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George Merrill(I)

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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George Merrill is known for Beaches (1988), Isn't It Romantic (2019) and Love, Simon (2018). He was previously married to Shannon Rubicam.
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    • Known for

    Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in Beaches (1988)
    Beaches
    7.0
    • Soundtrack
    • 1988
    Rebel Wilson in Isn't It Romantic (2019)
    Isn't It Romantic
    5.9
    • Soundtrack
    • 2019
    Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)
    Love, Simon
    7.5
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018
    Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 (2004)
    13 Going on 30
    6.4
    • Soundtrack
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Masha Qrella: I wanna dance with somebody
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Whitney Houston & Clean Bandit: How Will I Know
      5.8
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • George Maple: Hero
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Boy Meets Girl: Waiting for a Star to Fall (1988)
      Boy Meets Girl: Waiting for a Star to Fall
      7.2
      Music Video
      • music by
      • 1988
    • Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson in Dolly Parton & Smokey Robinson: I Know You by Heart (1987)
      Dolly Parton & Smokey Robinson: I Know You by Heart
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1987
    • Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (1987)
      Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1987
    • Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston: How Will I Know (1985)
      Whitney Houston: How Will I Know
      6.8
      Music Video
      • composer
      • 1985

    Actor

    • Boy Meets Girl: Bring Down the Moon (1988)
      Boy Meets Girl: Bring Down the Moon
      Music Video
      • George Merrill
      • 1988
    • Boy Meets Girl: Waiting for a Star to Fall (1988)
      Boy Meets Girl: Waiting for a Star to Fall
      7.2
      Music Video
      • George Merrill
      • 1988
    • Boy Meets Girl: Oh Girl (1985)
      Boy Meets Girl: Oh Girl
      Music Video
      • George Merrill
      • 1985

    Soundtrack

    • Ariana Madix in Love Island USA (2019)
      Love Island USA
      5.2
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
      • 2026
    • Kit Harington, Marisa Abela, and Myha'la in Industry (2020)
      Industry
      7.5
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
      • 2026
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • writer: "How Will I Know"
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (uncredited)
      • 2009–2025
    • Maria Veitola, Janne Kataja, Ilkka Uusivuori, Benjamin Peltonen, and Jenni Poikelus in Masked Singer Suomi (2020)
      Masked Singer Suomi
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • 2025
    • CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979)
      CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Soundtrack (Barry Harris (Dance) Unofficial Remix, writer: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody[Mixed]")
      • 2025
    • Sailor Dreps and Solomon Daniels in Larry & Waldon (2023)
      Larry & Waldon
      TV Series
      • writer: "How Will I Know"
      • 2024
    • Tähdet, tähdet (2014)
      Tähdet, tähdet
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
      • 2020–2024
    • RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
      RuPaul's Drag Race
      8.5
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • 2024
    • One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume 2 (2024)
      One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume 2
      TV Special
      • writer: "Waiting for a Star to Fall"
      • 2024
    • The Voice Generations (2023)
      The Voice Generations
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • 2023
    • Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy in Love at First Sight (2023)
      Love at First Sight
      6.8
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
      • 2023
    • Wilson Bethel and Georgina Reilly in Match Me If You Can (2023)
      Match Me If You Can
      5.8
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
      • 2023
    • Eufòria (2022)
      Eufòria
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • 2023
    • Joey Zauzig, Brad Goreski, Todrick Hall, Curtis Hamilton, Jaymes Vaughan, and Dorion Renaud in The Real Friends of WeHo (2023)
      The Real Friends of WeHo
      1.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "How Will I Know"
      • 2023
    • Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
      Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
      6.6
      • writer: "How Will I Know", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
      • 2022

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Boy Meets Girl
    • Spouse
      • Shannon RubicamMay 1988 - 2000 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Children
      • Hilary Merrill

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He and Shannon Rubicam comprise the pop duo "Boy Meets Girl". They also have a daughter, Hilary, who was born 5 years before George and Shannon actually got married.

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