Jeff Alexander


Biography

Jeff Alexander's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Alexander began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Westward the Women" (1952), "Escape From Fort Bravo" (1953) with William Holden and "Prisoner of War" (1954). His music also appeared in the crime picture "Rogue Cop" (1954) with Robert Taylor. In the fifties and the ...

Biography

Jeff Alexander's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Alexander began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Westward the Women" (1952), "Escape From Fort Bravo" (1953) with William Holden and "Prisoner of War" (1954). His music also appeared in the crime picture "Rogue Cop" (1954) with Robert Taylor. In the fifties and the sixties, Alexander's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Glenn Ford comedy "It Started With a Kiss" (1959), the comedy adaptation "The Mating Game" (1959) with Debbie Reynolds and the Robert Wagner dramatic adaptation "All the Fine Young Cannibals" (1960). Alexander's music was also featured in the adventure "Shipwreck" (1978) with Robert Logan, the Chet Baker documentary "Let's Get Lost" (1989) and "The Brown Bunny" (2004). Alexander was most recently credited in "Last Tango in Halifax" (PBS, 2013-15). In addition to his music, Alexander also appeared on-screen in the comedy "The Sex Lives of the Potato Men" (2004) with Johnny Vegas. Alexander passed away in December 1989 at the age of 79.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
Wallace
The Proud Ones (1956)
Cowboy

Music (Feature Film)

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Song
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Song ("Come Wander With Me")
Let's Get Lost (1988)
Song
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
Music
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)
Music
The Sea Gypsies (1978)
Additional Music
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
Music
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
Music
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
Music
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Music & Musicic Director
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Orchestration
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Composer
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Music
Speedway (1968)
Music Score
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
Music
Double Trouble (1967)
Music Score
Clambake (1967)
Music comp & Conductor
The Rounders (1965)
Music
Kid Galahad (1962)
Music
The George Raft Story (1961)
Music comp & Conductor
The Gazebo (1960)
Music
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Music score comp and Adapted
The Mating Game (1959)
Music Score
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Music Conductor and background score comp by
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Music Conductor and background score comp
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
Music
Party Girl (1958)
Music
The Sheepman (1958)
Music
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Music Supervisor
Slander (1957)
Music
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Music Score
Gun Glory (1957)
Music
These Wilder Years (1956)
Music
Ransom! (1956)
Music
The Great American Pastime (1956)
Music
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Vocal Supervisor
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Vocal Supervisor
Hit the Deck (1955)
Vocal Supervisor
Kismet (1955)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
The Tender Trap (1955)
Music Conductor and background score comp
The Student Prince (1954)
Choral Supervisor
Athena (1954)
Vocal Supervisor
Prisoner of War (1954)
Music Director
Rogue Cop (1954)
Music
Athena (1954)
Composer
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Music
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Music Director
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Music Director
Small Town Girl (1953)
Vocal Supervisor
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Composer
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Composer
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Vocal Arrangements
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Vocal Arrangements
Westward the Women (1952)
Music
Because You're Mine (1952)
Choral Director
Call Me Mister (1951)
Vocal Arrangements
On the Riviera (1951)
Vocal Director
Call Me Mister (1951)
Composer
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
Orchestration

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

200 Cigarettes (1999)
Special Thanks To

Music (Special)

More Wild Wild West (1980)
Music
But Mother! (1979)
Music
Barney and Me (1973)
Music
Three Coins in the Fountain (1970)
Music
George Burns in the Big Time (1959)
Music Director
The Gene Kelly Show (1959)
Music Director

Sound (Special)

The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000)
Audio

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)

Life Events

Bibliography