Jerry Leiber - Turner Classic Movies

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Birth Place

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Born

April 25, 1933

Died

August 22, 2011

Biography

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Jerry Leiber's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Leiber began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the Elvis Presley musical "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), the Elvis Presley dramatic adaptation "King Creole" (1958) and "Black Joy" (1978). His music also appeared in "Grease" (1978), the Cheech Marin comedy "Cheech & Chong's Up ...

Filmography

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Zombieland 2: Double Tap (2019)

Hustlers (2019)

The Beach Bum (2018)

Power Rangers (2017)

Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Sleeping With Other People (2015)

Photos & Videos

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All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway

Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Baby I Don't Care

Biography

Jerry Leiber's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Leiber began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the Elvis Presley musical "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), the Elvis Presley dramatic adaptation "King Creole" (1958) and "Black Joy" (1978). His music also appeared in "Grease" (1978), the Cheech Marin comedy "Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke" (1978) and the Jonathan Segal romance "Yotzim Kavua" (1979). In the eighties and the nineties, Leiber's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Phoebe Cates dramatic comedy "Shag: The Movie" (1989), "Roger & Me" (1989) with Michael Moore and "Cry Baby" (1990). His work was also in the Sandra Bernhard comedic adaptation "Without You I'm Nothing" (1990). Leiber's music was also featured in the comedy adaptation "The Love Letter" (1999) with Kate Capshaw, the animated adventure "The Iron Giant" (1999) with Jack Angel and the Daveigh Chase box office smash animated comedy "Lilo and Stitch" (2002). His music was also featured in the dramedy "Uptown Girls" (2003) with Brittany Murphy and the comedy "National Lampoon Presents: Dorm Daze" (2003) with Chris Owen. Leiber was most recently credited in the animated feature "Strange Magic" (2015) with Alan Cumming. Leiber passed away in August 2011 at the age of 78.

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

Zombieland 2: Double Tap (2019)

Hustlers (2019)

The Beach Bum (2018)

Power Rangers (2017)

Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Sleeping With Other People (2015)

Strange Magic (2015)

All Is By My Side (2014)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

The Hangover Part III (2013)

No Strings Attached (2011)

The Music Never Stopped (2011)

Love Ranch (2010)

Fired Up! (2009)

The Express (2008)

Cloverfield (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2007)

Grindhouse (2007)

P.S. I Love You (2007)

Fred Claus (2007)

The Game Plan (2007)

Crazy Love (2007)

Knocked Up (2007)

Lackawanna Blues (2005)

Romance and Cigarettes (2005)

Walk the Line (2005)

Little Black Book (2004)

No Regrets (2004)

The Singing Detective (2003)

Song ("Poison Ivy")

National Lampoon Presents: Dorm Daze (2003)

Uptown Girls (2003)

Lilo and Stitch (2002)

American Beauty (1999)

Fanny and Elvis (1999)

October Sky (1999)

The Iron Giant (1999)

The Love Letter (1999)

Man on the Moon (1999)

When I Go Out There, Just Say the Word (1998)

Among Giants (1998)

Song ("Stand By Me")

All I Wanna Do (1998)

Telling Lies in America (1997)

Life Is All You Get (1997)

Song ("Hound Dog")

Batman & Robin (1997)

Devil's Island (1997)

Fools Rush In (1997)

Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

The Associate (1996)

My Fellow Americans (1996)

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Stand By Me (1995)

Forrest Gump (1994)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Look Who's Talking Now (1993)

The Sandlot (1993)

The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993)

A Few Good Men (1992)

Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)

School Ties (1992)

Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

Leap of Faith (1992)

All I Want for Christmas (1991)

Cry Baby (1990)

Without You, I'm Nothing (1990)

Wild at Heart (1990)

Book of Love (1990)

Roger & Me (1989)

Stealing Home (1988)

Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

Shag: The Movie (1988)

Aloha Summer (1988)

Heartbreak Hotel (1988)

La Bamba (1987)

The Big Town (1987)

Straight to Hell (1987)

Song ("Yakety Yak")

Playing for Keeps (1986)

Stand by Me (1986)

Marie: A True Story (1985)

After Hours (1985)

The Slugger's Wife (1985)

To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)

Streets Of Fire (1984)

The Flamingo Kid (1984)

Chinese Boxes (1984)

Song ("Is That All There Is")

Baby, It's You (1983)

Losin' It (1983)

Sapiches (1982)

Songs ("Charlie Brown" "Lucky Lips")

Party, Party (1982)

Song ("Yakety Yak")

This Is Elvis (1981)

Take it or Leave It (1981)

Song ("Jailhouse Rock")

Underground U.S.A. (1980)

Divine Madness (1980)

Urban Cowboy (1980)

Song ("Stand By Me")

Touched By Love (1980)

Song ("Hound Dog")

Yotzim Kavua (1979)

Song ("Yakety Yak")

All That Jazz (1979)

The Wanderers (1979)

Old Boyfriends (1979)

Song ("Jailhouse Rock")

Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke (1978)

Black Joy (1978)

Song ("Stand By Me")

Song ("Hound Dog")

The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)

The Phynx (1970)

Let It Be (1970)

Tickle Me (1965)

Roustabout (1964)

Fun in Acapulco (1963)

Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

Two Tickets to Paris (1962)

King Creole (1958)

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Cast (Special)

Words and Music By Leiber & Stoller (2001)

Hitmakers: The Teens Who Stole Pop Music (2001)

Burt Bacharach (2001)

Music (Special)

Elvis in Hollywood (2000)

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller (2000)

Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999)

For Better Or For Worse (1993)

Music (TV Mini-Series)

Shake, Rattle & Roll (1999)

The Ernest Green Story (1993)

Life Events

Videos

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway Joe Gideon is a hedonistic workaholic who knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway production while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daughter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision Angelique that lead him to look back at his life as he heads for a near-inevitable coronary.

Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Baby I Don't Care Another Mike Stoller-Jerry Leiber tune, ex-con Vince (Elvis Presley) performing at a pool party, then acting with his crooked mentor (Mickey Shaughnessy) and his movie co-star (Jennifer Holden), in Jailhouse Rock, 1957.

Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song Ex-con Vince (Elvis Presley) introducing his act for a TV show, the title song composed by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, choreographed by the star, from Jailhouse Rock, 1957.

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