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John Wooldridge(1919-1958)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Writer
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The composer John Wooldridge, was a pupil of Sibelius and a contemporary and friend of William Walton. He spent the war in Bomber Command. His promising career ended in a fatal car accident at the age of 47 in 1958. He was married to the actress Margaretta Scott from 1948 and was the father of the actress Susan Wooldridge and the director Hugh Wooldridge.
BornJuly 18, 1919
DiedOctober 27, 1958(39)
BornJuly 18, 1919
DiedOctober 27, 1958(39)
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Known for

Sa dernière mission (1953)
Sa dernière mission
6.5
  • Music Department
  • 1953
Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Rx for Murder (1958)
Rx for Murder
7.1
  • Music Department
  • 1958
Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Guet-apens (1949)
Guet-apens
6.1
  • Music Department
  • 1949
La femme en question (1950)
La femme en question
6.8
  • Music Department(the Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • 1950

Credits

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  • Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Rx for Murder (1958)
    Rx for Murder
    7.1
    • musical director
    • 1958
  • Soapbox Derby (1958)
    Soapbox Derby
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Annemarie Düringer in 5 Secondes à vivre (1957)
    5 Secondes à vivre
    6.5
    • conductor
    • 1957
  • Atomic Achievement (1956)
    Atomic Achievement
    5.2
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1956
  • Tom Conway, Eunice Gayson, and Elizabeth Sellars in Le dernier homme à pendre (1956)
    Le dernier homme à pendre
    5.9
    • conductor: the Philharmonia Orchestra
    • 1956
  • Diana Dors, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, and A.E. Matthews in Miss Tulip Stays the Night (1955)
    Miss Tulip Stays the Night
    5.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Sa dernière mission (1953)
    Sa dernière mission
    6.5
    • conductor
    • 1953
  • Crow Hollow (1952)
    Crow Hollow
    6.1
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Angels One Five (1952)
    Angels One Five
    6.5
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • La femme en question (1950)
    La femme en question
    6.8
    • conductor: the Philharmonia Orchestra
    • 1950
  • Torment (1950)
    Torment
    5.3
    • conductor
    • 1950
  • Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Guet-apens (1949)
    Guet-apens
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1949
  • The Guinea Pig (1948)
    The Guinea Pig
    6.8
    • conductor
    • 1948

Composer



  • Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Rx for Murder (1958)
    Rx for Murder
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Soapbox Derby (1958)
    Soapbox Derby
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Annemarie Düringer in 5 Secondes à vivre (1957)
    5 Secondes à vivre
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Atomic Achievement (1956)
    Atomic Achievement
    5.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Tom Conway, Eunice Gayson, and Elizabeth Sellars in Le dernier homme à pendre (1956)
    Le dernier homme à pendre
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Sa dernière mission (1953)
    Sa dernière mission
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Blackmailed (1951)
    Blackmailed
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • La femme en question (1950)
    La femme en question
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • Torment (1950)
    Torment
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • A Journey for Jeremy
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Guet-apens (1949)
    Guet-apens
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • Deborah Kerr and Spencer Tracy in Edouard, mon fils (1949)
    Edouard, mon fils
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • The Guinea Pig (1948)
    The Guinea Pig
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1948
  • Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)
    Fame Is the Spur
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1947

Writer



  • Sa dernière mission (1953)
    Sa dernière mission
    6.5
    • from an original story by
    • screenplay
    • 1953

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 18, 1919
    • Yokohama, Japan
  • Died
    • October 27, 1958
    • Hertfordshire, England, UK(car accident)
  • Spouses
      Margaretta Scott1948 - October 27, 1958 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Hugh Wooldridge

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Although several reference sources give his year of birth as 1911, the Wooldridge family believe he was born in Japan in 1919. Confusion may have arisen when the composer exaggerated his age to get into the RAF. Watford Register Office, who issued the death certificate in 1958, recorded his age as 46.

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