Biography
Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".
Filmography
all 172
Movies 172
Director 3
Composer

Off We Go (1966)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Strange Bedfellows (1965)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Guns of Diablo (1964)
Movie
Conductor / Music

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Movie
Original Music Composer

All Hands on Deck (1961)
Movie
Conductor / Original Music Composer

The Facts of Life (1960)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Movie
Composer

Holiday for Lovers (1959)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Warlock (1959)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Man of the West (1958)
Movie
4
Composer

Ten North Frederick (1958)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Enemy Below (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer

No Down Payment (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Wayward Bus (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Movie
8
Composer

Teenage Rebel (1956)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Movie
Original Music Composer

23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Last Frontier (1955)
Movie
10
Original Music Composer

Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer

House of Bamboo (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Black Widow (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Broken Lance (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Susan Slept Here (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Money from Home (1953)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Vicki (1953)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Pickup on South Street (1953)
Movie
5
Original Music Composer

The Desert Rats (1953)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Taxi (1953)
Movie
Original Music Composer

My Pal Gus (1952)
Movie
Original Music Composer

My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Sailor Beware (1952)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Las Vegas Story (1952)
Movie
Composer

Double Dynamite (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

I Want You (1951)
Movie
Composer

On the Loose (1951)
Movie
Composer

Behave Yourself! (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

His Kind of Woman (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

That's My Boy (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Company She Keeps (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Happy Years (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Perfect Strangers (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

They Live by Night (1949)
Movie
1
Original Music Composer

It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Movie
6
Composer

Tycoon (1947)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Movie
6
Composer

Honeymoon (1947)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Beat the Band (1947)
Movie
Composer

Lady Luck (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Nocturne (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Child of Divorce (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Crack-Up (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Till the End of Time (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Truth About Murder (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

From This Day Forward (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Road to Utopia (1946)
Movie
4.67
Original Music Composer

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Man Alive (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Johnny Angel (1945)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Isle of the Dead (1945)
Movie
6
Composer

Mama Loves Papa (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

China Sky (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Brighton Strangler (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Leave It to Blondie (1945)
Movie
Music Arranger

No Dough Boys (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Heavenly Days (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Music in Manhattan (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Night of Adventure (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Tender Comrade (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Footlight Glamour (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director

Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Movie
Music Director

The Sky's the Limit (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer

It's a Great Life (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The More the Merrier (1943)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer

They Got Me Covered (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Margin for Error (1943)
Movie
Music Director

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Movie
Additional Music

Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

The Sleepwalker (1942)
Movie
Composer

Whispering Ghosts (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

My Gal Sal (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

On the Sunny Side (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie Goes to College (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Art of Self Defense (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Lend a Paw (1941)
Movie
Composer

Old MacDonald Duck (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie in Society (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Good Time for a Dime (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Baggage Buster (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Golden Eggs (1941)
Movie
Composer

Pantry Pirate (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

So You Won't Talk? (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Pluto's Dream House (1940)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Songs

Pinocchio (1940)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
Movie
Music

Blondie (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Farmyard Symphony (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music

Boat Builders (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
Movie
7
Original Music Composer

The Old Mill (1937)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Woodland Café (1937)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Mother Pluto (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Country Cousin (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Elmer Elephant (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Mickey's Grand Opera (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Music Land (1935)
Movie
Original Music Composer

On Ice (1935)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Mickey's Garden (1935)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Cookie Carnival (1935)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Water Babies (1935)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Two-Gun Mickey (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Goddess of Spring (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Peculiar Penguins (1934)
Movie
3
Original Music Composer

The Wise Little Hen (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The China Shop (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Night Before Christmas (1933)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Pied Piper (1933)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Lullaby Land (1933)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Father Noah's Ark (1933)
Movie
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1907-03-26
Deathday1969-12-10 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceSalt Lake City, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSalt Lake City, United States
Also Known AsLeigh Adrian Harline
AwardsDisney Legends, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Song
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