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Lew Porter(1892-1956)

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  • Composer
  • Actor
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Lew Porter was born on 4 February 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Knight of the Plains (1938), Jive Junction (1943) and Port of Hate (1939). He died on 29 January 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 4, 1892
DiedJanuary 29, 1956(63)
BornFebruary 4, 1892
DiedJanuary 29, 1956(63)
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John Merton and Fred Scott in Knight of the Plains (1938)
Knight of the Plains
4.7
  • Music Department
  • 1938
Venise Grove, Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, and Don Gallaher in Jive Junction (1943)
Jive Junction
5.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 1943
Kenneth Harlan, Carleton Young, and Polly Ann Young in Port of Hate (1939)
Port of Hate
5.1
  • Music Department
  • 1939
Joan Barclay and Tex Fletcher in Six-Gun Rhythm (1939)
Six-Gun Rhythm
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 1939

Credits

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Music Department

  • George Houston and Al St. John in Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
    Outlaws of Boulder Pass
    5.8
    • composer: songs
    • 1942
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
    Sheriff of Sage Valley
    5.5
    • songs
    • 1942
  • Tom Brown, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, and Florence Rice in Let's Get Tough! (1942)
    Let's Get Tough!
    5.3
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Frank Moran, and Luana Walters in The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
    The Corpse Vanishes
    4.6
    • musical director (as Porter)
    • 1942
  • Ted Adams, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, Milton Kibbee, and Dave O'Brien in Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
    Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
    6.0
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Joan Barclay, Gabriel Dell, Billy Gilbert, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, Bill Lawrence, Sidney Miller, Bobby Stone, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
    Mr. Wise Guy
    5.7
    • musical director (as Porter)
    • 1942
  • Walter Woolf King in Today I Hang (1942)
    Today I Hang
    5.0
    • musical director
    • 1942
  • Ricardo Cortez, Iris Adrian, Ralf Harolde, and Joan Woodbury in I Killed That Man (1941)
    I Killed That Man
    5.8
    • musical director
    • 1941
  • Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes, and Mary Healy in Zis Boom Bah (1941)
    Zis Boom Bah
    4.9
    • musical director (as Lange & Porter A.S.C.A.P.)
    • 1941
  • Bela Lugosi, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Donald Haines, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, and Dorothy Short in Spooks Run Wild (1941)
    Spooks Run Wild
    5.3
    • musical director (as Porter)
    • 1941
  • Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
    Bowery Blitzkrieg
    6.1
    • musical director
    • composer: stock music (as Porter, uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Alan Ladd, Jack La Rue, and Joan Woodbury in Paper Bullets (1941)
    Paper Bullets
    5.5
    • musical director (as Lange & Porter)
    • 1941
  • George Houston and Al St. John in The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
    The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
    5.7
    • music and lyrics
    • 1941
  • Bela Lugosi and Polly Ann Young in Invisible Ghost (1941)
    Invisible Ghost
    5.3
    • musical director
    • composer: stock music (as Porter, uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Joan Barclay, Leo Gorcey, and Bobby Jordan in Flying Wild (1941)
    Flying Wild
    5.5
    • musical director
    • composer: stock music (as Porter, uncredited)
    • 1941

Composer

  • Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Finley, and Al St. John in Prairie Rustlers (1945)
    Prairie Rustlers
    6.2
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • George Houston and Al St. John in Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
    Outlaws of Boulder Pass
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, and Hal Price in Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
    Along the Sundown Trail
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
    Sheriff of Sage Valley
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Ted Adams, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, Milton Kibbee, and Dave O'Brien in Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
    Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Ted Adams and Lee Powell in Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
    Rolling Down the Great Divide
    3.5
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, and George Pembroke in Black Dragons (1942)
    Black Dragons
    4.3
    • Composer (as Porter)
    • 1942
  • Buster Crabbe in Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
    Billy the Kid Trapped
    5.2
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Joan Barclay, Gabriel Dell, Billy Gilbert, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, Bill Lawrence, Sidney Miller, Bobby Stone, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
    Mr. Wise Guy
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Bela Lugosi, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Donald Haines, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, and Dorothy Short in Spooks Run Wild (1941)
    Spooks Run Wild
    5.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Bob Steele in Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
    Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Jack Gardner, Carol Hughes, I. Stanford Jolley, and Forrest Tucker in Emergency Landing (1941)
    Emergency Landing
    4.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Jack Randall in Riders from Nowhere (1940)
    Riders from Nowhere
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Bob Steele in Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
    Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
    5.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Mary Ainslee, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Kenneth Harlan, Kenneth Howell, Ernest Morrison, and Bobby Jordan in Pride of the Bowery (1940)
    Pride of the Bowery
    5.9
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940

Actor

  • Buster Crabbe, Patricia Knox, and Al St. John in Prairie Badmen (1946)
    Prairie Badmen
    6.1
    • Townsman (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Finley, and Al St. John in Prairie Rustlers (1945)
    Prairie Rustlers
    6.2
    • Raffle Emcee Pianist (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Shadows of Death (1945)
    Shadows of Death
    6.0
    • Gambler (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Valley of Vengeance (1944)
    Valley of Vengeance
    5.6
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Blazing Frontier (1943)
    Blazing Frontier
    5.8
    • Man at Auction (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton in Six Gun Gospel (1943)
    Six Gun Gospel
    6.5
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Lane Chandler, Frank Ellis, Al Ferguson, Robert Livingston, Betty Miles, and Al St. John in Law of the Saddle (1943)
    Law of the Saddle
    6.1
    • Barfly (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Buster Crabbe, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, and Glenn Strange in The Kid Rides Again (1943)
    The Kid Rides Again
    5.4
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, and Hal Price in Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
    Along the Sundown Trail
    5.8
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Ted Adams, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, Milton Kibbee, and Dave O'Brien in Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
    Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
    6.0
    • Short Rancher (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Ted Adams and Lee Powell in Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
    Rolling Down the Great Divide
    3.5
    • Barfly (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Lynton Brent, George Houston, Jack Ingram, and Al St. John in The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
    The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
    5.4
    • Pianist (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • George Houston in The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
    The Lone Rider Ambushed
    4.8
    • Lew - Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Herman Hack and George Houston in The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
    The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
    5.0
    • Barfly (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • George Chesebro, Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, and Rusty the Horse in The Cheyenne Kid (1940)
    The Cheyenne Kid
    5.1
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1940

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Lange & Porter A.S.C.A.P.
  • Born
    • February 4, 1892
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • January 29, 1956
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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