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Buddy G. DeSylva (1895–1950)
Prolific songwriter ("April Showers", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Look for the Silver Lining", "California, Here I Come"), composer, producer, publisher and author, educated at USC. He wrote songs for the Broadway musicals "Sinbad", "Sally", "The Perfect Fool", "The French Doll", and the 1918 and 1921 editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1925, he ...
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Soundtrack (367 credits)
2014-2016
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Week Four Results
(2016)
... (writer: "Minnie the Mermaid" - uncredited)
- Week Four
(2016)
... (writer: "Minnie the Mermaid" - uncredited)
- Week 5
(2014)
... (writer: "Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Jared Leto/John Turturro/Bishop Briggs
(2016)
... (lyrics: "Look For the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
- Chris Pine/Joanna Lumley/Troye Sivan
(2016)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie")
2015
Mozart in the Jungle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- It All Depends on You
(2015)
... (writer: "It All Depends on You" - as BG Deslyva, uncredited)
2015
Gotham
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Under the Knife
(2015)
... (writer: "You're the Coffee In My Cream" (aka "You're the Cream In My Coffee") - uncredited)
2014
Mad Men
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Waterloo
(2014)
... (lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - uncredited)
2011-2013
Downton Abbey
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #4.4
(2013)
... (lyrics: "April Showers" - as B. G. De Sylva, uncredited)
- Episode #2.8
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Look For The Silver Lining" - as B.G. DeSylva, uncredited)
2012
Magic City
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Who's the Horse and Who's the Rider?
(2012)
... (lyrics: "Look For The Silver Lining" - as B.G. DeSylva)
Boardwalk Empire
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes, 2010 - 2011) (writer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2011) (music - 1 episode, 2011)
- To the Lost
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
- What Does the Bee Do?
(2011)
... (music: "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" - uncredited)
- A Dangerous Maid
(2011)
... (lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'll Say She Does" - uncredited)
- Hold Me in Paradise
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
- Boardwalk Empire
(2010)
... (writer: "Avalon" (1920) - uncredited)
2011
Water for Elephants
(writer: "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me" - as BG De Sylva)
2011
Mildred Pierce
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Part Three
(2011)
... (writer: "One more time" - as BG DeSylva)
2010
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Music Video
(2010)
... (writer: "California, Here I Come" (1924) - uncredited)
- Catalina Casino
(2010)
... (writer: "Avalon" - uncredited)
2010
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #18.101
(2010)
... (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" - uncredited)
2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
(Documentary) (writer: "Save Your Sorrow (for Tomorrow)")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Sonny Boy", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Come to Me", "If You Haven't Got Love", "You're the Cream in My Coffee" - uncredited)
2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Les Paul: Chasing Sound
(2007)
... (writer: "Avalon", "Alabamy Bound")
2006
7th Heaven
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Magic of Gershwin
(2006)
... (lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - as B. G. De Sylva)
2004
The Aviator
(lyrics: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (1922), "Avalon" (1920) - as Buddy DeSylva) / (music: "Avalon" (1920) - as Buddy DeSylva)
2004
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Political Dr. Seuss
(2004)
... (writer: "Black Bottom", "The Varsity Drag" - as DeSylva)
2003
Carnivàle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lonnigan, Texas
(2003)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
2003
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
(Video documentary) (lyrics: "Birth of the Blues")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free") / (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
2001
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
2001
The Cat's Meow
(lyrics: "Avalon" (1920), "Somebody Loves Me" (1924) - as B.G. DeSylva) / (writer: "April Showers" (1921), "California Here I Come" (1924) - as B.G. DeSylva)
2000
Loser
(writer: "The Best Things in Life are Free", "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - as B.G. DeSylva)
1999
Great Performances
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
(1999)
... (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining")
1999
Sweet and Lowdown
(lyrics: "When Day Is Done" (1926) - as Buddy DeSylva) / (writer: "Avalon" (1920) - as Buddy DeSylva)
1999
Skinnamarink TV
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Rhyme
(1999)
... (lyrics: "The Varsity Drag")
1998
Zacharia Farted
(lyrics: "HOLD TIGHT (WANT SOME SEAFOOD MAMA)" - as Joseph Miller) / (music: "HOLD TIGHT (WANT SOME SEAFOOD MAMA)" - as Joseph Miller)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "April Showers", "Avalon")
1995
Barbra: The Concert
(TV Special documentary) (lyrics: "It All Depends On You" (1926) - uncredited)
1994
Baseball
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- A National Heirloom
(1994)
... (writer: "Sunny Side Up")
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Lion in Winter
(1992)
... (lyrics: "Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
1990
Cheers
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mr. Otis Regrets
(1990)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1989
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Last Chase
(1989)
... (writer: "California, Here I Come")
1989
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
(TV Special documentary) (lyrics: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited)
1989
E.M.U. TV
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1989)
... (lyrics: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" - uncredited)
1987
In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern
(TV Movie) (writer: "Look for the Silver Lining")
1985-1986
Mother and Son
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Picnic
(1986)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie")
- The Aunt
(1985)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie")
1986
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Reversal
(1986)
