Milt Franklyn

Milt Franklyn

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1897-09-16
Deathday: 1962-04-24 (64 years old)

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Biography

Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn (September 16, 1897 – April 24, 1962) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoons.


Franklyn moved from New York to Salt Lake City at the age of three, where he went to high school and finished one year at the University of Utah. He was the state junior tennis champion in Utah for six years. The next two years were spent at the University of California, Berkeley, then he began a term at Pennsylvania University when he was called to service in World War One. Franklyn did not serve overseas; he trained as a naval officer for three months and then the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. He returned to Berkeley to finish his education. As Franklyn could play a number of instruments, he joined a band in San Francisco and for the next few years played at the Palace and St. Francis hotels. He began his own nine-piece orchestra, known at various times as the Peninsula Band, the Super Soloists, and the Merrimakers, and appeared in San Mateo (1926 to June 1927), where he also owned a music store, and San Jose (1928 to January 1929), where he was Master of Ceremonies and wrote revues for the California Theatre before moving on to Fresno and Oakland. For two years he was emcee with Fanchon and Marco at Fox West Coast in San Diego; musical director and emcee with Paramount Publix Corporation, travelling to Seattle, Denver, Houston and Toledo; and finally worked on the Loew's circuit in Providence, Rhode Island and New York City from 1933 to 1935. Franklyn quit vaudeville to go to Hollywood in 1935 and spent a year doing occasional work.


In early 1936, he joined Warner Bros. as music arranger to Carl Stalling, becoming music director in 1953. The first cartoon with Franklyn credited as a composer was Bugs and Thugs, released in 1954, though Franklyn estimated at the time his 599th cartoon for Warners was Past Perfumance. Franklyn always composed his scores at home early in the morning; he only went to the studio to watch the 30-piece Warner Bros. Orchestra record the music or to view the finished cartoon. Among the songs Franklyn is said to have composed with director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese is The Michigan Rag for the 1955 cartoon One Froggy Evening, featuring Michigan J. Frog. However, the ASCAP database lists only Maltese as the composer. He became the sole composer in 1958 upon Stalling's retirement.


Franklyn died of a heart attack on April 24, 1962. At the time of his death, Franklyn was composing the score for a Tweety cartoon, The Jet Cage. The first two minutes of the cartoon were scored by Franklyn, the rest by William Lava, who had been working on the Warner Bros. main lot and replaced him as musical director. The Jet Cage opening credits lists Franklyn and not Lava, while the ASCAP database credits Franklyn with composing the opening title, with no mention of Lava, but a change in composing style in the cartoon is noticeable. Franklyn joined ASCAP in 1954 and was a member of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. After his death, Franklyn's music also appeared in Bugs Bunny on Broadway.

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Filmography

all 204

Movies 204

Director 10

Music
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2010)

Movie
Composer
Bugs Bunny's Creature Features

Bugs Bunny's Creature Features (1992)

Movie
Music
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991)

Movie
Music
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Movie
Composer
The Duxorcist

The Duxorcist (1987)

Movie
5.07
Composer
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)

Movie
5
Composer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)

Movie
Music
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)

Movie
5
Music
How Bugs Bunny Won the West

How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)

Movie
Composer
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies (1977)

Movie
Composer
Zip Zip Hooray!

Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)

Movie
Composer
Roadrunner a Go-Go

Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965)

Movie
Composer
Mother Was a Rooster

Mother Was a Rooster (1962)

Movie
Composer
The Jet Cage

The Jet Cage (1962)

Movie
Composer
Honey's Money

Honey's Money (1962)

Movie
Composer
Louvre Come Back to Me!

Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962)

Movie
Composer
The Slick Chick

The Slick Chick (1962)

Movie
Composer
Zoom at the Top

Zoom at the Top (1962)

Movie
Composer
Bill of Hare

Bill of Hare (1962)

Movie
Composer
Adventures of the Road-Runner

Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)

Movie
5.39
Composer
Mexican Boarders

Mexican Boarders (1962)

Movie
6
Composer
Crows' Feat

Crows' Feat (1962)

Movie
Composer
Quackodile Tears

Quackodile Tears (1962)

Movie
Composer
Fish and Slips

Fish and Slips (1962)

Movie
Composer
A Sheep in the Deep

A Sheep in the Deep (1962)

Movie
Composer
Wet Hare

Wet Hare (1962)

Movie
Composer
Nelly's Folly

Nelly's Folly (1961)

Movie
Composer
The Last Hungry Cat

The Last Hungry Cat (1961)

Movie
Composer
Beep Prepared

Beep Prepared (1961)

Movie
Composer
What's My Lion?

