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Dennis Wilson(1920-1989)

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  • Composer
  • Actor
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Dennis Wilson was born on 16 February 1920 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Harry Worth (1966), That's My Boy (1981) and Meet the Wife (1963). He died on 15 July 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
BornFebruary 16, 1920
DiedJuly 15, 1989(69)
BornFebruary 16, 1920
DiedJuly 15, 1989(69)
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Known for

Harry Worth in Harry Worth (1966)
Harry Worth
6.8
TV Series
  • Music Department
That's My Boy (1981)
That's My Boy
7.2
TV Series
  • Music Department
Freddie Frinton and Thora Hird in Meet the Wife (1963)
Meet the Wife
7.4
TV Series
  • Music Department
The Accursed (1957)
The Accursed
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 1957

Credits

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Music Department

  • That's My Boy (1981)
    That's My Boy
    7.2
    TV Series
    • music by
    • music
    • title music
    • 1981–1986
  • Nerys Hughes and Derek Nimmo in Third Time Lucky (1982)
    Third Time Lucky
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1982
  • Terry Scott and June Whitfield in Happy Ever After (1974)
    Happy Ever After
    6.8
    TV Series
    • music director
    • 1978
  • Music by Jerome Kern
    TV Special
    • arranger
    • musician: piano
    • 1977
  • Maggie: It's Me
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1977
  • Diana Rigg in BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    Three Piece Suite
    5.8
    TV Series
    • incidental music by
    • 1977
  • The Mike Reid Show (1976)
    The Mike Reid Show
    TV Series
    • music arranger
    • 1977
  • Seaside Special (1975)
    Seaside Special
    6.1
    TV Series
    • musical arrangements
    • 1975–1976
  • Second Time Around
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1974–1975
  • Anthony Booth, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, and Una Stubbs in Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
    Till Death Us Do Part
    7.4
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1967–1975
  • World of Laughter
    TV Series
    • musical direction
    • 1974–1975
  • Aladdin (1974)
    Aladdin
    TV Movie
    • musical arrangements
    • 1974
  • The Complete Victor Borge
    7.0
    TV Series
    • special arrangements
    • 1974
  • Steptoe and Son (1962)
    Steptoe and Son
    7.8
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1970–1974
  • Twiggs (1974)
    Twiggs
    TV Series
    • music arranger
    • 1974

Composer

  • That's My Boy (1981)
    That's My Boy
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • Lally Bowers, Pat Coombs, Diana King, Peggy Ledger, and Peggy Mount in You're Only Young Twice (1977)
    You're Only Young Twice
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1977–1981
  • John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (1975)
    Fawlty Towers
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1975–1979
  • Fanny Rowe in Life Begins at Forty (1978)
    Life Begins at Forty
    4.3
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1978
  • Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour, Leonard Rossiter, and Don Warrington in Rising Damp (1974)
    Rising Damp
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1974–1978
  • Anthony Booth, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, and Una Stubbs in Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
    Till Death Us Do Part
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1966–1975
  • Anthony Howden, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Derek Nimmo, and Nicholas Drake in My Honourable Mrs (1975)
    My Honourable Mrs
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • Cilla Black in Cilla's Comedy Six (1975)
    Cilla's Comedy Six
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • Steptoe and Son (1962)
    Steptoe and Son
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1970–1974
  • Comedy Playhouse (1961)
    Comedy Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1968–1973
  • My Wife Next Door (1972)
    My Wife Next Door
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • Jimmy Edwards in Whacko! (1956)
    Whacko!
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971–1972
  • Night Flight to Berlin
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • The Truth About Houdini
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Now, Take My Wife
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971

Actor

  • Anthony Booth, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, and Una Stubbs in Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
    Till Death Us Do Part
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Pianist
    • 1967
  • Waveney Lee and Prunella Scales in The Marriage Lines (1961)
    The Marriage Lines
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Musician
    • 1963
  • Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z
    4.2
    TV Series
    • Pianist
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Denis Wilson
  • Born
    • February 16, 1920
    • Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 15, 1989
    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK(stroke)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He scored a number of BBC programmes, but do not confuse with BBC producer Dennis Main Wilson (1924-1997).

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