... (lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat")
Webster
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1985) (music - 1 episode, 1985)
- And Baby Makes Breakfast
(1985)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up") / (music: "Sunny Side Up")
1983
Zelig
(lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" (1929) - as B.G. Desylva) / (music: "Sunny Side Up" (1929) - as B.G. Desylva)
1983
The 37th Annual Tony Awards
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Kicking the Clouds Away" - as B.G. DeSylva) / (lyrics: "Stairway to Paradise", "Somebody Loves Me")
M*A*S*H
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1979 - 1983) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1978)
- Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
(1983)
... (writer: "California, Here I Come")
- Morale Victory
(1980)
... (writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)")
- Mr. and Mrs. Who?
(1979)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie")
- Mail Call Three
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat")
1981
Pennies from Heaven
(lyrics: "I Want to Be Bad" (1929), "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (1931))
1981
George Burns' Early, Early, Early Christmas Special
(TV Special) (writer: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited)
1981
Sapphire & Steel
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Doctor McDee Must Die: Part 2
(1981)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie")
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Archie's New Partner: Part 2
(1979)
... (lyrics: "Sunnyside Up" - uncredited)
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes, 1977 - 1979) (writer - 1 episode, 1977)
- Roger Miller
(1979)
... (lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" - uncredited)
- Lou Rawls
(1977)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy")
- Steve Martin
(1977)
... (lyrics: "The Varsity Drag")
- George Burns
(1977)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited)
1978
De Mike Burstyn show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1978)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy")
1978
All in the Family
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mike's New Job
(1978)
... (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) - uncredited)
1978
Happy Days
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Grandpa's Visit
(1978)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1976
A Matter of Time
(lyrics: "Do It Again" - as B.G. DeSilva) / (music: "Do It Again" - as B.G. DeSilva)
1975
Upstairs, Downstairs
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Disillusion
(1975)
... (writer: "California, Here I Come!" - as Buddy DeSylva, uncredited)
1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
(Documentary) (lyrics: "California, Here I Come" (1924) - as Desylva)
1972-1975
The Graham Kennedy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Episode dated 3 March 1975
(1975)
... (writer: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise")
- Episode dated 3 May 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Al Jolson tribute medley - 'California, Here I Come', 'Carolina in the Morning', 'You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)', 'Swanee', 'California, Here I Come' reprise")
- Episode dated 19 October 1972
(1972)
... (writer: "Al Jolson tribute medley - 'California, Here I Come', 'Carolina in the Morning', 'You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)', 'Swanee', 'California, Here I Come' reprise")
1972-1974
The Waltons
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Marathon
(1974)
... (writer: "California Here I Come" (1924) - uncredited)
- The Legend
(1972)
... (writer: "Polly Wolly Doodle")
1974
The Ernie Sigley Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 October 1974
(1974)
... (writer: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise")
1974
Mary Tyler Moore
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Lou and That Woman
(1974)
... (lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited)
1974
Father Brown
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Oracle of the Dog
(1974)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
1973
Ozzie's Girls
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Candidate
(1973)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
1971
Our American Musical Heritage
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 14 September 1971
(1971)
... (lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 4 episodes, 1960 - 1971) (writer - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1968)
- Episode #24.24
(1971)
... (lyrics: "Look for The Silver Lining")
- Episode #22.2
(1968)
... (writer: "I Gave Her That" - uncredited)
- Episode #17.21
(1964)
... (lyrics: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
- Episode #17.20
(1964)
... (lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited)
- Episode #16.29
(1963)
... (writer: "Somebody Loves Me")
1966-1970
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 6 episodes)
- Episode #6.14
(1970)
... (lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.30
(1968)
... (lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.28
(1968)
... (lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.21
(1968)
... (lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.6
(1967)
... (lyrics: "Together" - uncredited)
1970
The Bob Hope Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 16 November 1970
(1970)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited)
1970
Dad's Army
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Boots, Boots, Boots
(1970)
... (music: "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" - uncredited)
1969
This Is Tom Jones
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.13
(1969)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends On You")
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927) - uncredited)
1969
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
(TV Movie) (writer: "California Here It Comes" (End Titles) - as Bud De Sylva)
1969
In Melbourne Tonight
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 20 March 1969
(1969)
... (writer: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise")
1968
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1968)
... (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited)
1967
The Lucy Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 2
(1967)
... (lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" - uncredited)
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1967) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1963)
- Episode #4.24
(1967)
... (writer: "Yankee Doodle Blues")
- Episode #1.8
(1963)
... (lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues")
Shindig!
