Leigh Harline
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".
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
160
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-03-26 (118 years old)
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Crew
2001
Everybody Loves Mickey Music1965
Strange Bedfellows Original Music Composer1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao Music1964
Guns of Diablo Original Music Composer1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Conductor1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Music1961
All Hands on Deck Original Music Composer1961
The Honeymoon Machine Original Music Composer1960
The Facts of Life Conductor1960
Visit to a Small Planet Original Music Composer1960
The Facts of Life Original Music Composer1959
Warlock Original Music Composer1959
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Original Music Composer1958
Man of the West Original Music Composer1958
The Fiend Who Walked the West Music1958
Ten North Frederick Music1957
No Down Payment Original Music Composer1957
The True Story of Jesse James Original Music Composer1957
The Enemy Below Original Music Composer1957
The Wayward Bus Original Music Composer1956
The Girl Can't Help It Original Music Composer1956
23 Paces to Baker Street Original Music Composer1956
The Bottom of the Bottle Original Music Composer1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free Original Music Composer1955
House of Bamboo Original Music Composer1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove Original Music Composer1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Original Music Composer1955
The Last Frontier Original Music Composer1954
Black Widow Original Music Composer1954
Susan Slept Here Original Music Composer1954
River of No Return Music1954
Broken Lance Original Music Composer1953
Vicki Original Music Composer1953
The Desert Rats Original Music Composer1953
Pickup on South Street Original Music Composer1953
Taxi Original Music Composer1953
A Blueprint for Murder Original Music Composer1953
Money from Home Original Music Composer1952
The Las Vegas Story Original Music Composer1952
My Pal Gus Original Music Composer1952
Sailor Beware Original Music Composer1952
My Wife's Best Friend Original Music Composer1952
Monkey Business Music1951
The Company She Keeps Original Music Composer1951
I Want You Original Music Composer1951
His Kind of Woman Original Music Composer1951
The Guy Who Came Back Original Music Composer1951
That's My Boy Original Music Composer1950
The Woman on Pier 13 Original Music Composer1950
My Friend Irma Goes West Original Music Composer1950
Perfect Strangers Original Music Composer1950
The Happy Years Original Music Composer1949
They Live by Night Original Music Composer1949
It Happens Every Spring Original Music Composer1949
The Big Steal Music1948
The Velvet Touch Music1948
Every Girl Should Be Married Original Music Composer1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Original Music Composer1948
The Miracle of the Bells Original Music Composer1948
The Boy with Green Hair Original Music Composer1947
A Likely Story Music1947
Beat the Band Original Music Composer1947
The Farmer's Daughter Original Music Composer1947
The Judge Steps Out Original Music Composer1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Original Music Composer1946
Crack-Up Original Music Composer1946
Road to Utopia Original Music Composer1946
Nocturne Original Music Composer1946
Till the End of Time Original Music Composer1946
The Truth About Murder Original Music Composer1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf Original Music Composer1946
Child of Divorce Original Music Composer1946
From This Day Forward Original Music Composer1945
Leave It to Blondie Original Music Composer1945
Isle of the Dead Original Music Composer1945
Johnny Angel Original Music Composer1945
The Brighton Strangler Original Music Composer1945
Having Wonderful Crime Music1945
Man Alive Original Music Composer1945
China Sky Original Music Composer1945
George White's Scandals Songs1945
What a Blonde Music1944
Tender Comrade Original Music Composer1944
No Dough Boys Music Arranger1944
Music in Manhattan Original Music Composer1944
A Night of Adventure Original Music Composer1944
Heavenly Days Original Music Composer1943
Footlight Glamour Original Music Composer1943
It's a Great Life Original Music Composer1943
The Sky's the Limit Music Director1943
The More the Merrier Original Music Composer1943
They Came to Blow Up America Original Music Composer1943
They Got Me Covered Original Music Composer1943
Johnny Come Lately Original Music Composer1943
Johnny Come Lately Music Director1943
Government Girl Music1943
Margin for Error Original Music Composer1942
The Pride of the Yankees Original Music Composer1942
You Were Never Lovelier Music Director1942
The Sleepwalker Original Music Composer1942
Bambi Music1942
Wings for the Eagle Additional Music1942
On the Sunny Side Original Music Composer1942
My Gal Sal Original Music Composer1942
The Lady Has Plans Music1942
Rings on Her Fingers Music1942
Blondie Goes to College Original Music Composer1941
Blondie in Society Original Music Composer1941
A Good Time for a Dime Original Music Composer1941
Golden Eggs Original Music Composer1941
The Art of Self Defense Original Music Composer1941
Lend a Paw Original Music Composer1941
Baggage Buster Original Music Composer1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf Original Music Composer1941
Mr. Bug Goes to Town Music1940
Pinocchio Original Music Composer1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble Original Music Composer1940
Blondie on a Budget Original Music Composer1940
Blondie Plays Cupid Original Music Composer1940
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Original Music Composer1940
Pluto's Dream House Original Music Composer1940
Donald's Dog Laundry Music1940
Pinocchio Songs1940
So You Won't Talk? Original Music Composer1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby Original Music Composer1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation Original Music Composer1939
Blondie Meets the Boss Original Music Composer1939
The Lady and the Mob Original Music Composer1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Music Composer1938
Boat Builders Original Music Composer1938
Wynken, Blynken & Nod Original Music Composer1938
Boat Builders Music1938
Farmyard Symphony Original Music Composer1938
Blondie Music1937
The Old Mill Original Music Composer1937
Woodland Café Original Music Composer1936
Mickey's Grand Opera Original Music Composer1936
The Country Cousin Original Music Composer1936
Toby Tortoise Returns Original Music Composer1936
Mother Pluto Original Music Composer1936
Thru the Mirror Music1936
Elmer Elephant Original Music Composer1935
Water Babies Original Music Composer1935
Music Land Original Music Composer1935
Mickey's Garden Original Music Composer1935
The Cookie Carnival Original Music Composer1935
On Ice Original Music Composer1935
The Band Concert Music1934
The China Shop Original Music Composer1934
The Goddess of Spring Original Music Composer1934
The Wise Little Hen Original Music Composer1934
Peculiar Penguins Original Music Composer1934
Funny Little Bunnies Original Music Composer1934
The Grasshopper and the Ants Original Music Composer1934
Two-Gun Mickey Original Music Composer1933
The Pied Piper Original Music Composer1933
The Night Before Christmas Original Music Composer1933
Lullaby Land Original Music Composer1933
Father Noah's Ark Original Music Composer1933
Mickey's Mechanical Man Music