Biography
Cyril John Mockridge (August 6, 1896 β January 18, 1979) was an English film and television composer. He received professional training at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In the early 1930s, Mockridge went to Hollywood where he scored and arranged the music for more than a hundred films including Cheaper by the Dozen, River of No Return and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film Guys and Dolls with Jay Blackton.Mockridge spent years as a staff composer for Twentieth Century-Fox, frequently working with Alfred Newman and Alfred's brother Lionel. He retired to Hawaii, where he died in 1979 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.
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Filmography
all 136
Movies 135
Director 4
TV Shows 1
Composer
Donovan's Reef (1963)
Movie
1
Composer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Movie
3.67
Composer
All Hands on Deck (1961)
Movie
Composer
Flaming Star (1960)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Let's Make Love (1960)
Movie
4
Composer
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
Movie
Composer
Tall Story (1960)
Movie
Composer
Hound-Dog Man (1959)
Movie
Composer
A Private's Affair (1959)
Movie
Composer
Thunder in the Sun (1959)
Movie
Composer
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
Movie
Composer
I Married a Woman (1958)
Movie
Composer
The Gift of Love (1958)
Movie
Music
Wagon Train (1957)
TV
8
Composer
Desk Set (1957)
Movie
6
Composer
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Movie
Composer
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
Movie
Composer
Bus Stop (1956)
Movie
5
Composer
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Movie
Composer
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
Movie
Music Arranger
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Movie
Composer
How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Movie
Composer
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Movie
Music
Woman's World (1954)
Movie
Composer
River of No Return (1954)
Movie
2
Composer
Night People (1954)
Movie
Music
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Movie
1
Composer
Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
Movie
Music
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Movie
Composer
Night Without Sleep (1952)
Movie
Composer
Dreamboat (1952)
Movie
Composer
We're Not Married! (1952)
Movie
3
Original Music Composer
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Movie
Composer
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Movie
Composer
Elopement (1951)
Movie
Composer
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
Movie
Composer
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Movie
Composer
Love Nest (1951)
Movie
Music
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
Movie
Composer
As Young as You Feel (1951)
Movie
Composer
Follow the Sun (1951)
Movie
Composer
Half Angel (1951)
Movie
Composer
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Movie
Composer
The Frogmen (1951)
Movie
Composer
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Movie
Music
I'll Get By (1950)
Movie
Composer
Stella (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Movie
Orchestrator
Night and the City (1950)
Movie
4.6
Composer
Love That Brute (1950)
Movie
Composer
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Movie
Composer
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Movie
Composer
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Movie
Music
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Movie
Original Music Composer
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Movie
6
Composer
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Movie
Composer
Come to the Stable (1949)
Movie
6
Composer
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Movie
Composer
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Movie
Music
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Road House (1948)
Movie
Music
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Movie
Music
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Movie
Composer
Deep Waters (1948)
Movie
Composer
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Movie
Composer
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
Movie
Original Music Composer
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Movie
Composer
Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Movie
Composer
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Movie
Composer
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Movie
5.92
Composer
The Late George Apley (1947)
Movie
Composer
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Movie
Composer
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Movie
6.5
Music
Cluny Brown (1946)
Movie
6.67
Original Music Composer
The Dark Corner (1946)
Movie
Composer
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Movie
Music
Claudia and David (1946)
Movie
Composer
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Doll Face (1945)
Movie
Composer
Captain Eddie (1945)
Movie
Composer
Molly and Me (1945)
Movie
Music
Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Movie
Composer
In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
Movie
Composer
Ladies of Washington (1944)
Movie
Composer
The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
Movie
Composer
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
Movie
Music
The Gang's All Here (1943)
Movie
Composer
Happy Land (1943)
Movie
Composer
Holy Matrimony (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Movie
6.5
Music
Stormy Weather (1943)
Movie
Music
Coney Island (1943)
Movie
Composer
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Movie
Composer
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Movie
1
Music
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Movie
Composer
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Movie
Additional Music
The Pied Piper (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Moontide (1942)
Movie
4
Music
Prelude to War (1942)
Movie
Music
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
On the Sunny Side (1942)
Movie
Music Director
Young America (1942)
Movie
Composer
Over My Dead Body (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
Movie
Music Director
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Movie
Music Director
Last of the Duanes (1941)
Movie
Music
We Go Fast (1941)
Movie
Composer
Dressed to Kill (1941)
Movie
Music
Sleepers West (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
Movie
6.75
Original Music Composer
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Brigham Young (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Young People (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Girl in 313 (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Movie
Sound Director
Day-time Wife (1939)
Movie
Music
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Movie
Music
The Gorilla (1939)
Movie
2
Music
The Little Princess (1939)
Movie
Additional Music
Tail Spin (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer
I'll Give a Million (1938)
Movie
Music
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Movie
Orchestrator
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Movie
Music
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer
To Mary - with Love (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Private Number (1936)
Movie
Music
King of Burlesque (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Movie
Composer
The Little Colonel (1935)
Movie
Music
My Weakness (1933)
Movie
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1896-08-06
Deathday1979-01-18 (82 years old)
Birth NameCyril John Mockridge
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
Also Known AsCyril Mockridge
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