What's My Lion? (1961)

Movie
Composer
Daffy's Inn Trouble

Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)

Movie
Composer
Prince Violent

Prince Violent (1961)

Movie
Composer
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961)

Movie
Composer
Compressed Hare

Compressed Hare (1961)

Movie
Composer
Rebel Without Claws

Rebel Without Claws (1961)

Movie
Composer
A Scent of the Matterhorn

A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)

Movie
6
Composer
Lickety-Splat

Lickety-Splat (1961)

Movie
6.5
Music
The Abominable Snow Rabbit

The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)

Movie
6
Composer
D' Fightin' Ones

D' Fightin' Ones (1961)

Movie
Composer
Birds of a Father

Birds of a Father (1961)

Movie
Composer
Strangled Eggs

Strangled Eggs (1961)

Movie
Composer
The Mouse on 57th Street

The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)

Movie
Composer
Hoppy Daze

Hoppy Daze (1961)

Movie
Composer
Zip 'n Snort

Zip 'n Snort (1961)

Movie
Composer
Cannery Woe

Cannery Woe (1961)

Movie
Composer
Lighter Than Hare

Lighter Than Hare (1960)

Movie
Composer
High Note

High Note (1960)

Movie
Composer
Dog Gone People

Dog Gone People (1960)

Movie
Composer
Trip for Tat

Trip for Tat (1960)

Movie
Composer
Hopalong Casualty

Hopalong Casualty (1960)

Movie
5.74
Composer
The Dixie Fryer

The Dixie Fryer (1960)

Movie
Composer
From Hare to Heir

From Hare to Heir (1960)

Movie
Composer
Mice Follies

Mice Follies (1960)

Movie
Composer
Ready, Woolen and Able

Ready, Woolen and Able (1960)

Movie
6
Composer
Mouse and Garden

Mouse and Garden (1960)

Movie
Composer
Crockett-Doodle-Do

Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)

Movie
Composer
Rabbit's Feat

Rabbit's Feat (1960)

Movie
6
Composer
Hyde and Go Tweet

Hyde and Go Tweet (1960)

Movie
Composer
Who Scent You?

Who Scent You? (1960)

Movie
Composer
Person to Bunny

Person to Bunny (1960)

Movie
Composer
Goldimouse and the Three Cats

Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960)

Movie
Composer
Wild Wild World

Wild Wild World (1960)

Movie
Composer
Horse Hare

Horse Hare (1960)

Movie
Composer
West of the Pesos

West of the Pesos (1960)

Movie
Composer
Fastest with the Mostest

Fastest with the Mostest (1960)

Movie
Composer
People Are Bunny

People Are Bunny (1959)

Movie
Composer
Tweet Dreams

Tweet Dreams (1959)

Movie
Composer
Unnatural History

Unnatural History (1959)

Movie
Composer
A Witch's Tangled Hare

A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959)

Movie
Composer
Wild About Hurry

Wild About Hurry (1959)

Movie
6
Composer
A Broken Leghorn

A Broken Leghorn (1959)

Movie
Composer
Bonanza Bunny

Bonanza Bunny (1959)

Movie
Composer
Here Today, Gone Tamale

Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959)

Movie
Composer
Cat's Paw

Cat's Paw (1959)

Movie
Composer
Wild and Woolly Hare

Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)

Movie
Composer
Tweet and Lovely

Tweet and Lovely (1959)

Movie
Composer
Mexicali Shmoes

Mexicali Shmoes (1959)

Movie
Composer
Really Scent

Really Scent (1959)

Movie
Composer
Backwoods Bunny

Backwoods Bunny (1959)

Movie
Composer
A Mutt in a Rut

A Mutt in a Rut (1959)

Movie
Composer
Hot-Rod and Reel!

Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959)

Movie
Composer
Trick or Tweet

Trick or Tweet (1959)

Movie
Composer
Apes of Wrath

Apes of Wrath (1959)

Movie
6.6
Composer
The Mouse That Jack Built

The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)

Movie
Composer
China Jones

China Jones (1959)

Movie
Composer
Mouse-Placed Kitten

Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959)

Movie
Music
Baton Bunny

Baton Bunny (1959)

Movie
6
Composer
Cat Feud

Cat Feud (1958)

Movie
Music
Knighty Knight Bugs

Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)

Movie
Composer
Dog Tales

Dog Tales (1958)

Movie
Composer
Now, Hare This

Now, Hare This (1958)

Movie
Composer
Feather Bluster

Feather Bluster (1958)

Movie
Composer
A Waggily Tale

A Waggily Tale (1958)

Movie
Composer
Whoa, Be-Gone!

Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)

Movie
Music
Hare-Way to the Stars

Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)

Movie
Music
Robin Hood Daffy

Robin Hood Daffy (1958)

Movie
Composer
A Pizza Tweety-Pie

A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958)

Movie
Composer
Hare-Less Wolf

Hare-Less Wolf (1958)

Movie
Composer
Tortilla Flaps

Tortilla Flaps (1958)

Movie
5.71
Composer
Don't Axe Me

Don't Axe Me (1958)

Movie
Composer
Drafty, Isn't It?

Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)

Movie
Composer
Rabbit Romeo

Rabbit Romeo (1957)

Movie
Composer
Gonzales' Tamales

Gonzales' Tamales (1957)

Movie
Composer
Mouse-Taken Identity

Mouse-Taken Identity (1957)

Movie
Music
Show Biz Bugs

Show Biz Bugs (1957)

Movie
Composer
Touché and Go

Touché and Go (1957)

Movie
Composer
Greedy for Tweety

Greedy for Tweety (1957)

Movie
5.71
Composer
Zoom and Bored

Zoom and Bored (1957)

Movie
Composer
Bugsy and Mugsy

Bugsy and Mugsy (1957)

Movie
Composer
Ducking the Devil

Ducking the Devil (1957)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Birds Anonymous

Birds Anonymous (1957)

Movie
Composer
Tabasco Road

Tabasco Road (1957)

Movie
Music Arranger
What's Opera, Doc?

What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

Movie
Composer
Boston Quackie

Boston Quackie (1957)

Movie
Music
Steal Wool

Steal Wool (1957)

Movie
Composer
Piker's Peak

Piker's Peak (1957)

Movie
Composer
Tweety and the Beanstalk

Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957)

Movie
Composer
Fox-Terror

Fox-Terror (1957)

Movie
Composer
Cheese It, the Cat!

Cheese It, the Cat! (1957)

Movie
Composer
Boyhood Daze

Boyhood Daze (1957)

Movie
6
Composer
Bedevilled Rabbit

Bedevilled Rabbit (1957)

Movie
Music
Ali Baba Bunny

Ali Baba Bunny (1957)

Movie
4
Composer
Go Fly a Kit

Go Fly a Kit (1957)

Movie
Composer
Scrambled Aches

Scrambled Aches (1957)

Movie
5.95
Composer
Tweet Zoo

Tweet Zoo (1957)

Movie
Composer
To Hare Is Human

To Hare Is Human (1956)

Movie
Composer
The Honey-Mousers

The Honey-Mousers (1956)

Movie
Composer
90 Day Wondering

90 Day Wondering (1956)

Movie
Music
Yankee Dood It

Yankee Dood It (1956)

Movie
Music Director
Deduce, You Say

Deduce, You Say (1956)

Movie
Music
A Star Is Bored

A Star Is Bored (1956)

Movie
Music
Rocket-bye Baby

Rocket-bye Baby (1956)

Movie
Music
Tugboat Granny

Tugboat Granny (1956)

Movie
Composer
Tree Cornered Tweety

Tree Cornered Tweety (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)

Movie
Composer
Rabbitson Crusoe

Rabbitson Crusoe (1956)

Movie
Music
Heaven Scent

Heaven Scent (1956)

Movie
Composer
Tweet and Sour

Tweet and Sour (1956)

Movie
Music
Rocket Squad

Rocket Squad (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Broom-Stick Bunny

Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)

Movie
Music / Music Director / Orchestrator
Weasel Stop

Weasel Stop (1956)

Movie
6.22
Music Director
Too Hop to Handle

Too Hop to Handle (1956)

Movie
Music
Bugs' Bonnets

Bugs' Bonnets (1956)

Movie
7
Original Music Composer
One Froggy Evening

One Froggy Evening (1955)

Movie
Music
Heir-Conditioned

Heir-Conditioned (1955)

Movie
Music
Roman Legion-Hare

Roman Legion-Hare (1955)

