Cyril J. Mockridge

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  • CYRIL J. MOCKRIDGE


    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Date of birth
    6 August 1896
    London, England, UK


    Date of death
    18 January 1979
    Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.


    Sometimes Credited As:
    Cyril Mockridge


    Nickname
    Cy


    Trivia
    Educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London.


    Father of singer-actress 'Jeanne Mockridge'


    Mini Biography,
    from The New York TimesFrom All Movie Guide:
    British composer and music director Cyril Mockridge received professional training
    at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
    Later, in the early '30s, Mockridge went to Hollywood where he scored and arranged
    the music for dozens of films. Later, he began composing for television.
    In 1950, he produced the film Mother Didn't Tell Me. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide


    Filmography
    Composer
    1. "Cimarron Strip" (1967) TV Series
    2. "Lost in Space" (1965) TV Series (as Cyril Mockridge)
    3. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
    ... aka The Chrysler Theater
    ... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
    - The Fliers (1965) TV Episode (as Cyril Mockridge)
    4. "Peyton Place" (1964) TV Series
    5. Donovan's Reef (1963) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    6. "Going My Way" (1962) TV Series (theme)
    7. "Fair Exchange" (1962) TV Series (as Cyril Mockridge)
    8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    9. "Margie" (1961) TV Series
    10. "Holiday Lodge" (1961) TV Series
    11. All Hands on Deck (1961) (as Cyril Mockridge) (song "It's a Woman's World")
    12. Flaming Star (1960)
    13. Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
    14. Tall Story (1960)
    15. Hound-Dog Man (1959)
    16. "Adventures in Paradise" (1959) TV Series (uncredited)
    17. "Laramie" (1959) TV Series (also theme)
    18. A Private's Affair (1959)
    19. Thunder in the Sun (1959)
    20. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
    21. A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) (stock music) (uncredited)
    ... aka How to Rob a Bank
    22. The Last Hurrah (1958) (stock music) (uncredited)
    23. I Married a Woman (1958)
    24. The Gift of Love (1958)
    25. "Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series
    ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
    26. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
    ... aka Oh! For a Man! (UK)
    27. Desk Set (1957)
    ... aka His Other Woman (UK)
    28. Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
    29. Bus Stop (1956)
    ... aka The Wrong Kind of Girl
    30. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
    31. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
    32. How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
    33. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
    34. Woman's World (1954/I)
    ... aka A Woman's World (USA)
    35. Princess of the Nile (1954) (stock music) (uncredited)
    36. River of No Return (1954)
    37. Night People (1954)
    38. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (incidental music) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    39. Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
    40. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
    41. The Girl Next Door (1953)
    42. Night Without Sleep (1952)
    43. Dreamboat (1952) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    44. We're Not Married! (1952) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    45. Belles on Their Toes (1952)
    46. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Deadline (UK)
    47. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    48. Elopement (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    49. Let's Make It Legal (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    50. Love Nest (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    51. As Young as You Feel (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge) (song "Consolidated March" [uncredited])
    52. Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Mr. Belvedere Blows His Whistle (USA: alternative title)
    53. The Frogmen (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    54. Half Angel (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    55. Follow the Sun (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    56. You're in the Navy Now (1951) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka U.S.S. Teakettle (USA)
    57. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka I Shall Return (UK)
    58. Stella (1950) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    59. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
    60. Love That Brute (1950) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    61. A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    62. Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
    63. Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
    64. Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) (incidental music)
    65. Father Was a Fullback (1949)
    66. I Was a Male War Bride (1949) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Howard Hawks' I Was a Male War Bride (USA: complete title)
    ... aka You Can't Sleep Here (UK)
    67. Slattery's Hurricane (1949) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    68. Come to the Stable (1949) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    69. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (as Cyril Mockridge) (song "Clementine Capers") (as Cyril Mockridge)
    70. That Wonderful Urge (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    71. Apartment for Peggy (1948) (uncredited)
    72. Road House (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    73. The Luck of the Irish (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    74. The Walls of Jericho (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    75. Deep Waters (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    76. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    77. Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Summer Lightning (UK)
    78. Nightmare Alley (1947) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    79. Thunder in the Valley (1947) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Bob, Son of Battle (UK)
    80. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka The Big Heart (UK)
    81. The Late George Apley (1947)
    82. My Darling Clementine (1946) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka John Ford's My Darling Clementine (USA: complete title)
    83. Wake Up and Dream (1946) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    ... aka Enchanted Voyage (UK)
    84. Cluny Brown (1946) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    85. The Dark Corner (1946) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    86. Sentimental Journey (1946) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    87. Claudia and David (1946)
