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Walter Kent(1911-1994)

  • Music Department
  • Actor
  • Composer
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Composer, songwriter ("I'll be Home for Christmas", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die") and architect, educated at Townsend Harris Hall, Juilliard (on scholarship), at City College of New York, and in private music study with Leopold Auer and Samuel Gardner. He was a practising architect and conducted his own orchestra on radio and in theatres. Coming to Hollywood in 1943 as a freelance architect, he also wrote the stage score for "Seventeen". Joining ASCAP in 1934, his other popular-song compositions include "Puleeze, Mr. Hemingway", "I Never Mention Your Name", "Too Much in Love", "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells", "I Cross My Fingers", "After All It's Spring", and "Never a Dream Goes By".
BornNovember 29, 1911
DiedMarch 2, 1994(82)
BornNovember 29, 1911
DiedMarch 2, 1994(82)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool
8.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2016
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in Allied (2016)
Allied
7.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 2016
Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 1992
Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
Atonement
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2007

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
  • Jim Henson in A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
    A Muppet Family Christmas
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • songwriter
    • 1987
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    8.0
    TV Series
    • words and music
    • 1959
  • Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, and Adele Mara in The Sea Hornet (1951)
    The Sea Hornet
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Roy Barcroft, Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, and Kent Taylor in Federal Agent at Large (1950)
    Federal Agent at Large
    5.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • 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
    • music by
    • 1944

Actor



  • Buck Class, Barry Coe, Audrey Dalton, Robert Dix, Dick Foran, and Rex Reason in Thundering Jets (1958)
    Thundering Jets
    6.4
    • Pianist (uncredited)
    • 1958

Composer



  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 29, 1911
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 2, 1994
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Laura KentJanuary 2, 1955 - March 2, 1994 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Co-wrote additional lyrics / music for Appeared in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" on Broadway [return engagement]. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Salinger, Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Additional Orchestrations by Conrad Sallinger, Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Will Vodery. Additional lyrics by Joe Burke, Tot Seymour, Richard Jerome, Edwin Gilbert and Edward Heyman. Additional music by Vee Lawnhurst, Edgar Burke, Richard Jerome, Edwin Gilbert and Harold Spina. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Stage Director: Frederick De Cordova. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 14 Sep 1936-19 Dec 1936 (112 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bobby Clark, Edelia Alvarez, Ann Anderson, Del Arden, Gloria Arden, Florence Baker, Betty Banister, Mary Bay, Vicki Belling, Helen Bennett, Mary Bicks, Hiawana Booth, Betty Boyce, Julie Bryan, Florine Callahan, Hugh Cameron, Virginia Collins, Cass Daley, Jyll Egger, Irmgard Erik, Marjorie Ezequelle, James Farrell, Alex Fisher, Joe Frederic, Helene Fromson, Kay Gable, Sidney Greene, Ruth Harrison, George Herman, Rita Horgan, Diane Hunter, Henning Irgens, Stan Kavanagh, Geirgette Lampsi, Artheda Lane, Virginia Langdon, Marvin Lawler, Marjorie Leach, Gypsy Rose Lee (as "Miss Gherkin"), Linda Lee, Fay Lentz, Dionis Little, Evelyn Low, Christine Beau Mar, Sylvia Marsh, Beth Meredith, Mae Merrick, Melton Moore, Joan Myles, Paul Nelson, Bernard Pearce, Jane Pickens, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, William Quentmeyer, Erminie Randolph, Jo Raskin, Ruth Rathburn, Clare Scott, Terry Shannon, Shirley Stevens, Marie Vanneman, Eddie Wells, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke (credited as Billie Burke Ziegfeld)..

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