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Dudley Simpson
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 4, 1922Died November 4, 2017 (95 years)
Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian wrote that he was "at his most prolific as the creator of incidental music for Doctor Who in the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to 62 stories over almost 300 episodes – more than any other composer."
Among his television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963), theme music for The Last of the Mohicans (1971), theme music for The Brothers (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), The Ascent of Man (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978). He also composed music for several plays from the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
Among his television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963), theme music for The Last of the Mohicans (1971), theme music for The Brothers (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), The Ascent of Man (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978). He also composed music for several plays from the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
Dudley Simpson Filmography
| 2024 | The War Games in Colour · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Tales of the Tardis (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Macra Terror · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Doctor Who and the Shada Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | The U.N.I.T Dating Conundrum · as Composer |
| 2010 | |
| 2004 | |
| 1987 | The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist (1985) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Love Song · as Composer |
| 1985 | Super Gran (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Blake's 7: The Beginning · as Composer |
| 1984 | Goodbye Mr Chips (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Richard III · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Dombey and Son (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The First Part of Henry the Sixth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Stalky & Co (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | The Winter's Tale · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Sense and Sensibility (1981) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Hamlet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of Death · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | The Legend of King Arthur (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | The Lost Boys (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Target (TV Series) · as Main Title Theme Composer |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Robots of Death · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Face of Evil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | North & South (1975) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: Planet of Evil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Madame Bovary (1975) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: The Ark in Space · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Doctor Who: Robot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Microbes and Men (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1974 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Doctor Who: The Time Warrior · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Moonbase 3 (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Doctor Who: The Green Death · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Legend of Hell House · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | A Little Princess (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Doctor Who: The Three Doctors · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Brothers (1972) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1972 | Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: The Dæmons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: Colony in Space · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | The Last of the Mohicans (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | Doctor Who: The War Games · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Doctor Who: The Space Pirates · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Chase · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Crusade · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Doctor Who: Planet of Giants · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang · as Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Orchestra Conductor |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Pianist |
| 2009 |
| 1985 | Titus Andronicus · as Conductor |
| 1984 | Amy · as Music Editor |