Biography
Cyril John Mockridge (August 6, 1896 β January 18, 1979) was an English film and television composer. He received professional training at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In the early 1930s, Mockridge went to Hollywood where he scored and arranged the music for more than a hundred films including Cheaper by the Dozen, River of No Return and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film Guys and Dolls with Jay Blackton.Mockridge spent years as a staff composer for Twentieth Century-Fox, frequently working with Alfred Newman and Alfred's brother Lionel. He retired to Hawaii, where he died in 1979 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.
Filmography
all 137
Movies 136
Director 4
TV Shows 1
Donovan's Reef (1963)
All Hands on Deck (1961)
Flaming Star (1960)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Tall Story (1960)
Hound-Dog Man (1959)
A Private's Affair (1959)
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
I Married a Woman (1958)
The Gift of Love (1958)
Desk Set (1957)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
Bus Stop (1956)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Woman's World (1954)
River of No Return (1954)
Night People (1954)
Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Night Without Sleep (1952)
Dreamboat (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Elopement (1951)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Love Nest (1951)
As Young as You Feel (1951)
Follow the Sun (1951)
Half Angel (1951)
The Frogmen (1951)
Stella (1950)
Night and the City (1950)
Love That Brute (1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Come to the Stable (1949)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
Road House (1948)
Deep Waters (1948)
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Cluny Brown (1946)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Claudia and David (1946)
Doll Face (1945)
Captain Eddie (1945)
Molly and Me (1945)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Ladies of Washington (1944)
The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
Happy Land (1943)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
The Pied Piper (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Moontide (1942)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
Young America (1942)
Over My Dead Body (1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Last of the Duanes (1941)
Dressed to Kill (1941)
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Brigham Young (1940)
Young People (1940)
Girl in 313 (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Day-time Wife (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Tail Spin (1939)
I'll Give a Million (1938)
Beloved Enemy (1936)
To Mary - with Love (1936)
Private Number (1936)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
The Little Colonel (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1896-08-06
Deathday1979-01-18 (82 years old)
Birth NameCyril John Mockridge
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
Also Known AsCyril Mockridge
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