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Hans May(1886-1959)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Hans May
Hans May was born on 11 July 1886 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and actor, known for The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927), The Student's Romance (1935) and Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg (1930). He was married to Rita Cave and Olga Ausländer. He died on 1 January 1959 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
BornJuly 11, 1886
DiedJanuary 1, 1959(72)
BornJuly 11, 1886
DiedJanuary 1, 1959(72)
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Known for

The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927)
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
6.8
  • Composer
  • 1927
Grete Natzler in The Student's Romance (1935)
The Student's Romance
5.5
  • Composer
  • 1935
Betty Bird and Willi Forst in Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg (1930)
Ein Burschenlied aus Heidelberg
7.3
  • Composer
  • 1930
Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, and Richard Haydn in Never Let Me Go (1953)
Never Let Me Go
6.3
  • Composer
  • 1953

Credits

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Composer

  • Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1958)
    Ein Lied geht um die Welt
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
    The Gypsy and the Gentleman
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Der Kaiser und das Wäschermädel (1957)
    Der Kaiser und das Wäschermädel
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
    The Tell-Tale Heart
    6.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Shoot First (1953)
    Shoot First
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, and Richard Haydn in Never Let Me Go (1953)
    Never Let Me Go
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Sally Gray and George Raft in I'll Get You (1952)
    I'll Get You
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1952
  • Raymond Rouleau, Michel Simon, and John van Dreelen in Full House (1952)
    Full House
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 1952
  • The Frightened Bride (1952)
    The Frightened Bride
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1952
  • Tent City (1951)
    Tent City
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • Richard Attenborough, Herbert Lom, and Mai Zetterling in Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
    Hell Is Sold Out
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • A Tale of Five Women (1951)
    A Tale of Five Women
    5.2
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951)
    La rivale dell'imperatrice
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • Carissima (1950)
    Carissima
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • Sunday Serenade
    TV Series
    • original music by
    • 1950

Music Department

  • The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
    The Gypsy and the Gentleman
    5.6
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, and Richard Haydn in Never Let Me Go (1953)
    Never Let Me Go
    6.3
    • conductor
    • 1953
  • Sally Gray and George Raft in I'll Get You (1952)
    I'll Get You
    5.5
    • music director
    • 1952
  • Raymond Rouleau, Michel Simon, and John van Dreelen in Full House (1952)
    Full House
    5.8
    • music: songs
    • 1952
  • The Frightened Bride (1952)
    The Frightened Bride
    5.9
    • conductor
    • 1952
  • Richard Attenborough, Herbert Lom, and Mai Zetterling in Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
    Hell Is Sold Out
    5.9
    • conductor
    • 1951
  • A Tale of Five Women (1951)
    A Tale of Five Women
    5.2
    • musical director
    • 1951
  • Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
    Shadow of the Eagle
    5.8
    • conductor
    • musical director
    • 1950
  • Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
    Guilt Is My Shadow
    6.2
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Rona Anderson and Robert Beatty in The 20 Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
    The 20 Questions Murder Mystery
    6.2
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1950
  • Anne Vernon in Warning to Wantons (1949)
    Warning to Wantons
    5.6
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1949
  • Dirk Bogarde in Quartet (1948)
    Quartet
    7.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • No Room at the Inn (1948)
    No Room at the Inn
    6.7
    • musical director
    • 1948
  • Moira Lister and Michael Rennie in Uneasy Terms (1948)
    Uneasy Terms
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1948
  • Counterblast (1948)
    Counterblast
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1948

Actor

  • Waltz Time (1945)
    Waltz Time
    6.5
    • Gypsy Troubadour
    • 1945

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Mac Adams
  • Born
    • July 11, 1886
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • January 1, 1959
    • Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, France(long illness)
  • Spouses
      Rita CaveDecember 20, 1957 - December 31, 1958 (his death)
  • Other works
    His musical, "Wedding in Paris," was performed at the London Hippodrome in London, England with Anton Walbrook, Evelyn Laye, Susan Swinford, and Jeff Warren in the cast. Charles Hickman was director.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Austrian composer and orchestrator. Left Vienna after the Nazis came to power and worked first in France and then in England. Many of the films he worked on during this time were operettas. He reached his creative peak in the early 1940's, scoring films for the Boulting Brothers and Rank/Gainsborough, notably prestige pictures like "The Wicked Lady" and "Brighton Rock".

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