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1964 - 1965) (music - 1 episode, 1964)
- Episode #2.17
(1965)
... (lyrics: "Avalon")
- Episode #1.3
(1964)
... (lyrics: "California Here I Come")
- Episode #1.2
(1964)
... (music: "If I Had a Picture of You")
The Lawrence Welk Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1965) (writer - 1 episode, 1965)
- Songs of the Sun and Moon
(1965)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" - uncredited) / (writer: "Wishing" - uncredited)
1962-1964
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Hillbilly Sketch
(1964)
... (lyrics: "I Was Born Too Late" - uncredited)
- Alexander Hamilton Story
(1962)
... (lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited)
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.11
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Birth of the Blues")
1963
The Judy Garland Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1963)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up", "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" - uncredited)
1963
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard - Die Geschichte einer unglaublichen Erfindung
(lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
1963
The Avengers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- School for Traitors
(1963)
... (lyrics: "The Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1962) (writer - 1 episode, 1957)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1962)
... (lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.23
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.10
(1957)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.8
(1957)
... (writer: "Lucky Day" - uncredited)
1962
Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You" - uncredited)
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
... (lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1960) (writer - 1 episode, 1961)
- Roberta Sherwood
(1961)
... (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
- Dale Robertson
(1960)
... (lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
- Kate Smith
(1959)
... (lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "Alabamy Bound", "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited)
- Rosemary Clooney
(1957)
... (lyrics: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited)
1961
Playboy's Penthouse
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.6
(1961)
... (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
1960
The Roaring 20's
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Layoff Charley
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Black Bottom" - uncredited)
1960
Hawaiian Eye
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Swan Song for a Hero
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Lucky Day" - uncredited)
1958-1960
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (lyrics - 4 episodes)
- Episode #12.30
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Lucky Day" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.4
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.2
(1959)
... (lyrics: "Just a Cottage Small" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.4
(1958)
... (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" - uncredited)
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (lyrics - 9 episodes, 1953 - 1960) (writer - 3 episodes, 1953 - 1958)
- Rusty's Advice to Linda
(1960)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited)
- Nightclub Owners
(1960)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited)
- Linda's Tonsils
(1958)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited)
- A Locket for Linda
(1958)
... (writer: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" - uncredited)
- The Non-Orgs
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow)" - uncredited)
1960
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 16 May 1960
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" - uncredited)
1959
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes
(TV Special) (lyrics: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited) / (writer: "Together" - uncredited)
1958
The Eddie Fisher Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 21 October 1958
(1958)
... (lyrics: "April Showers", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1958
Jazz Party
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.20
(1958)
... (writer: "Somebody Loves Me")
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" - uncredited)
1957
The Edsel Show
(TV Special) (lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", "It All Depends on You" - uncredited)
1956-1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 4 episodes)
- Episode #1.27
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Lucky Day")
- Episode #1.17
(1957)
... (lyrics: "It All Depends on You")
- Episode #1.11
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.1
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me")
1957
Home
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 25 March 1957
(1957)
... (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")
1956-1957
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.29
(1957)
... (lyrics: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
- Episode #1.3
(1956)
... (lyrics: "The Birth Of The Blues" - uncredited)
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Donut Machine
(1956)
... (lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited)
1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(lyrics: "Lucky Day", "If I Had a Talking Picture of You", "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Lucky in Love", "Black Bottom", "Birth of the Blues", "Sonny Boy", "Follow Thru", "One More Time", "Thank Your Father", "Together", "It All Depends on You", "You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again)", "Without Love")
