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Alex North

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1910-12-04

Deathday: 1991-09-08 (80 years old)

Biography

Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite fifteen nominations.

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Filmography

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Movies 72

TV Shows 3

self 2

Director 2

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Alex North

Biography

Filmography

all 75

Movies 72

TV Shows 3

self 2

Director 2

North and the Music of the South (2006)

Making 'The Misfits' (2002)

The Last Butterfly (1991)

The Penitent (1988)

John Huston and the Dubliners (1988)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

The Dead (1987)

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)

Death of a Salesman (1985)

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Under the Volcano (1984)

Sister, Sister (1982)

Dragonslayer (1981)

Carny (1980)

Wise Blood (1979)

The Word (1978)

Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)

The Passover Plot (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)

Bite the Bullet (1975)

Journey into Fear (1975)

Shanks (1974)

Lost in the Stars (1974)

Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)

Pocket Money (1972)

Willard (1971)

A Dream of Kings (1969)

Hard Contract (1969)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

The Devil's Brigade (1968)

Africa (1967)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

The Outrage (1964)

Cleopatra (1963)

All Fall Down (1962)

The Children's Hour (1961)

Sanctuary (1961)

The Misfits (1961)

Spartacus (1960)

The Wonderful Country (1959)

The Sound and the Fury (1959)

South Seas Adventure (1958)

Hot Spell (1958)

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Stage Struck (1958)

The Edge of Innocence (1957)

Four Girls in Town (1957)

The King and Four Queens (1956)

The Rainmaker (1956)

The Bad Seed (1956)

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

The Rose Tattoo (1955)

Man with the Gun (1955)

Unchained (1955)

Daddy Long Legs (1955)

The Racers (1955)

Désirée (1954)

Decision for Chemistry (1954)

Go Man Go (1954)

The Member of the Wedding (1952)

Les Miserables (1952)

Pony Soldier (1952)

Viva Zapata! (1952)

Death of a Salesman (1951)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

The 13th Letter (1951)

The Murder Club (1950)

A Better Tomorrow (1945)

Library of Congress (1945)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1910-12-04

Deathday
1991-09-08 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Chester, United States

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Isadore Soifer

Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship, Primetime Emmy Award, Academy Honorary Award