Biography

Marvin Laird(1939-2024)

Composer
Music Department
Additional Crew

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Marvin Laird was born on 26 October 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a composer, known for La Rupture (2006), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Ruthless! The Musical (2019). He was married to Ellen Weston and Joel Paley. He died on 2 December 2024 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

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Known for

La Rupture (2006)

5.8

Soundtrack("Who Loves Ya Baby")

2006

Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)

7.0

Additional Crew

1969

Anya Evans in Ruthless! The Musical (2019)

Ruthless! The Musical

7.2

Composer

2019

Robert Morse and E.J. Peaker in That's Life (1968)

8.1

TV Series

Music Department

Credits

Composer

Ruthless! The Musical
7.2
- Composer
- 2019
Dynastie
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1982–1985
ABC Weekend Specials
7.7
TV Series
- Composer
- 1984
Bare Essence
7.0
TV Series
- Composer
- 1983
La croisière s'amuse
6.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1982
Quincy
7.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1978–1981
The Baxters
5.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1979–1981
A Different Approach
7.3
Short
- Composer
- 1978
Maude
7.3
TV Series
- Composer (special music)
- 1978
After Hours: Singin', Swingin' and All That Jazz
TV Special
- Composer
- 1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
7.2
TV Special
- Composer
- 1977
Keep on Truckin'
6.0
TV Series
- Composer
- 1975

Music Department

Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
TV Special
- arranger/orchestrator
- conductor
- musical director
- 2020
Bernadette Peters in Concert
8.8
TV Special
- conductor
- 1999
Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall
8.6
TV Special
- music supervisor
- 1992
The Baxters
5.9
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1979
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
6.0
TV Movie
- music coordinator
- 1978
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
2.3
TV Movie
- choral director
- 1978
Happy Birthday, Bob
7.6
TV Special
- writer: special musical material
- 1978
Maude
7.3
TV Series
- special musical material
- 1978
3 Girls 3
6.7
TV Series
- musical director
- special musical material
- theme by
- 1977
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
7.2
TV Special
- musical director
- 1976
Cher
7.5
TV Series
- conductor
- musical coordinator
- 1975
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
7.9
TV Special
- musical director
- 1973
NBC Follies
TV Series
- music coordinator
- 1973
G.I.T. on Broadway
8.5
TV Special
- music coordinator
- 1969
That's Life
8.1
TV Series
- dance music arranged by
- 1968

Additional Crew

Personal details

Born
- October 26, 1939
- Kansas City, Kansas
Died
- December 2, 2024
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA(complications from an infection)
Spouses
Other works
His musical, "Ruthless!," was performed at the Candlelight Forum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, with Dale Benson and Paula Scrofano in the cast.

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