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Jack Beaver

Musician / Composer / Photographer | * 03/27/1900 († 63, 09/10/1963) | Clapham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Jack Beaver (27 March 1900 – 10 September 1963) was a British film score composer and pianist. Beaver was born in Clapham, London. He studied at the Metropolitan Academy of Music, Forest Gate and then at the Royal Academy of Music under Frederick Corder. After graduating he worked for the BBC. In the early 1930s he played with the Michael Doré Trio and wrote some concert pieces, including the three movement Sonatina for piano. He also contributed music and arrangements for various BBC radio drama and music features, including most of the radio adaptions of films produced by Douglas Moodie, throughout the 1930s and 1940s. As (like Charles Williams) a member of the Gaumont–British Pictures composing team from the 1930s he was a prolific composer of film scores - around 40 scores between 1932 and 1947 - though many of his contributions were not credited. These included scores for the Secrets of Life series of documentaries produced between 1934 and 1947. He wrote music for Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and composed the pseudo piano concerto Portrait of Isla from the score for the 1940 Edgar Wallace film ..."> ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Romance / Love

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Movies with Jack Beaver as Crew(43)

Sound/Music1961 They Took Us to The Sea
Sound/Music1958 The Salvage Gang
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Treasure at the Mill
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 Supersonic Saucer
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 The Gold Express
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 The Clue of the Missing Ape
Sound/Conductor1953 The Clue of the Missing Ape
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 The Hasty Heart
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Sound/Music1943 The Night Invader
Sound/Music Director1943 The Peterville Diamond
Sound/Music Director1942 Flying Fortress
Sound/Music Director1941 Atlantic Ferry
Sound/Music Director1941 The Prime Minister
Sound/Music1940 The Chinese Bungalow
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Crimes at the Dark House
Sound/Music1939 The Face at the Window
Writing/Musical1938 John Halifax
Sound/Music1938 They Made the Land
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 Young and Innocent
Sound/Music Director1937 Under a Cloud
Sound/Music1937 Sabotage
Sound/Music1937 The Ticket of Leave Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 O.H.M.S.
Sound/Music1937 The Wife of General Ling
Sound/Music Director1937 Double Exposures
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Everything Is Thunder
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Seven Sinners
Crew/Additional Music1936 Song of Freedom
Sound/Music Director1936 Ball at Savoy
Sound/Music Director1936 Beloved Impostor
Sound/Music1936 Wings over Africa
Sound/Music Director1936 The Avenging Hand
Sound/Original Music Composer1935 The 39 Steps
Sound/Music1935 Admirals All
Sound/Music1935 Shipyard
Sound/Music Director1935 The Crouching Beast
Sound/Music1934 Dirty Work
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Jew Süss
Sound/Original Music Composer1933 Baroud
Sound/Music1932 Baroud

Full Name: Jack Beaver
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 03/27 1900 (March) in Clapham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 09/10 1963 (September) in Battersea (aged: 63)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Jack Beaver frequently works together with these people:
George King (11x, Crew)
Louis Levy (10x, Crew)
A.R. Rawlinson (8x, Crew)
Hone Glendinning (7x, Crew)
John Stafford (7x, Crew)
Alfred Hitchcock (6x, Crew)
Ian Hay (6x, Crew)
James Wilson (5x, Crew)
Brock Williams (5x, Crew)
Rex Ingram (5x, Crew)
Marianne (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:511643, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024