Movie
Composer
Two Scent's Worth

Two Scent's Worth (1955)

Movie
Music Director
Knight-Mare Hare

Knight-Mare Hare (1955)

Movie
5.33
Music Director
Dime to Retire

Dime to Retire (1955)

Movie
Music Director
A Kiddies Kitty

A Kiddies Kitty (1955)

Movie
Composer
Double or Mutton

Double or Mutton (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Lumber Jerks

Lumber Jerks (1955)

Movie
Music Director
Rabbit Rampage

Rabbit Rampage (1955)

Movie
Music Director
Tweety's Circus

Tweety's Circus (1955)

Movie
Composer
Past Perfumance

Past Perfumance (1955)

Movie
Music
The Hole Idea

The Hole Idea (1955)

Movie
Music Director
Stork Naked

Stork Naked (1955)

Movie
Music Director
Pests for Guests

Pests for Guests (1955)

Movie
Composer
A Hitch in Time

A Hitch in Time (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Pizzicato Pussycat

Pizzicato Pussycat (1955)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Baby Buggy Bunny

Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)

Movie
Music
My Little Duckaroo

My Little Duckaroo (1954)

Movie
Music
By Word of Mouse

By Word of Mouse (1954)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Devil May Hare

Devil May Hare (1954)

Movie
Orchestrator
Claws for Alarm

Claws for Alarm (1954)

Movie
Orchestrator
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954)

Movie
Orchestrator
Bell Hoppy

Bell Hoppy (1954)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Cats Bah

The Cats Bah (1954)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Bugs and Thugs

Bugs and Thugs (1954)

Movie
Orchestrator
A Street Cat Named Sylvester

A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953)

Movie
Orchestrator
Much Ado About Nutting

Much Ado About Nutting (1953)

Movie
6
Orchestrator
Fowl Weather

Fowl Weather (1953)

Movie
6
Orchestrator
Duck Amuck

Duck Amuck (1953)

Movie
Orchestrator
Forward March Hare

Forward March Hare (1953)

Movie
10
Orchestrator
Water, Water Every Hare

Water, Water Every Hare (1952)

Movie
Orchestrator
Little Beau Pepé

Little Beau Pepé (1952)

Movie
Music
The Wearing of the Grin

The Wearing of the Grin (1951)

Movie
Orchestrator
French Rarebit

French Rarebit (1951)

Movie
6
Orchestrator
Rabbit Every Monday

Rabbit Every Monday (1951)

Movie
Orchestrator
Rabbit of Seville

Rabbit of Seville (1950)

Movie
Orchestrator
Big House Bunny

Big House Bunny (1950)

Movie
6
Orchestrator
Long-Haired Hare

Long-Haired Hare (1949)

Movie
Orchestrator
High Diving Hare

High Diving Hare (1949)

Movie
Orchestrator
I Taw a Putty Tat

I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)

Movie
Music
Easter Yeggs

Easter Yeggs (1947)

Movie
Orchestrator
Roughly Squeaking

Roughly Squeaking (1946)

Movie
Orchestrator
Daffy Doodles

Daffy Doodles (1946)

Movie
Orchestrator
Baseball Bugs

Baseball Bugs (1946)

Movie
Orchestrator
Fighting Tools

Fighting Tools (1943)

Movie
10
Orchestrator
Hiss and Make Up

Hiss and Make Up (1943)

Movie
Orchestrator
Greetings Bait

Greetings Bait (1943)

Movie
Orchestrator
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck

To Duck.... Or Not to Duck (1943)

Movie
Orchestrator
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)

Movie
Orchestrator
Daffy's Southern Exposure

Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)

Movie
Orchestrator
Wabbit Twouble

Wabbit Twouble (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Henpecked Duck

The Henpecked Duck (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Aviation Vacation

Aviation Vacation (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Meet John Doughboy

Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Dangerous Dan McFoo

Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939)

Movie
Orchestrator
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)

Movie
Orchestrator
Have You Got Any Castles?

Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

Movie
Orchestrator
Picador Porky

Picador Porky (1937)

Movie
Orchestrator
Milk and Money

Milk and Money (1936)

Movie
6

Ratings

Average 6.67
Based on 154 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1957
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1897-09-16

Deathday
1962-04-24 (64 years old)

Birth Place
New York City, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Milt J. Franklyn, Milt Franklin, M. Milt Franklyn


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