1956
La joie de vivre
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Henri Decoin
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Sunny Boy")
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1956) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1950)
- Night of Vaudeville
(1956)
... (writer: "If You Knew Susie" (ncredited))
- The Kleebob Card Game
(1950)
... (For Tomorrow", (writer: "Save Your Sorrow) / (lyrics: "April Showers")
1956
General Electric Theater
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Judy Garland Musical Special
(1956)
... (lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "April Showers" - uncredited)
1954
Name That Tune
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 14 October 1954
(1954)
... (lyrics: "California, Here I Come")
1953
Mister Peepers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Aunt Lil
(1953)
... (lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat")
1953
All Star Revue
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.24
(1953)
... (lyrics: "The Birth Of The Blues", "When Day Is Done" - uncredited)
1952
Our Miss Brooks
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Wrong Mrs. Boynton
(1952)
... (writer: "Sonny Boy")
1952
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.25
(1952)
... (lyrics: "When Day Is Done")
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.23
(1952)
... (lyrics: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited)
1951
Kreisler Bandstand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1951)
... (writer: "Somebody Loves Me")
1950
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Christmas Show
(1950)
... (lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat" - uncredited)
1949
Jolson Sings Again
(lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "April Showers", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1949
Look for the Silver Lining
(lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining", "A Kiss in the Dark" - uncredited)
1949
Texaco Star Theatre
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.42
(1949)
... (lyrics: "The Varsity Drag")
1947
Good News
(lyrics: "Good News", "Tait Song", "Be a Ladies' Man", "Lucky in Love", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Just Imagine", "Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
(lyrics: "Blue Monday Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", " (I'll Build a) Stairway to Paradise", "Has One of You Seen Joe?", "I'm Gonna See My Mother", "The Yankee Doodle Blues", "Do It Again" - uncredited)
1944
Gildersleeve's Ghost
(lyrics: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited) / (music: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited)
1944
Follow the Boys
(writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)" (1938) - uncredited)
1941
Unexpected Uncle
(lyrics: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited) / (music: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited)
1941
Minstrel Days
(Short) (lyrics: "Sonny Boy", "California, Here I Come", "April Showers" - uncredited)
1940
Millionaires in Prison
(lyrics: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939)) / (music: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939))
1939
Panama Lady
(lyrics: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited) / (music: "Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) - uncredited)
1937
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
(Documentary short) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
1936
The Singing Kid
(lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "April Showers" - uncredited) / (writer: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
(lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" (1925), "Look for the Silver Lining" (1921) - uncredited)
1933
Take a Chance
(lyrics: "So Do I", "Rise 'n' Shine", "Should I Be Sweet (or Hot)?", "Eadie Was a Lady" - uncredited)
1933
My Weakness
(lyrics: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?") / (music: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?")
1931
A Holy Terror
(lyrics: "(I'm a Dreamer) Aren't We All?", "I Am the Words (You Are the Music)" - uncredited)
1930
Just Imagine
(lyrics: "(There's Something About) An Old-Fashioned Girl" (1930), "Mothers Ought to Tell Their Daughters" (1930), " (I Am the Words) You Are the Melody" (1930), "The Drinking Song" (1930), "Never Swat a Fly" (1930), "The Romance of Elmer Stremingway" (1930) - uncredited)
1930
Follow Thru
(lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?", "I Want to Be Bad")
1930
Good News
(lyrics: "Good News" (1927), "The Varsity Drag" (1927), "Tait Song" (1927), "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927), "He's a Ladies' Man" (1927), "Students Are We" (1927) - uncredited)
1930
Hold Everything
("You're The Cream In My Coffee", "To Know You Is To Love You", "Don't Hold Everything")
1929
Sunnyside Up
(lyrics: " (I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL?", "YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE", "YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES", "SUNNY SIDE UP", "TURN ON THE HEAT", "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU", "IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED")
1929
Say It with Songs
(lyrics: "I'm in Seventh Heaven", "Little Pal", "Used to You" - uncredited) / (writer: "Why Can't You" - uncredited)
1929
Blackmail
("Sonny Boy" (1928), uncredited) / (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927) - uncredited)
1928
The Singing Fool
(lyrics: "It All Depends on You", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited)
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