Richard Rodgers
About
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Also Known As
Richard Charles Rodgers,
Richard C Rodgers
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
June 28, 1902
Died
December 30, 1979
Biography
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Prolific writer of show tunes who enjoyed fruitful collaborations with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. Rogers confected some of Hollywood's most enduring musicals, including "Oklahoma!" (1955), "The King and I" (1956) and "The Sound of Music" (1965) and contributed numerous scores and songs to films through the 1960s....
Filmography
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Main Street to Broadway
(1953)
Himself
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific"
(2001)
Play As Source Material
Last Christmas
(2019)
Song
The Good Liar
(2019)
Song
First Man
(2018)
Song
The Children Act
(2018)
Music
Family & Companions
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Helen Ford
Companion
Actor, singer. Involved in 1920s.
Dorothy Rodgers
Wife
Married on March 5, 1930; survived him.
Bibliography
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"Somewhere for Me"
Meryle Secrest, Alfred A. Knopf (2001)
"Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits"
Max Wilk (1999)
"Richard Rodgers"
William Hyland, Yale University Press (1998)
"Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein: A Complete Song Catalogue"
Steven Suskin, McFarland (1990)
Notes
Rodgers was one of only eight individuals who have received each of the four major entertainment awards in competition. The others are Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols and Marvin Hamlisch.
Biography
Prolific writer of show tunes who enjoyed fruitful collaborations with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. Rogers confected some of Hollywood's most enduring musicals, including "Oklahoma!" (1955), "The King and I" (1956) and "The Sound of Music" (1965) and contributed numerous scores and songs to films through the 1960s.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Main Street to Broadway
(1953)
Himself
Writer (Feature Film)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific"
(2001)
Play As Source Material
Music (Feature Film)
Last Christmas
(2019)
Song
The Good Liar
(2019)
Song
First Man
(2018)
Song
The Children Act
(2018)
Music
Green Book
(2018)
Song
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
(2018)
Song
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(2018)
Song
The Dressmaker
(2016)
Song
Manchester by the Sea
(2016)
Song
Bridge of Spies
(2015)
Song
1:30 Train
(2015)
Song
Born to Be Blue
(2015)
Song
Joy
(2015)
Song
Fading Gigolo
(2014)
Song
And So It Goes
(2014)
Song
Kill Your Darlings
(2013)
Song
The Last Stand
(2013)
Song
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
(2013)
Song
The Wolf of Wall Street
(2013)
Song
American Hustle
(2013)
Song
The Campaign
(2012)
Song
All Good Things
(2010)
Song
Jack Goes Boating
(2010)
Song
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
(2010)
Song
Sex and the City 2
(2010)
Song
Away We Go
(2009)
Song
A Single Man
(2009)
Song
Youth in Revolt
(2009)
Song
The Answer Man
(2009)
Song
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008)
Song
Speed Racer
(2008)
Song
Frost/Nixon
(2008)
Song
College Road Trip
(2008)
Song
The Good Night
(2007)
Song
Perfect Stranger
(2007)
Song
Shrek the Third
(2007)
Song
Happy Feet
(2006)
Composer
Last Holiday
(2006)
Song
The History Boys
(2006)
Song
Believe In Me
(2006)
Song
The Pacifier
(2005)
Song
Rumor Has It...
(2005)
Song
The Bad News Bears
(2005)
Song
Beyond the Sea
(2004)
Song
Connie and Carla
(2004)
Song
The Big Bounce
(2004)
Song
American Splendor
(2003)
Composer
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(2003)
Song
It Runs in the Family
(2003)
Song ("Where Or When")
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
(2003)
Music
Mona Lisa Smile
(2003)
Song
God is Great, I'm Not
(2002)
Song ("I Didn'T Know What Time It Was")
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
(2002)
Song
The Man Who Wasn't There
(2001)
Composer
Moulin Rouge!
(2001)
Composer
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific"
(2001)
Music
Vanilla Sky
(2001)
Song
Domestic Disturbance
(2001)
Song
Kissing Jessica Stein
(2001)
Song
Amelie
(2001)
Song ("With A Song In My Heart")
Wonder Boys
(2000)
Composer
Small Time Crooks
(2000)
Song
U-571
(2000)
Song
Duets
(2000)
Song
Return to Me
(2000)
Song
Dancer in the Dark
(2000)
Song
American Beauty
(1999)
Song
At First Sight
(1999)
Song
The King and I
(1999)
From Musical (Music)
Superstar
(1999)
Song
The Out of Towners
(1999)
Song
Runaway Bride
(1999)
Song
The Talented Mr. Ripley
(1999)
Song
Notting Hill
(1999)
Song
Condo Painting
(1999)
Song ("You'Ll Never Walk Alone")
Welcome to Woop Woop
(1998)
Song
Besieged
(1998)
Song ("My Favorite Things")
Meet Joe Black
(1998)
Song
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1998)
Song
Sphere
(1998)
Song
L.A. Confidential
(1997)
Song ("The Lady Is A Tramp")
The Postman
(1997)
Song
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
(1997)
Music
Love! Valour! Compassion!
