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Wilfred Josephs(1927-1997)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Writer
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Wilfred Josephs was born on 24 July 1927 in Newcastle, England, UK. He was a composer and writer, known for Waterloo (1970), The Deadly Bees (1966) and The Guardians (1971). He was married to Valerie Wisbey. He died on 17 November 1997 in London, England, UK.
BornJuly 24, 1927
DiedNovember 17, 1997(70)
BornJuly 24, 1927
DiedNovember 17, 1997(70)
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Known for

Waterloo (1970)
Waterloo
7.3
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1970
Suzanna Leigh in The Deadly Bees (1966)
The Deadly Bees
4.3
  • Composer
  • 1966
Cyril Luckham in The Guardians (1971)
The Guardians
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department
Touch of Death (1961)
Touch of Death
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1961

Credits

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Composer

  • Art of the Western World
    • Composer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1989–1990
  • American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Horizon (1964)
    Horizon
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1990
  • Art of the Western World (1989)
    Art of the Western World
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1989–1990
  • The Return of the Antelope (1986)
    The Return of the Antelope
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1986–1988
  • Evil (1988)
    Evil
    TV Mini Series
    • original music
    • Composer
    • 1988
  • Sylvia Kristel in Mata Hari (1985)
    Mata Hari
    4.2
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Martin's Day (1985)
    Martin's Day
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • The Brief (1984)
    The Brief
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Composer (as Wilf Josephs)
    • 1984
  • Pope John Paul II (1984)
    Pope John Paul II
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • Melvyn Bragg in The South Bank Show (1978)
    The South Bank Show
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • A Married Man (1983)
    A Married Man
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1974–1983
  • Saturday Night Thriller (1982)
    Saturday Night Thriller
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
    Tales of the Unexpected
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981)
    Miss Morison's Ghosts
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1981

Music Department

  • Ciaran Madden and Richard Pasco in Drummonds (1985)
    Drummonds
    6.7
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1985–1987
  • Gammon and Spinach (1977)
    Gammon and Spinach
    TV Series
    • "a frog he would a woo-ing go" arranged by
    • 1978–1983
  • Alfred Burke, Simon Cadell, Adolf Hitler, Bernard Horsfall, and Martin Jarvis in Enemy at the Door (1978)
    Enemy at the Door
    7.9
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1980
  • A Diary of Britain
    TV Series
    • composer: title music
    • title music
    • 1979
  • Cycle Vixens (1978)
    Cycle Vixens
    4.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Richard Briers, Tom Conti, and Penelope Keith in The Norman Conquests (1977)
    The Norman Conquests
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • composer: title music
    • 1977
  • I, Claudius (1976)
    I, Claudius
    8.8
    TV Mini Series
    • composer: title music
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1976
  • Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Donal McCann, Barbara Murray, and Bryan Pringle in The Pallisers (1974)
    The Pallisers
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1974
  • Alfred Burke and Michael Kitchen in The Brontës of Haworth (1973)
    The Brontës of Haworth
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1973
  • The British Empire: Echoes of Britannia's Rule
    TV Mini Series
    • composer: title music
    • 1972
  • Katharine Blake and Paul Eddington in Suspicion (1971)
    Suspicion
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1971–1972
  • Cyril Luckham in The Guardians (1971)
    The Guardians
    7.9
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1971
  • Waterloo (1970)
    Waterloo
    7.3
    • music consultant
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1969)
    W. Somerset Maugham
    7.2
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1969–1970
  • Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
    Mystery and Imagination
    7.3
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • incidental music by
    • 1970

Writer

  • Touch of Death (1961)
    Touch of Death
    5.9
    • story
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • W. Joseph
  • Born
    • July 24, 1927
    • Newcastle, England, UK
  • Died
    • November 17, 1997
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Valerie Wisbey1956 - ? (2 children)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was a dentist before becoming a full-time composer.
  • Quotes
    Composing may be agony at times but it's what I do best and what I want to do most, and not too many people can say they spent their life that way!

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