Biography
Samuel Timberg (May 21, 1903 – August 26, 1992) was an American musician and composer for the stage, film studios, and television. Timberg was born in New York City to a Jewish family originating in Austria, youngest son of Israel and Mary Timberg and brother of vaudeville performers Herman Timberg and Hattie Darling. He studied piano under Rubin Goldmark with hopes of becoming a classical performer; the death of his father in 1919, however, forced him to leave his studies and find work. Just 16, Sammy joined Herman's act as a straight man, and also began conducting the orchestra.
To increase the family earnings, Herman also wrote material for other acts, including Georgie Price and Clark and McCullough (and, a few years later, Phil Silvers). In 1920 the Timbergs were hired by Chico Marx to develop a follow-up to the Marx Brothers hit revue Home Again after the failure of the 1918 Kahn/Swerling production Cinderella Girl. In February 1921 the Marx Brothers introduced On The Mezzanine which toured across the US and in Britain; it was written by Herman and managed by Hattie, while 18-year old Sammy led the orchestra and co-wrote the music.Sammy also found work with other performers and in 1929 supplied songs for Broadway revues Broadway Nights, Dutchess of Chicago, and The Street Singer, all choreographed by Busby Berkeley. He also worked for the Shuberts, and organized and led his own touring orchestra.Timberg was perhaps most famous for the music he wrote for cartoons while music director of the Fleischer Studios, such as Popeye, Betty Boop, and Superman. He also contributed songs to two Fleischer feature-length animated films, Gulliver's Travels and Mr. Bug Goes to Town. Possibly his best known and most-recorded song, It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day, was a feature from Gulliver. He remained with the organization to compose shorts when the Fleischers were succeeded by Famous Studios, serving as the studio's musical director until Winston Sharples officially succeeded him in 1943.
He composed and conducted the score for MGM recording of the Lionel Barrymore A Christmas Carol. He unsuccessfully managed the early career of Jackie Gleason, and wrote music for Gleason, Frank Sinatra, Eydie Gormé, and others until he retired in the 1960s.In the 1960s Timberg moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1992. He was the father of writer and journalist Robert Timberg, Patricia Timberg and Rosemarie Eisenberg Shaw.
Filmography
all 93
Movies 93
Director 4
Writer 2
Beau Ties (1945)
Lulu's Birthday Party (1944)
Lulu at the Zoo (1944)
I'm Just Curious (1944)
It's Nifty to Be Thrifty (1944)
Lulu in Hollywood (1944)
Hullaba-Lulu (1944)
Eggs Don't Bounce (1944)
Secret Agent (1943)
The Underground World (1943)
Jungle Drums (1943)
The Mummy Strikes (1943)
Destruction Inc. (1942)
Eleventh Hour (1942)
Showdown (1942)
Japoteurs (1942)
Terror on the Midway (1942)
Volcano (1942)
Baby Wants a Bottleship (1942)
Electric Earthquake (1942)
The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
The Bulleteers (1942)
The Arctic Giant (1942)
Billion Dollar Limited (1942)
The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
Superman (1941)
Two for the Zoo (1941)
Gabby Goes Fishing (1941)
Zero the Hound (1941)
Swing Cleaning (1941)
Sneak, Snoop and Snitch (1940)
The Fulla Bluff Man (1940)
Snubbed by a Snob (1940)
The Ugly Dino (1940)
Little Lambkins (1940)
Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points (1940)
Never Sock a Baby (1939)
The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939)
It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
Hello How Am I (1939)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
All's Fair at the Fair (1938)
Hold It! (1938)
Let's Celebrake (1938)
Little Lamby (1937)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
Educated Fish (1937)
The Football Toucher Downer (1937)
I Likes Babies and Infinks (1937)
I Never Changes My Altitude (1937)
Lost and Foundry (1937)
Morning, Noon and Night Club (1937)
The Twisker Pitcher (1937)
Hospitaliky (1937)
The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
I'm in the Army Now (1936)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
The Spinach Roadster (1936)
Hold the Wire (1936)
Play Safe (1936)
Little Swee'pea (1936)
Never Kick a Woman (1936)
Hawaiian Birds (1936)
I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936)
The Cobweb Hotel (1936)
Bridge Ahoy! (1936)
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski (1936)
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936)
King of the Mardi Gras (1935)
You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935)
Dizzy Divers (1935)
The Hyp-Nut-Tist (1935)
Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
The Song of the Birds (1935)
Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
Taking the Blame (1935)
Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935)
The Dance Contest (1934)
The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
A Dream Walking (1934)
Axe Me Another (1934)
Strong to the Finich (1934)
Shoein' Hosses (1934)
What Price Jazz (1934)
Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
Red Hot Mamma (1934)
Wild Elephinks (1933)
Seasin's Greetinks! (1933)
I Eats My Spinach (1933)
The Musical Doctor (1932)
Musical Justice (1931)
Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-05-21
Deathday1992-08-26 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As Samuel Timberg , Sam Timberg
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