(1997)
Song ("Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered"), Song ("Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You")
That Old Feeling
(1997)
Song
Flubber
(1997)
Song
Kiss Me Guido
(1997)
Song ("So Long, Farewell" "Laendler")
Dante's Peak
(1997)
Song
Deconstructing Harry
(1997)
Song
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
(1997)
Song
Selena
(1997)
Song
Paws
(1997)
Song
Fathers' Day
(1997)
Song
The Evening Star
(1996)
Song
Underworld
(1996)
Song
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
Song
The English Patient
(1996)
Music ("Manhattan"), Words And Music ("Where Or When")
Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Song ("Shall We Dance?")
One Fine Day
(1996)
Song
The Neon Bible
(1995)
Song Composer ("My Romance")
When a Man Loves a Woman
(1994)
Song
Beverly Hills Cop III
(1994)
Song
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
Music
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
(1993)
Song ("Some Enchanted Evening")
Flesh and Bone
(1993)
Song
In the Line of Fire
(1993)
Song
The Remains Of The Day
(1993)
Music Composer
Malice
(1993)
Song
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)
Song
The Joy Luck Club
(1993)
Song
This Boy's Life
(1993)
Song
Dave
(1993)
Song
Rich in Love
(1992)
Song ("Blue Moon")
A League of Their Own
(1992)
Song
Honeymoon In Vegas
(1992)
Song
School Ties
(1992)
Song
The Addams Family
(1991)
Song
Short Fuse
(1991)
Music
Dead Again
(1991)
Song
Billy Bathgate
(1991)
Song
True Colors
(1991)
Song
Jungle Fever
(1991)
Song
Stepping Out
(1991)
Song
Father of the Bride
(1991)
Song
Late for Dinner
(1991)
Song
Joe Versus the Volcano
(1990)
Song
Framed
(1990)
Music
Funny About Love
(1990)
Song
Where the Heart Is
(1990)
Song
Look Who's Talking Too
(1990)
Song
Cousins
(1989)
Song ("Isn'T It Romantic?")
Crimes And Misdemeanors
(1989)
Song
Great Balls Of Fire
(1989)
Song
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
(1989)
Song
Enemies, A Love Story
(1989)
Song
The Fabulous Baker Boys
(1989)
Song
When Harry Met Sally...
(1989)
Song
Catch Me If You Can
(1989)
Song
Gross Anatomy
(1989)
Song
Biloxi Blues
(1988)
Song
Let's Get Lost
(1988)
Song
Crossing Delancey
(1988)
Song
Working Girl
(1988)
Song
Broken Noses
(1987)
Song
Surrender
(1987)
Music
My American Cousin
(1986)
Music ("Some Enchanted Evening")
Children Of A Lesser God
(1986)
Song
Heartburn
(1986)
Song
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Song
Real Genius
(1985)
Song
D.A.R.Y.L.
(1985)
Music
Desert Hearts
(1985)
Song ("Blue Moon")
Terms Of Endearment
(1983)
Music
Tempest
(1982)
Music
Diner
(1982)
Music
Chan Is Missing
(1982)
Song ("Grant Avenue")
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Music
Sharky's Machine
(1981)
Song
American Pop
(1981)
Music
Four Friends
(1981)
Song ("Blue Moon")
Paternity
(1981)
Song
The Dollar Bottom
(1981)
Song
An American Werewolf in London
(1981)
Music
Mommie Dearest
(1981)
Music
Joe Albany... A Jazz Life
(1980)
Song
Players
(1979)
Song
Valentine
(1979)
Music
Grease
(1978)
Song ("Blue Moon")
The One And Only
(1978)
Song
Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More
(1974)
Song
Dusty and Sweets McGee
(1971)
Composer
Going Home
(1971)
Composer
The Swinger
(1966)
Composer
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Composer
Jumbo
(1962)
Composer
State Fair
(1962)
Composer
Pepe
(1961)
Composer
Flower Drum Song
(1961)
Composer
Night of the Quarter Moon
(1959)
Composer
South Pacific
(1958)
Composer
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
Composer
Beau James
(1957)
Composer
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
(1957)
Composer
Pal Joey
(1957)
Composer
The King and I
(1956)
Composer
Carousel
(1956)
Composer
Gaby
(1956)
Composer
The Eddy Duchin Story
(1956)
Composer
Love Me or Leave Me
(1955)
Composer
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
(1955)
Composer
Oklahoma!
