Biography
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily
Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho".
Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
Filmography
all 70
Movies 70
self 3
Silly Symphonies Rediscovered (2006)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
Everybody Loves Mickey (2001)
The Making of 'Bambi' (1994)
Snow White Live (1981)
Sky Trooper (1942)
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Bone Trouble (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Snuffy's Party (1939)
The Practical Pig (1939)
Hollywood Bowl (1938)
Silly Seals (1938)
Voodoo in Harlem (1938)
Happy Scouts (1938)
Cheese-Nappers (1938)
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter (1938)
Movie Phoney News (1938)
Problem Child (1938)
Tail End (1938)
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands (1938)
Feed the Kitty (1938)
Boy Meets Dog (1938)
Yokel Boy Makes Good (1938)
The Lamp Lighter (1938)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue (1937)
More Kittens (1936)
Donald and Pluto (1936)
Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
Three Little Wolves (1936)
Cock o' the Walk (1935)
Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
On Ice (1935)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
The Robber Kitten (1935)
The Golden Touch (1935)
The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
Orphan's Benefit (1934)
Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)
Gulliver Mickey (1934)
The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
Playful Pluto (1934)
Camping Out (1934)
Lullaby Land (1933)
Old King Cole (1933)
Mickey's Gala Premiere (1933)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
Ye Olden Days (1933)
Birds in the Spring (1933)
Building a Building (1933)
Santa's Workshop (1932)
Flowers and Trees (1932)
The Bears and Bees (1932)
The Musical Farmer (1932)
Barnyard Olympics (1932)
The Ugly Duckling (1931)
The Fox Hunt (1931)
The Spider and the Fly (1931)
The Clock Store (1931)
Egyptian Melodies (1931)
The Cat's Out (1931)
The Busy Beavers (1931)
The China Plate (1931)
Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
The Chain Gang (1930)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1901-10-20
Deathday1942-05-14 (40 years old)
Birth NameFrank Edwin Churchill
Birth PlaceRumford, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFrank Churchchill
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Original Musical Score, Disney Legends
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