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Murray Spivack(1903-1994)

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  • Sound Department
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Murray Spivack was born on 6 September 1903 in Russia. He is known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and West Side Story (1961). He died on 8 May 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 6, 1903
DiedMay 8, 1994(90)
BornSeptember 6, 1903
DiedMay 8, 1994(90)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirō Tōno, James Whitmore, and Sō Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1970
Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Hello, Dolly!
7.1
  • Sound Department(uncredited)
  • 1969
"West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
West Side Story
7.6
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1961
Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)
King Kong
7.9
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1933

Credits

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Music Department

  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirō Tōno, James Whitmore, and Sō Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    7.5
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Patton (1970)
    Patton
    7.9
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Star! (1968)
    Star!
    6.4
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Doctor Dolittle (1967)
    Doctor Dolittle
    6.2
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    The Sand Pebbles
    7.5
    • music engineer
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Peter O'Toole, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C. Scott, Ulla Bergryd, and Michael Parks in The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)
    The Bible in the Beginning...
    6.2
    • music recorded by
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    The Sound of Music
    8.1
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • My Fair Lady (1964)
    My Fair Lady
    7.7
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Billy Graham in Man in the 5th Dimension (1964)
    Man in the 5th Dimension
    6.8
    Short
    • music recordist (as Murray Spivak)
    • 1964
  • Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
    Cleopatra
    7.0
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent
    7.7
    • music recordist
    • 1962
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • John Wayne, Richard Widmark, and Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)
    The Alamo
    6.8
    • music recordist
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)
    Spartacus
    7.9
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess (1959)
    Porgy and Bess
    6.9
    • music scoring mixer (uncredited)
    • 1959

Sound Department

  • Legend of the Northwest (1978)
    Legend of the Northwest
    6.0
    • sound
    • 1978
  • Jodie Foster, Celeste Holm, Jeff East, and Johnny Whitaker in Tom Sawyer (1973)
    Tom Sawyer
    6.4
    • re-recording mixer
    • 1973
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirō Tōno, James Whitmore, and Sō Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    7.5
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Patton (1970)
    Patton
    7.9
    • sound: rerecording
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
    Hello, Dolly!
    7.1
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Star! (1968)
    Star!
    6.4
    • sound
    • 1968
  • Doctor Dolittle (1967)
    Doctor Dolittle
    6.2
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    The Sand Pebbles
    7.5
    • sound
    • 1966
  • Peter O'Toole, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C. Scott, Ulla Bergryd, and Michael Parks in The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)
    The Bible in the Beginning...
    6.2
    • re-recording mixer
    • 1966
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    The Sound of Music
    8.1
    • sound
    • 1965
  • My Fair Lady (1964)
    My Fair Lady
    7.7
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
    Cleopatra
    7.0
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)
    Spartacus
    7.9
    • sound
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Holiday in Spain (1960)
    Holiday in Spain
    5.5
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Murray Spivak
  • Born
    • September 6, 1903
    • Russia
  • Died
    • May 8, 1994
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was one of the great drum teachers and taught such legendary drummers as Louie Bellson, Dave Garibaldi,, Joe Morello and Remo Belli.

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