(1955)
Composer
Sabrina
(1954)
Composer
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Composer
Torch Song
(1953)
Composer
Remains to Be Seen
(1953)
Composer
Main Street to Broadway
(1953)
Composer
The Jazz Singer
(1953)
Composer
With a Song in My Heart
(1952)
Composer
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Composer
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
(1951)
Composer
Two Tickets to Broadway
(1951)
Composer
Tea for Two
(1950)
Composer
Young Man with a Horn
(1950)
Composer
Love That Brute
(1950)
Composer
Malaya
(1949)
Composer
Words and Music
(1948)
Composer
I Walk Alone
(1948)
Composer
Isn't It Romantic
(1948)
Composer
Because of Him
(1946)
Composer
State Fair
(1945)
Composer
Ten Cents a Dance
(1945)
Composer
Meet the People
(1944)
Composer
This Is the Life
(1944)
Composer
Moonlight in Vermont
(1943)
Composer
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
Composer
Higher and Higher
(1943)
Composer
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Composer
This Was Paris
(1942)
Composer
I Married an Angel
(1942)
Composer
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Composer
They Met in Argentina
(1941)
Composer
The Boys from Syracuse
(1940)
Composer
Too Many Girls
(1940)
Composer
Babes in Arms
(1939)
Composer
Fools for Scandal
(1938)
Composer
Dancing Pirate
(1936)
Composer
Mississippi
(1935)
Composer
Nana
(1934)
Composer
Hollywood Party
(1934)
Composer
Evergreen
(1934)
Composer
The Merry Widow
(1934)
Composer
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
Composer
Hallelujah I'm a Bum
(1933)
Music dial by
Hallelujah I'm a Bum
(1933)
Composer
Dancing Lady
(1933)
Composer
The Phantom President
(1932)
Composer
Love Me Tonight
(1932)
Composer
The Hot Heiress
(1931)
Composer
Ten Cents a Dance
(1931)
Composer
Heads Up
(1930)
Composer
Spring Is Here
(1930)
Composer
Sound (Feature Film)
Twelve Mile Road
(2003)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Haunted Honeymoon
(1986)
Other
Cast (Special)
The Gershwin Years
(1962)
Dateline
(1954)
Music (Special)
Kitty Carlisle Hart: My Broadway Memories
(1999)
Music
The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty
(1999)
Music
Burn the Floor
(1999)
Music ("Carousel Waltz")
Great Performers at Lincoln Center: A Celebration of the American Musical
(1997)
Music
A Grand Night For Singing - Public Television's Gift to You
(1996)
Music
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
(1996)
Music
Catch-22
(1996)
Music
The Sound of Julie Andrews
(1995)
Music
The Lawrence Welk Show: Then and Now
(1995)
Song
An Evening With Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson
(1995)
Song
TIBOR RUDAS PRESENTS CARRERAS, DOMINGO, PAVAROTTI WITH MEHTA: THE THREE TENORS IN CONCERT
(1994)
Music
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
(1993)
Music
The I Love America Concert
(1991)
Music
Michael Feinstein & Friends
(1991)
Song
Music By Richard Rodgers
(1990)
Music
Jacksonville Jazz X
(1990)
Music
National Memorial Day Concert
(1990)
Music
Harry Connick, Jr. & His Orchestra: Swinging Out With Harry
(1990)
Song
Julie Andrews in Concert
(1990)
Music
The Truth About Teachers
(1989)
Music
Jacksonville Jazz IX
(1989)
Music
Keith Jarrett: Standards
(1988)
Lyrics ("It'S Easy To Remember")
A Grand Night: The Performing Arts Salute Public Television
(1988)
Music
Bob Hope's Tropical Comedy Special From Tahiti
(1987)
Song
A Tribute to American Music: Rodgers and Hart
(1987)
Songs
Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (The Spark and the Glue)
(1985)
Music
Baryshnikov on Broadway
(1980)
Music
Androcles and the Lion
(1967)
Songs
Cinderella
(1957)
Music
A Connecticut Yankee
(1955)
Music
Cast (Short)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Himself
Music (Short)
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Music
Yours Sincerely
(1933)
Music Composer
Music (TV Mini-Series)
I'll Take Manhattan
(1987)
Song
Life Events
Photo Collections
22 Photos
Words and Music - Scene Stills - "The Slaughter on 10th Avenue"
Here are a number of scene stills from MGM's Words and Music (1948), featuring Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen in "The Slaughter on 10th Avenue" sequence.
Videos
Movie Clip
Trailer
Family
William Abraham Rodgers
Father
Physician. Married Rodgers' mother on November 24, 1896.
Mamie Rodgers
Mother
Married Rodgers' father on November 24, 1896.
Mortimer Rodgers
Brother
Bor January 13, 1898.
Mary Rodgers
Daughter
Composer. Born January 11, 1931.
Adam Guettel
Grandson
Composer. Son of Mary Rodgers and Henry Guettel.
Companions
Helen Ford
Companion
Actor, singer. Involved in 1920s.
Dorothy Rodgers
Wife
Married on March 5, 1930; survived him.
Bibliography
"Somewhere for Me"
Meryle Secrest, Alfred A. Knopf (2001)
"Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits"
Max Wilk (1999)
"Richard Rodgers"
William Hyland, Yale University Press (1998)
"Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein: A Complete Song Catalogue"
Steven Suskin, McFarland (1990)
"Musical Stages"
Richard Rodgers, Random House (1975)
Notes
Rodgers was one of only eight individuals who have received each of the four major entertainment awards in competition. The others are Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols and Marvin Hamlisch.
