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Mack Gordon(1904-1959)

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Mack Gordon was born on 21 June 1904 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Shape of Water (2017), Collegiate (1935) and Sweet and Low-Down (1944). He was married to Elizabeth Cook and Rose Ponelli. He died on 28 February 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornJune 21, 1904
DiedFebruary 28, 1959(54)
BornJune 21, 1904
DiedFebruary 28, 1959(54)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 4 wins & 8 nominations total

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Known for

Doug Jones and Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water
7.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 2017
Frances Langford, Jack Oakie, and Joe Penner in Collegiate (1935)
Collegiate
7.0
  • Mack Gordon
  • 1935
Linda Darnell, Lynn Bari, Jack Oakie, and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra in Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Sweet and Low-Down
5.9
  • Music Department
  • 1944
Brad Pitt in Ad Astra (2019)
Ad Astra
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2019

Credits

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Music Department



  • Michael Bublé and Brett Sullivan in Michael Bublé: You Make Me Feel So Young (2013)
    Michael Bublé: You Make Me Feel So Young
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2013
  • Cyndi Lauper in Cyndi Lauper: At Last (2003)
    Cyndi Lauper: At Last
    7.6
    Music Video
    • stock music
    • 2003
  • Udo Lindenberg: Sonderzug nach Pankow
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 1983
  • Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher in Bundle of Joy (1956)
    Bundle of Joy
    6.0
    • lyrics by
    • 1956
  • The Girl Next Door (1953)
    The Girl Next Door
    6.4
    • lyrics: songs
    • 1953
  • Debbie Reynolds in I Love Melvin (1953)
    I Love Melvin
    6.6
    • songwriter: lyrics
    • 1953
  • Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Benay Venuta, and The Three Dunhills in Call Me Mister (1951)
    Call Me Mister
    5.7
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1951
  • June Haver, Dick Haymes, and Monty Woolley in Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
    Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    6.0
    • musical consultant
    • 1944
  • Linda Darnell, Lynn Bari, Jack Oakie, and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra in Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
    Sweet and Low-Down
    5.9
    • lyrics & music by
    • 1944
  • Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, and Betty Grable in Down Argentine Way (1940)
    Down Argentine Way
    6.4
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1940
  • Shirley Temple, Charlotte Greenwood, and Jack Oakie in Young People (1940)
    Young People
    6.3
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1940
  • Richard Greene and Sonja Henie in My Lucky Star (1938)
    My Lucky Star
    6.0
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1938
  • Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Jack Haley, Bill Robinson, and Slim Summerville in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    7.0
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1938
  • Eddie Cantor, June Lang, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Roland Young in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
    Ali Baba Goes to Town
    6.3
    • music & lyrics by
    • 1937
  • Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tony Martin, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Arthur Treacher, Charles Winninger, and The Ritz Brothers in You Can't Have Everything (1937)
    You Can't Have Everything
    6.2
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1937

Actor



  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Mack Gordon
    • 1955
  • Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey in You're My Everything (1949)
    You're My Everything
    5.9
    • Mack Gordon (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Frances Langford, Jack Oakie, and Joe Penner in Collegiate (1935)
    Collegiate
    7.0
    • Mack Gordon
    • 1935
  • Ginger Rogers, Jack Haley, and Jack Oakie in Sitting Pretty (1933)
    Sitting Pretty
    6.3
    • Meyers - Song Publisher (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Mitzi Green in Hollywood on Parade (1932)
    Hollywood on Parade
    5.1
    Short
    • 1932

Writer



  • Glenn Miller, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren, and Gary Revel in At Last (2023)
    At Last
    Music Video
    • Writer
    • 2023
  • Celeste Holm, Vivian Blaine, and June Haver in Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
    Three Little Girls in Blue
    6.4
    • contract writer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ladies That Play (1934)
    Rhythm on the Roof
    6.1
    Short
    • book
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 21, 1904
    • Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
  • Died
    • February 28, 1959
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Elizabeth Cook1939 - 1948
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His popular-song compositions include "You'll Never Know" (Academy Award, 1943), "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Time on My Hands", "Help Yourself to Happiness", "Listen to the German Band", "Underneath the Harlem Moon", "I Played Fiddle for the Czar", "An Orchid to You", "A Tree Was a Tree", "It Was a Night in June", "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?", "Doin' the Uptown Lowdown", "She Reminds Me of You", "Once in a Blue Moon", "May I?", "Love Thy Neighbor", "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming", "Stay as Sweet as You Are", "College Rhythm", "Take a Number From One to Ten", "Straight From the Shoulder", "My Heart Is an Open Book", "Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie", "Paris In the Spring", "Without a Word of Warning", "Takes Two to Make a Bargain", "From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes", "I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze", "You Hit the Spot", "A Star Fell Out of Heaven", "Goodnight, My Love", "In Old Chicago", "But Definitely", "Oh My Goodness", "When I'm With You", "It's Swell of You", "Never in a Million Years", "Wake Up and Live", "There's a Lull in My Life", "Afraid to Dream", "Danger, Love at Work", "You Can't Have Everything", "May I Have the Next Romance With You", "Sweet Someone", "An Old Straw Hat", "In Any Language", "Meet the Beat of My Heart", "Thanks For Everything", "You Say the Sweetest Things, Baby", "Two Dreams Met", "Down Argentine Way", "It Happened in Sun Valley", "I Know Why", "I Yi Yi Yi Yi I Like You Very Much", "Chica Chica Boom Chic", "There Will Never Be Another You", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "People Like You and Me", "At Last", "Serenade in Blue", "My Heart Tells Me", "The More I See You", "Once Too Often", "I Can't Begin to Tell You", "On the Boardwalk at Atlantic City", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Somewhere in the Night", "Kokomo, Indiana", "You Do", "Everytime I Meet You", "What Did I Do?", "It Happens Every Spring", "If You Feel Like Singing, Sing", "Mam'selle", "A Lady Loves", "Baby, Won't You Say You Love Me", "Wilhelmina", "Nowhere Guy", "All About Love", "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" and "Somebody Soon".

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