
Birthday:
07-15-1905
Deathday:
03-28-1974 (68 years)
Birthplace:
Allenhurst, New Jersey, USA
Their works
- Release swap_vert
- Title swap_vert
- Ratings swap_vert
close
Stage Door Canteen
Act like Dorothy Fields (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.1
top_panel_open
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2024
top_panel_open
An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. While licensing these songs for movies, commercials, TV and Broadway shows, the singer journeys through the magic of his great-grandfather's stellar career.
The Ed Sullivan Show
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.6
top_panel_open
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Ask Any Girl
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1959 star_border 6.2
top_panel_open
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
Flying High
Original Music Composer (2 ep.)
event1931 star_border 4.8
top_panel_open
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Joy of Living
Story (2 ep.)
event1938 star_border 5.7
top_panel_open
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Father Takes a Wife
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event1941 star_border 6.1
top_panel_open
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
The Cuban Love Song
Songs (2 ep.)
event1931 star_border 4.3
top_panel_open
A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
Something for the Boys
Novel (2 ep.)
event1944 star_border 6.2
top_panel_open
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...
Annie Get Your Gun
Musical (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.5
top_panel_open
A live television adaptation of the popular musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley joining Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and falling in love with her co-star, Frank Butler.
Annie Get Your Gun
Musical (2 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6.8
top_panel_open
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Annie Get Your Gun
Writer (2 ep.)
event1967
top_panel_open
TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Let's Face It
Theatre Play (2 ep.)
event1943 star_border 4.5
top_panel_open
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.
The Nitwits
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1935 star_border 6.1
top_panel_open
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Texas Carnival
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 4.4
top_panel_open
A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
Sweet Charity
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1969 star_border 6.9
top_panel_open
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Love in the Rough
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1930 star_border 4.3
top_panel_open
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
Up in Central Park
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1948 star_border 7
top_panel_open
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.
Lovely to Look At
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1952 star_border 5.1
top_panel_open
Three broke Broadway producers are desperately looking for backers for a new show. When they are about to give up, one of them discovers that they are an heir to a Parisian dress salon. Off to Paris they go!
Dancing Lady
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1933 star_border 7
top_panel_open
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
Mr. Imperium
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 5.3
top_panel_open
A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1953 star_border 3.3
top_panel_open
Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.
In Person
Songs (2 ep.)
event1935 star_border 6.3
top_panel_open
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
Swing Time
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1936 star_border 6.8
top_panel_open
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
Sweet Charity
Writer (2 ep.)
event2006
top_panel_open
Brazilian adaptation of the Broadway classic starring Claudia Raia and filmed live in São Paulo
Roberta
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1935 star_border 7
top_panel_open
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Sweet Charity
Lyricist (2 ep.)
event1986
top_panel_open
Bob Fosse's personal archival housecam recording of the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, live at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway, starring Ann Reinking as Charity Hope Valentine – replacing Debbie Allen, who originated the revival.
Show more expand_more
keyboard_double_arrow_down