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Kim Gannon(1900-1974)

  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Songwriter ("I'll Be Home For Christmas", "Under Paris Skies", "A Dreamer's Holiday", "Autumn Nocturne"), author and lawyer, educated at St. Lawrence University (BS) and Albany Law School (LL.B.). He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1934. Besides writing for films, he wrote the Broadway stage score for "Seventeen". Joining ASCAP in 1940, his chief musical collaborators included J. Fred Coots, Max Steiner, Mabel Wayne, Walter Kent, and Josef Myrow. His other popular-song compositions include "Five O'Clock Whistle", "I Understand", "Always In My Heart", "Moonlight Cocktail", "It Can't Be Wrong", "I Want to Be Wanted" and "Johnny Appleseed".
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedApril 29, 1974(73)
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedApril 29, 1974(73)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool
8.0
  • Soundtrack("I'll Be Home For Christmas")
  • 2016
Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
Shazam!
7.0
  • Soundtrack("I'll Be Home for Christmas")
  • 2019
W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Charlie McCarthy, and Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra in Song of the Open Road (1944)
Song of the Open Road
6.0
  • Music Department
  • 1944
Stephanie Bachelor, Constance Moore, and Dennis O'Keefe in Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities
5.4
  • Soundtrack("Endlessly", "I've Been Good for So Long", "Rockabye Boogie", "The Last Man in Town", "You Beautiful Thing, You")
  • 1945

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  • Christmas in Vienna (1992)
    Christmas in Vienna
    TV Series
    • music by
    • 2020
  • Twisted Sister: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2007)
    Twisted Sister: I'll Be Home for Christmas
    6.6
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2007
  • Allan Lane and Black Jack in The Denver Kid (1948)
    The Denver Kid
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Don 'Red' Barry, Warren Douglas, and Lynne Roberts in L'éclair dans la forêt (1948)
    L'éclair dans la forêt
    6.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Tito Guízar, and Trigger in The Gay Ranchero (1948)
    The Gay Ranchero
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Gene Autry, James Cardwell, Lynne Roberts, and Champion Jr. in Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
    Robin Hood of Texas
    5.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Adele Mara in Web of Danger (1947)
    Web of Danger
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Don Ameche and Catherine McLeod in Le Bébé de mon mari (1947)
    Le Bébé de mon mari
    6.1
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, and Gail Patrick in Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
    Rendezvous with Annie
    6.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Jane Powell, Bonita Granville, Charlie McCarthy, and Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra in Song of the Open Road (1944)
    Song of the Open Road
    6.0
    • lyrics by
    • 1944

Soundtrack



  • USA Canteen
    • lyrics: "Moonlight Cocktail" (uncredited)
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1952



  • Asa Butterfield and Cora Kirk in Ton Noël ou le mien ? (2022)
    Ton Noël ou le mien ?
    6.4
    • writer: "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
    • 2022
  • Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso (2020)
    Ted Lasso
    8.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Erin Cahill and Ryan Paevey in Noël au manoir enchanté (2020)
    Noël au manoir enchanté
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2020
  • The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019)
    The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2019
  • Matthew Davis and Jill Wagner in Noël sous le gui (2019)
    Noël sous le gui
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
    Shazam!
    7.0
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2019
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2018
  • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
    Happy!
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2018
  • Maria Ylipää, Sami Pitkämö, and Waltteri Torikka in Svengaava joulu (2017)
    Svengaava joulu
    TV Special
    • writer: "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
    • 2017
  • Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, and Naomi Watts in Feud (2017)
    Feud
    8.3
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I Want to Be Wanted" (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • Christmas Is (2016)
    Christmas Is
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 1943
    • music: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 1943
    • 2016
  • Ernie Hudson, Marley Shelton, Robert Brinkmann, Bridget Durnford, Christian Kane, Michael Landon Jr., Ryan McPartlin, Rick Ramage, Jeremy Woodward, Hanan Townshend, and Mallory James Mahoney in L'enfant de Noël (2016)
    L'enfant de Noël
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2016
  • Tom Skerritt, Oliver Hudson, and Candace Cameron Bure in Le Temps d'un Noël (2016)
    Le Temps d'un Noël
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2016
  • James Brolin, Mena Suvari, Faras, Zeus, and Giselle Eisenberg in Sacré Père Noël (2016)
    Sacré Père Noël
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
    • 2016
  • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
    Bates Motel
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (uncredited)
    • 2016

Personal details

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  • Born
    • November 18, 1900
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 29, 1974
    • Lake Worth, Florida, USA
  • Other works
    Stage Play: Seventeen. Musical comedy. Music by Walter Kent. Lyrics by Kim Gannon. Material by Sally Benson. Material direction by Richard Whorf. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. Music arranged by Ted Royal. Musical Director: Vincent Travers. Choral arrangements by Crane Calder. Assistant to Miss Krupska: Rex Cooper. Dances and Musical Numbers by Dania Krupska. Dance Musical Arrangements by Jesse Meeker. Book Directed by Richard Whorf. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadhurst Theatre: 21 Jun 1951- 24 Nov 1951 1951 (182 performances). Cast: Frank Albertson (as "Mr. Baxter"), Robert Bakanic [credited as Bob Bakanic] (as "Don") [Broadway debut], Penny Bancroft, Margaret Baxter, Alonzo Bosan, Joan Bowman, Bonnie Brae, King Calder (as "Mr. Parcher") [final Broadway role], Carol Cole, Ann Crowley, Doris Dalton, Maurice Ellis, Richard France, Stan Grover, Joseph James, Dick Kallman, Henry Lawrence, Dorothy Manko, Ellen McCown, Sherry McCutcheon, Jim Moore, Harrison Muller, Kenneth Nelson, Darrell Notara, Bill Nuss, Greg O'Brien, Elizabeth Pacetti, Bill Reilly, Betty Jane Seagle, John Sharpe, Jeanne Shea, Paula Stewart, Ray Thomas, Helen Wood. Produced by Sammy Lambert and Bernie Foyer and Milton Berle.

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