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Johnny Green

Composer / Songwriter / Pianist / Musician / Music Director / Film Producer / Lyricist | * 10/10/1908 († 80, 05/15/1989) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul" from the revue Three's a Crowd. Green won four Academy Awards for his film scores and a fifth for producing a short musical film, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Comedies | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French sin ...

An American in Paris

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpo ...

Oliver!

G

1968 | 3.5/5 | 2h 33min
Drama, Kids & Family, Music
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On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, ...

Easter Parade

NR

1948 | 3.5/5 | 1h 47min
Music, Romance / Love
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In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the ...

West Side Story

G

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Johnny Green

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel 4x Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel 10x Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score 2x Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
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Movies with Johnny Green as Actor(11)

as himself1972 The Ballad of Billie Blue
as himself1954 M-G-M Jubilee Overture
as Himself as Conductor1954 Strauss Fantasy
as Himself - Conductor1954 La Gazza Ladra Overture
as himself1953 Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Himself - Conductor1953 Capriccio Italien
as himself1938 Start Cheering
as Boy1938 Love on a Budget
as himself1935 Radio Rhapsody
as himself1935 Melody Magic
as himself1933 Song Shopping

TV Shows/Series with Johnny Green as Actor(2)

as himself1971 Great Performances
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Johnny Green as Crew(52)

Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Mean Justice
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sound/Music Arranger1968 Oliver!
Sound/Conductor1968 Oliver!
Sound/Orchestrator1968 Oliver!
Sound/Music Supervisor1968 Oliver!
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Alvarez Kelly
Sound/Conductor1965 Cinderella
Sound/Orchestrator1965 Cinderella
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Twilight of Honor
Sound/Conductor1961 West Side Story
Sound/Music Supervisor1961 West Side Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Pepe
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Raintree County
Sound/Music Supervisor1956 High Society
Sound/Music Arranger1956 High Society
Sound/Music Director1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
Sound/Conductor1955 The Cobweb
Sound/Music Supervisor1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Sound/Conductor1954 M-G-M Jubilee Overture
Directing/Director1954 Strauss Fantasy
Production/Producer1954 Strauss Fantasy
Sound/Music Arranger1954 Strauss Fantasy
Sound/Conductor1954 La Gazza Ladra Overture
Sound/Music Director1954 Brigadoon
Directing/Director1953 Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Production/Producer1953 Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Because You're Mine
Sound/Music Director1951 An American in Paris
Sound/Music Director1951 Mr. Imperium
Sound/Music1951 The Great Caruso
Sound/Music1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 The Inspector General
Sound/Music Director1949 The Inspector General
Sound/Music Director1948 Easter Parade
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 Something in the Wind
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 Cynthia
Sound/Music1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
Sound/Original Music Composer1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Sound/Music1944 Bathing Beauty
Sound/Music Director1944 Bathing Beauty
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 Broadway Rhythm
Sound/Music1935 Melody Magic
Sound/Original Music Composer1932 Wayward
Sound/Original Music Composer1932 The Misleading Lady
Sound/Music1931 The Girl Habit
Sound/Music Arranger1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
Sound/Original Music Composer1931 Honor Among Lovers
Sound/Music Arranger1931 Honor Among Lovers
Sound/Original Music Composer1931 Secrets of a Secretary
Sound/Original Music Composer1930 The Sap from Syracuse
Sound/Music Arranger1930 The Big Pond

TV Shows/Series with Johnny Green as Crew(1)

Sound/Music1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Full Name: John Waldo Green
Born: Saturday, 10/10 1908 (October) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 05/15 1989 (May) in Beverly Hills (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard University, Horace Mann School, New York Military Academy
Record Label: MGM Records
Other names for Johnny Green (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Waldo Green"
"John W. Green"
"John Green"
"Beulah"
"John Waldo Greenner"
Johnny Green frequently works together with these people:
Edwin B. Willis (15x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (14x, Crew)
William Tuttle (9x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (8x, Crew)
Sydney Guilaroff (8x, Crew)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Warren Newcombe (7x, Crew)
George J. Folsey (7x, Crew)
Red Buttons (6x, Actor)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Wesley C. Miller (6x, Crew)
Irene (6x, Crew)
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