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Heinz Roemheld (Milwaukee, May 1, 1901 – Huntington Beach, California, February 11, 1985) was an American composer.
Born Heinz Eric Roemheld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was one of four children of German immigrant Heinrich Roemheld and his wife Fanny Rauterberg Roemheld. Heinrich was a pharmacist, but all the members of the family were musical. Heinz's brother Edgar (1898-1964) became a conductor, while sister Irmgard (1904-1995) became a well-known Milwaukee music teacher and radio broadcaster.
Roemheld was a child prodigy who began playing the piano at the age of 4. He graduated from the Milwaukee College of Music at 19, and performed in theaters to earn money to study piano in Europe. In 1920, he went to Berlin, where he studied with Hugo Kaun, Ferruccio Busoni, and Egon Petri. While he was there, he appeared in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic.
When he returned to America, Roemheld became involved in music for silent films, both as a pianist and as a conductor. In 1925, he was sent back to Berlin as head of Universal Pictures theaters there, but had to leave in 1929 due to the rise of Nazism.
Back in America, Roemheld moved to Los Angeles and became a prominent cinema composer. He scored some scenes in Gone with the Wind, including the burning of Atlanta, although he was not credited on-screen. In 1942, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Among the more than 400 other films for which he composed music were Gentleman Jim, The Lady From Shanghai, The Invisible Man, and Shine On, Harvest Moon.
After World War II, Roemheld once again returned to Germany to become Chief of the Film, Theatre, and Music Section of the Information Central Division of The American Armies in Europe. He continued writing for several major film studios until the late 1950s, and after briefly working in television, he retired in 1964 to concentrate on his classical composition. He is best known for the song "Ruby" from the movie Ruby Gentry (1952), which has become a standard.
He married a former Miss Milwaukee, Emeline Defnet (1901-1980), from whom he was later divorced. They had two daughters, Mary Lou Roemheld, who was married for years to game show host Jack Narz, and Ann, who married game show host Bill Cullen.
Roemheld died on February 11, 1985, at a convalescent home in Huntington Beach after contracting pneumonia three weeks earlier.
Filmography
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Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Step Down to Terror (1958)
This Is Russia! (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
The Land Unknown (1957)
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
The Tall T (1957)
The Mole People (1956)
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Miami Exposé (1956)
Away All Boats (1956)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
World in My Corner (1956)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Hell's Horizon (1955)
The Square Jungle (1955)
Female on the Beach (1955)
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
The Moonlighter (1953)
Ruby Gentry (1952)
Three for Bedroom C (1952)
Loan Shark (1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
The Big Trees (1952)
Chicago Calling (1951)
Insurance Investigator (1951)
Valentino (1951)
Union Station (1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Kill the Umpire (1950)
The Good Humor Man (1950)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
The Lucky Stiff (1949)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
Station West (1948)
The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
I, Jane Doe (1948)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Flame (1947)
Christmas Eve (1947)
Curley (1947)
Mr. Ace (1946)
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
O.S.S. (1946)
Too Young to Know (1945)
Janie (1944)
Make Your Own Bed (1944)
Find the Blackmailer (1943)
Adventure in Iraq (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
The Hard Way (1943)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Always in My Heart (1942)
The Male Animal (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Blues in the Night (1941)
Law of the Tropics (1941)
Manpower (1941)
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
Underground (1941)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Flight from Destiny (1941)
Honeymoon for Three (1941)
Four Mothers (1941)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
My Love Came Back (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
It All Came True (1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
The Mad Empress (1939)
A Child Is Born (1939)
British Intelligence (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
King of the Underworld (1939)
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
Four's a Crowd (1938)
The Young in Heart (1938)
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
I Met My Love Again (1938)
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
West of Shanghai (1937)
Stand-In (1937)
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
Alcatraz Island (1937)
It's Love I'm After (1937)
The Outer Gate (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Draegerman Courage (1937)
Night Key (1937)
Call It a Day (1937)
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
Cain and Mabel (1936)
Give Me Your Heart (1936)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
Two Against the World (1936)
The White Angel (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Road Gang (1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
Tough Guy (1936)
Her Master's Voice (1936)
Rose of the Rancho (1936)
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
East of Java (1935)
I Found Stella Parish (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Stormy (1935)
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
Dr. Socrates (1935)
Hands Across the Table (1935)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
We're in the Money (1935)
The Irish in Us (1935)
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Bright Lights (1935)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Kliou the Tiger (1935)
Stranded (1935)
The Glass Key (1935)
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
Love in Bloom (1935)
Private Worlds (1935)
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Storm Over the Andes (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Living on Velvet (1935)
The Good Fairy (1935)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
Maybe It's Love (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Payoff (1935)
Enter Madame (1935)
Sweet Adeline (1934)
Flirtation Walk (1934)
Ready for Love (1934)
Imitation of Life (1934)
Happiness Ahead (1934)
A Lost Lady (1934)
British Agent (1934)
Desirable (1934)
Housewife (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
A Modern Hero (1934)
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
Journal of a Crime (1934)
As the Earth Turns (1934)
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Mandalay (1934)
Four Frightened People (1934)
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
Easy to Love (1934)
Bombay Mail (1934)
The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Too Much Harmony (1933)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Up for Murder (1931)
Drácula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
A Lady Surrenders (1930)
What Men Want (1930)
Hell's Heroes (1929)
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-05-01
Deathday1985-02-11 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHeinz Eric Roemheld, H. Roemfeld, H. Roemheld, Rox Rommell
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Original Musical Score
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