Norman Spencer(1891-1940)

Composer
Music Department
Actor

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Norman Spencer was born on 3 March 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Big Chance (1933), Les nouvelles aventures de Tarzan (1935) and Le Chant de la flamme (1930). He was married to Leona Hannah Matthews. He died on 15 February 1940 in Manhattan, New York, USA.

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Known for

John Darrow in The Big Chance (1933)

4.9

Composer(as Brown-Spencer)

1933

Bruce Bennett and Ula Holt in Les Nouvelles Aventures de Tarzan (1935)

Les nouvelles aventures de Tarzan

4.5

Soundtrack("Voodoo Chant", "Tango Argentina" (uncredited))

1935

Le Chant de la flamme (1930)

Le Chant de la flamme

5.5

Music Department

1930

Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in The Phantom Broadcast (1933)

The Phantom Broadcast

5.5

Composer

1933

Credits

Composer

Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
7.6
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1937
A votre service Madame
6.0
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
5.0
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Porky the Rain-Maker
6.8
Short
- Composer
- 1936
I Love to Singa
7.6
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Porky's Pet
5.9
Short
- Composer
- 1936
When I Yoo Hoo
5.5
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Shanghaied Shipmates
5.9
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Bingo Crosbyana
5.5
Short
- Composer (musical score)
- 1936
Fish Tales
6.2
Short
- Composer
- 1936
I'd Love to Take Orders from You
6.2
Short
- Composer
- 1936
Let It Be Me
5.8
Short
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1936
Plane Dippy
6.4
Short
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1936
Westward Whoa
5.2
Short
- Composer
- 1936
I'm a Big Shot Now
6.0
Short
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1936

Music Department

Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars
6.3
TV Special
- composer: classical music (uncredited)
- 1988
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
7.2
TV Special
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1986
Whirlwind Horseman
6.2
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1938
Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
7.6
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1937
A votre service Madame
6.0
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1936
Porky's Poultry Plant
6.5
Short
- title music (uncredited)
- 1936
Porky the Rain-Maker
6.8
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1936
The Fire Alarm
5.5
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1936
Page Miss Glory
6.4
Short
- composer: incidental music
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1936
I Wanna Play House
5.8
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1936
Flowers for Madame
5.7
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1935
Billboard Frolics
5.9
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1935
Viva Buddy
4.6
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1934
The Miller's Daughter
5.3
Short
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1934
Randy le solitaire
5.3
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1934

Actor

Personal details

Alternative names
- Brown-Spencer
Born
- March 3, 1891
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died
- February 15, 1940
- Manhattan, New York, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Leona Hannah Matthews1911 - February 15, 1940 (his death, 1 child)
Children
- Norman Spencer Jr.

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Trivia
Also acting as hiring agent for Leon Schlesinger's cartoon studio, Norman consistently refused to let one young actor audition to do voices for the studio. According to the actor, Mel Blanc, it wasn't until Norman supposedly died that Mel was able to audition. Although Mel's arrival at the studio has been dated at 1936, there has been no hard evidence that Norman in fact died that year.

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