Biography

Humphrey Searle(1915-1982)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

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La Maison du diable (1963)

Humphrey Searle was born on 26 August 1915 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for La Maison du diable (1963), Au sud de Mombasa (1956) and Au bord du volcan (1957). He died on 12 May 1982 in London, England, UK.

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Julie Harris in La Maison du diable (1963)

La Maison du diable

7.4

Composer

1963

Donna Reed and Cornel Wilde in Au sud de Mombasa (1956)

Au sud de Mombasa

5.7

Composer

1956

Van Johnson, Herbert Lom, and Martine Carol in Au bord du volcan (1957)

Au bord du volcan

5.1

Composer

1957

7.7

TV Series

Composer

Credits

Composer

Oresteia
7.3
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1979
Woodland Harvest
Short
- Composer
- 1976
The Tide of Traffic
6.0
Short
- Composer
- 1972
Theatre 625
7.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1966–1968
The Wednesday Play
7.2
TV Series
- Composer
- 1968
The Inn Way Out
7.4
Short
- Composer
- 1967
Docteur Who
8.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1965
All in a Lifetime
Short
- Composer
- 1964
La Maison du diable
7.4
- Composer
- 1963
The Monsters
7.7
TV Series
- Composer
- 1962
A Light in Nature
Short
- Composer
- 1960
October Moth
5.7
- Composer
- 1960
The Questioning City
Short
- Composer
- 1959
Greek Sculpture 3000 B.C. To 300 B.C.
Short
- Composer
- 1959
Left Right and Centre
6.3
- Composer
- 1959

Music Department

The Tide of Traffic
6.0
Short
- conductor
- 1972
Take Three Girls
7.7
TV Series
- radiophonic music
- 1971
Theatre 625
7.6
TV Series
- conductor
- 1966–1967
Docteur Who
8.4
TV Series
- composer: incidental music (1965)
- 1963–1989
La Maison du diable
7.4
- conductor
- 1963
The Monsters
7.7
TV Series
- conductor
- 1962
The Coasts of Clyde
6.9
Short
- music arranger
- 1959
Foothold on Antarctica
6.1
Short
- conductor
- 1957
Anna Karénine
6.6
- music assistant (uncredited)
- 1948
Plaisance
TV Movie
- music arranger
- 1947

Soundtrack

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The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas

The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas

The Haunting (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

Personal details

Born
- August 26, 1915
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Died
- May 12, 1982
- London, England, UK
Other works
He was musical director for John Webster's play, "The Duchess of Malfi," in the Stratford Theatre Festival at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England in the Royal Shakespeare/Stratford-On-Avon Company production with Peggy Ashcroft, Eric Porter, Derek Godfrey, Sian Phillips, Max Adrian, Peter Jeffrey, John Cater, P.G. Stephens, Patrick Wymark, Stephanie Bidmead, Philip Voss, Roy Dotrice, Clive Swift, and Diana Rigg in the cast. Donald McWhinnie was director.

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