Biography

Paddy Roberts(1910-1975)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

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Paddy Roberts was born on 18 January 1910 in Durban, South Africa. He was a composer, known for The Good Companions (1957), Port Afrique (1956) and An Alligator Named Daisy (1955). He died on 24 August 1975 in Dawlish, Devon, England, UK.

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Known for

The Good Companions (1957)

The Good Companions

5.6

Soundtrack("Good Companions", "Where There's You", "If Only", "This Kind Of Love", "Today Has Been A Lovely Day', "'Round the World", "Playout (Good Companions)", "Today Has Been A Lovely Day', "'Round the World")

1957

Port Afrique (1956)

5.2

Soundtrack("In Port Afrique")

1956

Diana Dors in An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

An Alligator Named Daisy

5.2

Soundtrack("In Love for the Very First Time")

1955

Shelley Winters, Peggy Cummins, and John Gregson in To Dorothy, a Son (1954)

To Dorothy, a Son

5.6

Soundtrack("GIVE ME A MAN")

1954

Credits

Music Department

Val Parnell's Spectacular
6.3
TV Series
- composer: additional music
- 1960
Expresso Bongo
6.2
- music and lyrics by
- 1959
The World Our Stage
TV Series
- composer: Hit the Headlines
- 1958
Film Fanfare
7.6
TV Series
- english song lyrics
- 1956

Composer

Soundtrack

Piaf: Hymnes à la môme
7.0
TV Special
- lyrics: "Johnny, tu n'es pas un Ange" (Johnny is the Boy for Me)
- 2013
Chabada
TV Series
- lyrics: "Johnny, tu n'es pas un Ange" (Johnny is the Boy for Me)
- 2013
Kesäillan valssi
4.8
TV Series
- lyrics: "Jussista saan Miehen Armaan" (Johnny is the Boy for Me)
- 1998
Resurrection Man
5.4
- lyrics: "Softly, Softly" (La Tamise et mon Jardin)
- 1998
Lipstick on Your Collar
8.1
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Lay Down Your Arms"
- 1993
Champs-Elysées
6.6
TV Series
- lyrics: "Johnny, tu n'es pas un Ange" (Johnny is the Boy for Me)
- 1989
The Arthur Haynes Show
6.9
TV Series
- writer: "In Love For the Very First Time"
- 1961
Le visage du plaisir
6.4
- lyrics: "Love Is a Bore" (uncredited)
- 1961
Expresso Bongo
6.2
- lyrics: "You Can't Fool You" (uncredited)
- 1959
The Heart of a Man
4.6
- writer: "The Heart Of A Man"
- 1959
Visa pour Hong Kong
5.5
- lyrics: "Ferry to Hong Kong" (uncredited)
- 1959
Gai, gai marions-nous
6.6
- writer: "Happy Is the Bride" (uncredited)
- 1958
Jeunesse délinquante
6.6
- Soundtrack ("Play Rough")
- 1958
Rien ne sert de pleurer
6.2
- lyrics: "Magic Carpet"
- music: "Magic Carpet"
- 1957
The Good Companions
5.6
- lyrics: "Good Companions", "Where There's You", "If Only", "This Kind Of Love", "Today Has Been A Lovely Day', "'Round the World", "Playout (Good Companions)"
- music: "Today Has Been A Lovely Day', "'Round the World"
- 1957

Personal details

Born
- January 18, 1910
- Durban, South Africa
Died
- August 24, 1975
- Dawlish, Devon, England, UK

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