], Carol Cole, Ann Crowley, Doris Dalton, Maurice Ellis, Richard France, Stan Grover, Joseph James, Dick Kallman, Henry Lawrence, Dorothy Manko, Ellen McCown, Sherry McCutcheon, Jim Moore, Harrison Muller, Kenneth Nelson, Darrell Notara, Bill Nuss, Greg O'Brien, Elizabeth Pacetti, Bill Reilly, Betty Jane Seagle, John Sharpe, Jeanne Shea, Paula Stewart, Ray Thomas, Helen Wood. Produced by Sammy Lambert and Bernie Foyer and Milton Berle.

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