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Randy Sparks(1933-2024)

  • Music Department
  • Actor
  • Composer
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Randy Sparks was born on 29 July 1933 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Angel Unchained (1970), The Big Night (1960) and How Do I Love Thee? (1970). He was married to Diane Jergens and Jackie Miller. He died on 11 February 2024 in San Diego, California, USA.
BornJuly 29, 1933
DiedFebruary 11, 2024(90)
BornJuly 29, 1933
DiedFebruary 11, 2024(90)
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Angel Unchained (1970)
Angel Unchained
5.1
  • Music Department
  • 1970
The Big Night (1960)
The Big Night
5.7
  • Frank Rivello
  • 1960
How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
How Do I Love Thee?
5.0
  • Composer
  • 1970
Buddy Joe Hooker, London, Wendy Stuart, and Fleecie in The Littlest Hobo (1958)
The Littlest Hobo
6.5
  • Soundtrack("Road Without End")
  • 1958

Credits

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Music Department

  • Burl Ives in Gifts of an Eagle (1975)
    Gifts of an Eagle
    • music & songs by
    • 1975
  • Chester, Yesterday's Horse (1973)
    Chester, Yesterday's Horse
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • songs: sung and written by
    • 1973
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • songs: sung and written by
    • 1973
  • Angel Unchained (1970)
    Angel Unchained
    5.1
    • lyrics
    • 1970
  • Ford Presents the New Christy Minstrels
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1964
  • Destry (1964)
    Destry
    7.3
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1964
  • Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, and Melvyn Douglas in Advance to the Rear (1964)
    Advance to the Rear
    5.9
    • Today
    • 1964
  • Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
    College Confidential
    4.8
    • songs
    • 1960

Actor

  • Those Who Hunt Elves (1996)
    Those Who Hunt Elves
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Bishop Beenal
    • Townsfolk (voice: English version)
    • 1997
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • 1970
  • Don Collier, Judy Lewis, and Bruce Yarnell in Outlaws (1960)
    Outlaws
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Cousin Sonny
    • 1961
  • Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Mamie Van Doren, and Walter Winchell in College Confidential (1960)
    College Confidential
    4.8
    • Phil
    • 1960
  • The Big Night (1960)
    The Big Night
    5.7
    • Frank Rivello
    • 1960
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Kip Larson
    • 1960
  • Dennis Hopper, Yvonne Craig, and Patrick Wayne in The Young Land (1959)
    The Young Land
    5.5
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road (1958)
    Thunder Road
    6.5
    • Guitarist (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    The Red Skelton Hour
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Randy Sparks
    • 1958

Composer

  • Angel Unchained (1970)
    Angel Unchained
    5.1
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
    How Do I Love Thee?
    5.0
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • Hang Your Hat on the Wind (1969)
    Hang Your Hat on the Wind
    7.4
    • original music by
    • 1969
  • Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, and Melvyn Douglas in Advance to the Rear (1964)
    Advance to the Rear
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1964

Personal details

  • Official site
    • The New Christy Minstrels
  • Alternative names
    • Randy Sparks and the Backporch Majority
  • Born
    • July 29, 1933
    • Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
  • Died
    • February 11, 2024
    • San Diego, California, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Diane JergensSeptember 6, 1963 - October 9, 2018 (her death, 4 children)
  • Parents
      Pearl Arrington
  • Other works
    Formed two popular folk groups in the early 1960's: The New Christy Minstrels and The Back Porch Majority.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    As of September 2008, he lives in Mokelumne Hill, California, a former gold mining town, with his wife, Diane Jergens. They live in a historic building, which is also a museum of memorabilia of the gold rush days, and Diane occasionally tends bar at the Hole In The Wall Saloon, located in the downstairs of their home.

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