    88. Behind Green Lights (1946) (stock music) (uncredited)
    89. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
    ... aka Man of the Hour (UK)
    90. Captain Eddie (1945)
    91. Molly and Me (1945)
    92. The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    93. Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945)
    94. In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
    95. The Big Noise (1944) (uncredited)
    96. Ladies of Washington (1944)
    ... aka Ladies in Washington
    97. The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
    98. The Sullivans (1944)
    ... aka The Fighting Sullivans
    99. Happy Land (1943)
    100. Holy Matrimony (1943)
    101. My Friend Flicka (1943) (uncredited)
    102. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
    ... aka Strange Incident (UK)
    103. Prelude to War (1943) (uncredited)
    ... aka Why We Fight, 1 (USA: series title)
    104. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
    105. The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
    106. Over My Dead Body (1942)
    107. Time to Kill (1942) (uncredited)
    108. The Undying Monster (1942) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Hammond Mystery (UK)
    109. The Man in the Trunk (1942)
    110. Iceland (1942) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    ... aka Katina (UK)
    111. A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) (uncredited)
    112. The Magnificent Dope (1942) (uncredited)
    113. Thru Different Eyes (1942) (uncredited)
    114. Whispering Ghosts (1942) (uncredited)
    115. The Mad Martindales (1942) (uncredited)
    116. Moontide (1942)
    117. Sundown Jim (1942) (uncredited)
    118. Lone Star Ranger (1942) (uncredited)
    119. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
    120. Secret Agent of Japan (1942) (uncredited)
    121. Castle in the Desert (1942) (uncredited)
    122. Son of Fury (1942) (additional music) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Story of Benjamin Blake
    123. Remember the Day (1941) (uncredited)
    124. I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
    ... aka Hot Spot (UK) (USA: working title)
    125. Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941) (uncredited)
    126. The Last of the Duanes (1941)
    127. We Go Fast (1941)
    128. Dressed to Kill (1941)
    129. Accent on Love (1941) (uncredited)
    130. The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)
    131. Scotland Yard (1941) (uncredited)
    132. Golden Hoofs (1941)
    133. Jennie (1940) (uncredited)
    134. Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) (uncredited)
    135. Murder Over New York (1940) (uncredited)
    136. Charter Pilot (1940) (stock music) (uncredited)
    137. Youth Will Be Served (1940) (uncredited)
    138. The Mark of Zorro (1940) (uncredited)
    139. Yesterday's Heroes (1940) (uncredited)
    140. Brigham Young (1940) (uncredited)
    ... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title)
    141. The Great Profile (1940)
    142. Girl from Avenue A (1940) (uncredited)
    143. Pier 13 (1940)
    144. Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)
    145. Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
    146. Girl in 313 (1940) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Girl in Room 313 (USA)
    147. Johnny Apollo (1940)
    148. Laddie (1940) (additional music) (uncredited)
    149. Swanee River (1939) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Life of Stephen Foster
    150. Everything Happens at Night (1939)
    151. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) (uncredited)
    152. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) (uncredited)
    ... aka Sherlock Holmes (UK)
    153. Stanley and Livingstone (1939) (uncredited)
    154. Susannah of the Mounties (1939) (uncredited)
    155. The Gorilla (1939) (stock music) (uncredited)
    156. Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
    157. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) (uncredited)
    158. The Little Princess (1939) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    159. The Three Musketeers (1939) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Singing Musketeer (UK)
    160. Jesse James (1939) (stock music) (uncredited)
    161. Suez (1938) (uncredited)
    162. Gateway (1938) (uncredited)
    163. Happy Landing (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    164. Thin Ice (1937) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    ... aka Lovely to Look at (UK)
    165. You Can't Have Everything (1937) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    166. Wee Willie Winkie (1937) (uncredited)
    167. Seventh Heaven (1937) (uncredited)
    168. Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
    169. In Old Chicago (1937) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    170. Lloyd's of London (1936) (uncredited)
    171. Reunion (1936) (uncredited)
    172. Ladies in Love (1936) (uncredited)
    173. Dimples (1936) (uncredited)
    174. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    175. Captain January (1936) (uncredited)
    176. Everybody's Old Man (1936) (uncredited)
    177. The Littlest Rebel (1935) (song "She and I") (incidental music)
    178. Way Down East (1935)
    179. Under the Pampas Moon (1935) (uncredited)
    180. The Little Colonel (1935)
    181. Judge Priest (1934)
    182. Call It Luck (1934) (incidental music) (uncredited)
    183. The World Moves On (1934) (uncredited)
    184. My Weakness (1933) (uncredited)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 7 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Cyril J. Mockridge was an English film and television composer
    who composed the scores for such films as Cheaper by the Dozen, Grand Canary,
    Danger - Love at Work, In the Meantime, Darling, Wake Up and Dream, Nightmare Alley,

    and Road House.
    Mockridge was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film
    Guys and Dolls and also composed the music for television's Lost in Space.


    Mockridge, who for years was a staff composer for Twentieth Century-Fox,
    frequently working with Alfred Newman and Alfred's brother Lionel,
    is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.


    Cryil Mockridge, was one of the lesser known of composers, on Duke's films,
    He however made, 2 major films with him, and 1, where Duke played a cameo.


    Donovan's Reef (1963) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    I Married a Woman (1958)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Hi,


    Cryil Mockridge, was one of the lesser known of composers, on Duke's films,
    He however made, 2 major films with him, and 1, where Duke played a cameo.


    Donovan's Reef (1963) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) (as Cyril Mockridge)
    I Married a Woman (1958)


    Just to re-introduce one of Duke's lesser known movie theme writers

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England