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Phil Moore(1918-1987)

  • Music Department
  • Actor
  • Composer
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Phil Moore was born on 20 February 1918 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Duke Is Tops (1938), Swing Fever (1943) and Trocadero (1944). He was married to Jeni Le Gon and Jeanne. He died on 13 May 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 20, 1918
DiedMay 13, 1987(69)
BornFebruary 20, 1918
DiedMay 13, 1987(69)
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Known for

Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
The Duke Is Tops
5.4
  • Music Department
  • 1938
Kay Kyser and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
Swing Fever
6.0
  • Music Department
  • 1943
Johnny Downs and Rosemary Lane in Trocadero (1944)
Trocadero
5.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 1944
Joe Besser and Ann Miller in Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
Eadie Was a Lady
6.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 1945

Credits

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Music Department



  • Cotton Club '75
    TV Special
    • musical director
    • 1974
  • Rod Perry in The Black Godfather (1974)
    The Black Godfather
    4.4
    • music arranger
    • 1974
  • Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (1973)
    Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly
    9.1
    TV Special
    • musical arranger
    • 1973
  • Jay David in VD Blues (1972)
    VD Blues
    TV Special
    • composer: for "carrier"
    • 1972
  • Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)
    Some of My Best Friends Are...
    5.9
    • composer: piano music
    • 1971
  • Not Only... But Also (1965)
    Not Only... But Also
    8.3
    TV Series
    • musical director: Diahann Carroll
    • 1965
  • Broadway Rhythm (1944)
    Broadway Rhythm
    5.9
    • orchestrator
    • 1944
  • Joe Louis in The Negro Soldier (1944)
    The Negro Soldier
    6.0
    Short
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Kay Kyser and Marilyn Maxwell in Swing Fever (1943)
    Swing Fever
    6.0
    • orchestrator
    • 1943
  • Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie in The Sky's the Limit (1943)
    The Sky's the Limit
    6.3
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Jacqueline White in That's Why I Left You (1943)
    That's Why I Left You
    5.4
    Short
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Laurence Criner, Vernon McCalla, and Nina Mae McKinney in Gang Smashers (1938)
    Gang Smashers
    5.6
    • musical director
    • 1938
  • Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
    The Duke Is Tops
    5.4
    • music arranger
    • 1938

Actor



  • Ad Lib
    TV Series
    • Host
    • 1981
  • Bing Crosby and Coleen Gray in Riding High (1950)
    Riding High
    6.3
    • Bettor (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Stars on Parade (1946)
    Stars on Parade
    Short
    • Phil Moore
    • 1946
  • Laurence Criner, Vernon McCalla, and Nina Mae McKinney in Gang Smashers (1938)
    Gang Smashers
    5.6
    • Orchestra Leader
    • 1938
  • Dorothy Dandridge, Vivian Dandridge, Etta Jones, Phil Moore, Cats and the Fiddle, and The Dandridge Sisters in Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)
    Snow Gets in Your Eyes
    5.6
    Short
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1938

Composer



  • Ad Lib
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • Uptown: A Tribute to the Apollo Theatre
    7.0
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Freeman (1977)
    Freeman
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974)
    Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
    4.7
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Rooty Toot Toot (1951)
    Rooty Toot Toot
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1951

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 20, 1918
    • Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Died
    • May 13, 1987
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Jeni Le Gon1943 - ? (divorced)
  • Children
    • Joanna Moore

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    Had a realtionship with Dorothy Dandridge and was instrumental in the success of her nightclub singing career.

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