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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-01-11 (137 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Charles Previn

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Previn (January 11, 1888 - September 21, 1973) was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood, Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions.

Previn was born in Brooklyn. He was the great-uncle of German-born composer, pianist, conductor André Previn and TV and film director Steve Previn (brothers). He graduated from Brooklyn High School and obtained a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1910. He obtained a master's degree from New York College of Music.

From 1936 to 1944, Previn was musical director at Universal, overseeing everything from horror pictures to Arabian Nights fantasies. He began working at other studios after 1944 and retired in 1953. He died in Los Angeles, aged 85.

He won an Oscar for Best Score in 1937 for One Hundred Men and a Girl. He was nominated for six other Oscars between 1938 and 1944.

Known For

Acting

1939

Sound

1952

1950

1949

That Midnight Kiss as Original Music Composer

1948

Hollow Triumph as Conductor

1947

1945

And Then There Were None as Music Director

1944

3 Is a Family as Music Director
Song of the Open Road as Original Music Composer

1943

White Savage as Music Director
Hit the Ice as Music Director
It Ain't Hay as Music Director
It Ain't Hay as Music
Crazy House as Music Director
All by Myself as Music Director
We've Never Been Licked as Music Director

1942

The Spoilers as Music Director
Nightmare as Music Director
Pardon My Sarong as Music Director
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Music Director
Who Done It? as Music Director
Who Done It? as Music
Behind the Eight Ball as Music Director
Saboteur as Music Director
Arabian Nights as Music Director
Lady in a Jam as Music Director

1941

The Black Cat as Music
It Started with Eve as Music Director
The Wolf Man as Music
Riders of Death Valley as Music Director
Riders of Death Valley as Original Music Composer
Moonlight in Hawaii as Music Director
South of Tahiti as Music Director
Man-Made Monster as Orchestrator
In the Navy as Music Director
Horror Island as Music
Nice Girl? as Music Director
The Wolf Man as Music Director

1940

The Bank Dick as Original Music Composer
It's a Date as Music Director
Hired Wife as Music Director
Green Hell as Music Director
The Invisible Woman as Music Director
One Night in the Tropics as Music Director
My Little Chickadee as Music Director
The Invisible Man Returns as Music Director

1939

When Tomorrow Comes as Music Director
Rio as Music Director
First Love as Music
Destry Rides Again as Music Director
Son of Frankenstein as Music Director
Tower of London as Music Director
The Witness Vanishes as Music Director
The Sun Never Sets as Music Director
Ex-Champ as Music Director

1938

Danger on the Air as Music Director
Young Fugitives as Music Director
Wives Under Suspicion as Music Director
The Rage of Paris as Original Music Composer
The Rage of Paris as Music Director
State Police as Original Music Composer
State Police as Music Director
The Jury's Secret as Music Director
Midnight Intruder as Music Director

1937

Night Key as Music
The Mighty Treve as Original Music Composer
The Mighty Treve as Music Director

1936

My Man Godfrey as Music Director
Postal Inspector as Original Music Composer
Postal Inspector as Music Director