Henry Mancini
April 16, 1924 (100 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.
Known For
Credits
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Henry Mancini: More Than Music as Archive Footage
- 1993 · Frasier as Al (voice)
- 1993 · Son of the Pink Panther as Self (uncredited)
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
- 1992 · You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' as Self - Composer
- 1990 · Seriously... Phil Collins as Self
- 1985 · Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie as Self
- 1984 · I Love Quincy as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1972 · The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
- 1972 · The Midnight Special as Self
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1966 · Pink, Plunk, Plink as Self
- 1965 · The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self