George Melachrino(1909-1965)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

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George Melachrino was born on 1 May 1909 in London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for The Gamma People (1956), Pas d'orchidées pour Miss Blandish (1948) and Woman to Woman (1947). He died on 18 June 1965 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

Paul Douglas and Eva Bartok in The Gamma People (1956)

The Gamma People

5.3

Music Department

1956

Linden Travers in Pas d'orchidées pour Miss Blandish (1948)

Pas d'orchidées pour Miss Blandish

6.0

Composer

1948

Adele Dixon in Woman to Woman (1947)

7.5

Music Department

1947

Melody in the Dark (1949)

Melody in the Dark

4.3

Music Department

1949

Credits

Music Department

Invitation to Monte Carlo
7.3
- conductor (uncredited)
- 1959
Festival of British Popular Songs
TV Series
- musical director
- 1956
Odongo
5.3
- conductor
- 1956
Festival di Sanremo
5.8
TV Series
- orchestra director
- 1956
The Gamma People
5.3
- musical director
- 1956
Dial 999
5.9
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1955
Le mort frappe à la porte
5.6
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1955
Eight O'Clock Walk
6.7
- conductor
- 1954
Maladie d'amour
TV Movie
- conductor: 7th November version
- 1952
Night Was Our Friend
5.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1951
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
4.6
- musical director
- 1950
Melody in the Dark
4.3
- musical director
- 1949
L'homme à la cicatrice
6.9
- conductor
- 1949
A Song on the Wind
TV Movie
- musical arrangements by
- 1948
The Story of Shirley Yorke
5.9
- conductor
- 1948

Composer

A Day in Trinidad, Land of Laughter
Short
- Composer
- 1957
Odongo
5.3
- Composer
- 1956
April in Portugal
7.3
Short
- Composer
- 1956
The Gamma People
5.3
- Composer
- 1956
Eight O'Clock Walk
6.7
- Composer
- 1954
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
4.6
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1950
A Matter of Murder
4.6
- Composer
- 1949
Dark Secret
5.8
- Composer
- 1949
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
3.9
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1949
The Man from Yesterday
4.9
- Composer
- 1949
Now Barabbas
6.6
- Composer
- 1949
Forbidden
6.5
- Composer
- 1949
Things Happen at Night
4.6
- Composer
- 1948
The Story of Shirley Yorke
5.9
- Composer
- 1948
House of Darkness
5.4
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1948

Actor

Personal details

Born
- May 1, 1909
- London, England, UK
Died
- June 18, 1965
- London, England, UK
Publicity listings
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
Born in England of Italian and Greek ancestry, George Melachrino was, along with Mantovani, Percy Faith, Andre Kostelanetz, Herman Clebanoff, and others, one of the most popular arranger/conductors of the so-called "Golden Age of Mood Music." Among his most popular albums, released in America on RCA Victor, were "Music for Relaxation" (his biggest seller), "Music for Dining," "Rendezvous in Rome," "Christmas in High Fidelity," "Under Western Skies," "Music for Reading", "Music from Oliver!" and "Our Man in London."

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