Ray Heindorf

Komponist, Skuespiller

25. august 1908 — 3. februar 1980 (71 år)
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Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger.

Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez.

After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments.

He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score.

Among Heindorf's other screen credits are 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Lie, Knute Rockne All American, Kings Row, Night and Day, Tea for Two, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jazz Singer, No Time for Sergeants, The Helen Morgan Story, Marjorie Morningstar, Damn Yankees, Auntie Mame, Finian's Rainbow, and his final musical for Jack L. Warner, 1776.

Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song. Heindorf won three, in the category of Best Score of a Musical, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, This is the Army, and The Music Man. His wins for the former two films made him the first to accomplish consecutive wins in a musical category.

Heindorf died in Tarzana, California, aged 71, and reputedly was buried with his favorite conducting baton.

Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • Strangers on a Train
    Strangers on a Train1951
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    A Streetcar Named Desire1951
  • The Music Man
    The Music Man1962
  • The Roaring Twenties
    The Roaring Twenties1939
  • Footlight Parade
    Footlight Parade1933
  • No Time for Sergeants
    No Time for Sergeants1958
  • The Kennel Murder Case
    The Kennel Murder Case1933
  • The Pajama Game
    The Pajama Game1957
  • Wonder Man
    Wonder Man1945
  • Arrowsmith
    Arrowsmith1931
  • The Big Trees
    The Big Trees1952
  • Miracle in the Rain
    Miracle in the Rain1956
  • Blowing Wild
    Blowing Wild1953
  • Up in Arms
    Up in Arms1944
  • Lucky Me
    Lucky Me1954
  • Three Sailors and a Girl
    Three Sailors and a Girl1953

Kjent for

  • The Music Man
    The Music Man1962
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
    Yankee Doodle Dandy1942
  • A Star Is Born
    A Star Is Born1954
  • Calamity Jane
    Calamity Jane1953
  • Damn Yankees
    Damn Yankees1958
  • Wonder Man
    Wonder Man1945
  • The West Point Story
    The West Point Story1950
  • Romance on the High Seas
    Romance on the High Seas1948
  • Rhapsody in Blue
    Rhapsody in Blue1945
  • Up in Arms
    Up in Arms1944
  • Finian's Rainbow
    Finian's Rainbow1968
  • The Jazz Singer
    The Jazz Singer1953
  • My Wild Irish Rose
    My Wild Irish Rose1947

Filmografi

1968
Finian's Rainbow · as Original Music Composer
1962
The Music Man · as ComposerPå Plex
1959
-30- · as Original Music Composer
1958
Damn Yankees · as Composer
1958
No Time for Sergeants · as ComposerPå Plex
1957
The Pajama Game · as ComposerPå Plex
1957
The Helen Morgan Story · as Original Music Composer
1957
Sugarfoot · as Composer
1957
The D.I. · as Composer
1956
1956
Serenade · as Original Music Composer
1955
Sincerely Yours · as Original Music Composer
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues · as Original Music Composer
1954
Young at Heart · as Original Music Composer
1953
Three Sailors and a Girl · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex
1952
The Jazz Singer · as Composer
1952
1952
1950
1949
1948
April Showers · as Original Music Composer
1947
My Wild Irish Rose · as Original Music Composer
1945
Rhapsody in Blue · as Original Music Composer
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy · as Original Music Composer
1940
1939
The Roaring Twenties · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex
1939
On Your Toes · as Composer
1939
Hell's Kitchen · as Composer
1939
Naughty But Nice · as Composer
1938
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris · as Original Music Composer
1937
1937
Varsity Show · as Composer
1935
Dangerous · as Original Music Composer
1935
Broadway Hostess · as Composer
1934
Murder in the Clouds · as Original Music Composer
1934
A Lost Lady · as Original Music Composer
1934
Desirable · as Original Music Composer
1932
1932
Big City Blues · as Original Music Composer
1932
Crooner · as Original Music Composer

1954
A Star Is Born · as Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
1953
She's Back on Broadway · as Orchestra Leader
1951
Lullaby of Broadway · as Ship's Orchestra Leader
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams · as Orchestra Leader At Kahn Benefit (uncredited)
1950
Young Man with a Horn · as Orchestra Leader
1949
It's a Great Feeling · as Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
1947
My Wild Irish Rose · as Orchestra Leader In Finale

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour · as Self - Orchestrator

1972
1776 · as Music Supervisor
1968
Adam-12 · as Music Supervisor
1959
The Young Philadelphians · as Music Supervisor
1959
Up Periscope · as Music Supervisor
1954
A Star Is Born · as Music Director
1954
Lucky Me · as Music DirectorPå Plex
1953
Blowing Wild · as Music DirectorPå Plex
1953
Calamity Jane · as Music Director
1953
1953
I Confess · as Music Director
1952
April in Paris · as Music Director
1952
The Big Trees · as Music DirectorPå Plex
1951
Lullaby of Broadway · as Music Director
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams · as Music Director
1951
Come Fill the Cup · as Music Director
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire · as Music DirectorPå Plex
1951
Strangers on a Train · as Music DirectorPå Plex
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy · as Music Director
1950
Storm Warning · as Music Director
1950
The West Point Story · as Music Director
1950
Tea for Two · as Music Director
1950
The Damned Don't Cry · as Music Director
1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady · as Music Director
1950
Backfire · as Music Director
1948
Adventures of Don Juan · as Music Supervisor
1948
Romance on the High Seas · as Orchestrator
1947
Love and Learn · as Music Arranger
1946
The Man I Love · as Music Arranger
1946
Cinderella Jones · as Orchestrator
1945
Wonder Man · as OrchestratorPå Plex
1944
Up in Arms · as Music ArrangerPå Plex
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars · as Orchestrator
1943
The Hard Way · as Music Arranger
1942
Gentleman Jim · as Orchestrator
1942
The Male Animal · as Orchestrator
1941
Affectionately Yours · as Orchestrator
1941
The Great Lie · as Orchestrator
1941
The Sea Wolf · as Music Arranger
1941
The Strawberry Blonde · as Orchestrator
1941
Flight from Destiny · as Music Arranger
1941
Honeymoon for Three · as Orchestrator
1941
Four Mothers · as Orchestrator
1940
Knute Rockne All American · as Orchestrator
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much · as Orchestrator
1940
Castle on the Hudson · as Music Arranger
1939
Invisible Stripes · as Orchestrator
1939
Four Wives · as Orchestrator
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces · as Orchestrator
1939
Daughters Courageous · as Orchestrator
1938
Men Are Such Fools · as Orchestrator
1937
Ready, Willing and Able · as Music Arranger
1936
Stage Struck · as Music Arranger
1936
The Singing Kid · as Music Arranger
1936
Colleen · as Music Arranger
1935
Broadway Gondolier · as Music Arranger
1935
Alibi Ike · as Orchestrator
1935
Go Into Your Dance · as Orchestrator
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935 · as Music Arranger
1935
Sweet Music · as Music Arranger
1934
Flirtation Walk · as Music Arranger
1934
1934
Fashions of 1934 · as Music Arranger
1933
The Kennel Murder Case · as OrchestratorPå Plex
1933
Footlight Parade · as Music ArrangerPå Plex
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Music Arranger
1933
Secrets · as Orchestrator
1933
42nd Street · as Music Arranger
1933
Hallelujah I'm a Bum · as Orchestrator
1932
Three on a Match · as Music Arranger
1932
1931
Arrowsmith · as OrchestratorPå Plex