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Ned Washington (1901–1976)
Prolific American lyricist and songwriter, one of the giants of Tin Pan Alley. He contributed numerous popular standards to jazz and to the big band scene. His catalogue includes such titles as "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (theme song for bandleader Tommy Dorsey), the ballad "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You", the 1940 Oscar-winner...
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Born:in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USADied:(age 75) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (351 credits)
Soundtrack (351 credits)
2017
Salvation
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- From Russia, with Love
(2017)
... (lyrics: "The Nearness of You" - uncredited)
2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Loves of Hercules
(2017)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
2017
Feud
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- More, or Less
(2017)
... (lyrics: "Town Without Pity" - uncredited)
2016
Person of Interest
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A More Perfect Union
(2016)
... (writer: "Love Is The Thing")
2015
The Man in the High Castle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kindness
(2015)
... (writer: "Town without Pity" - uncredited)
2015
Britain's Got Talent
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- 2015: Auditions 4
(2015)
... (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon a Star" - uncredited)
2014
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Week 2
(2014)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star" - uncredited)
2013
Scandal
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Say Hello to My Little Friend
(2013)
... (writer: "Wild is the Wind" - uncredited)
2013
A Concert for Ronnie Montrose: A Celebration of His Life in Music
(TV Movie) (writer: "Town Without Pity")
2008-2013
The Marty Stuart Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- The Del McCoury Band
(2013)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
- The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
(2008)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide")
2012
Universum
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Der wilde Wald der Kaiserin
(2012)
... (writer: "Theme from Rawhide" - uncredited)
2012
Ginger & Rosa
(writer: "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
2011-2012
Some Jerk with a Camera
(TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue! Part Two
(2012)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star")
- It's a Small World Holiday: Part Three
(2012)
... (writer: "Pink Elephants on Parade")
- The Top 11 Florida Attractions Not in California, Part One
(2011)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star")
- The Country Bears
(2011)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star")
2012
Bomb Girls
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jumping Tracks
(2012)
... (writer: "A Hundred Years from Today")
2011
The Footy Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #18.23
(2011)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
2011
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Rango
(2011)
... (writer: "Rawhide Theme")
2010
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Greatest Sports Movies of All Time
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
2010
Der letzte Bulle
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Der verlorene Sohn
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Wild Is the Wind")
2009
The X Factor
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.15
(2009)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star" - uncredited)
2009
Lucky Luke
(writer: "Si Toi Aussi Tu m'abandonnés" (based on "Don Not Forsake Me", the theme from tt0044706))
2009
The Missing Person
(writer: "The High And The Mighty", "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You")
2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Les Paul: Chasing Sound
(2007)
... (writer: "Smoke Rings")
2007
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Auditions: San Antonio
(2007)
... (writer: "Rawhide")
2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
(lyrics: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (1932))
2004
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(2004)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
2003
Cold Case
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Time to Hate
(2003)
... (writer: "Town Without Pity")
2003
Crossing Jordan
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Strangled
(2003)
... (lyrics: "Town Without Pity" - uncredited)
2003
Shabatot VeHagim
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Pirkey Avot
(2003)
... (lyrics: "Wild is the Wind")
2002
Skeppsholmen
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(2002)
... (writer: "Wild is the Wind")
2000
The Wonderful World of Disney
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Geppetto
(2000)
... (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon a Star", "I've Got No Strings")
1997
Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo
(Documentary) (lyrics: "I'm getting sentimental over you")
1996
The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star")
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1977 - 1983) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1995)
- Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
(1995)
... (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon A Star" - uncredited)
- Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone
(1983)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star" - uncredited)
- Jack Burns/Santana
(1977)
... (writer: "Town Without Pity" - uncredited)
1995
Barbra: The Concert
(TV Special documentary) (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (1940) - uncredited)
1993
King of the Hill
(lyrics: "Can't We Talk It Over" (1931), "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (1932), "A Hundred Years from Today" (1933))
1992
The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song
(Video documentary) (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Give a Little Whistle", "Baby of Mine", "Saludos Amigos")
1992
Nightmare Cafe
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Sanctuary for a Child
(1992)
... (lyrics: "Baby Mine" - uncredited)
1991
Waiting for God
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Young People
(1991)
... (lyrics: "High Noon" (1951))
1991
Homefront
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- S.N.A.F.U.
(1991)
... (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental over You")
1990
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
(Video short) (lyrics: "Pink Elephants On Parade")
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Every Dream Has Its Price (Tag)
(1990)
... (writer: "Town Without Pity" - uncredited)
1989
Out of This World
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Star Dog
(1989)
... (writer: "When You Wish upon a Star")
1989
48 Hours
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Lottery Fever
(1989)
... (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (1939) - uncredited)
1988
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: You Can Fly
(Video short) (lyrics: "I've Got No Strings", "When I See an Elephant Fly")
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- 11001001
(1988)
... ("The Nearness of You", uncredited)
1988
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Museum
(1988)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star")
1987
DuckTales
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Spies in Their Eyes
(1987)
... (writer: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)")
- Sphinx for the Memories
(1987)
... (writer: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)")
1987
Falcon Crest
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sweet Revenge
(1987)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star" - uncredited)
1987
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: The Bare Necessities
(Video short) (lyrics: "Figaro and Cleo", "Look Out for Mr. Stork")
1986
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
(Video short) (lyrics: "Give a Little Whistle") / (music: "Give a Little Whistle")
1986
Reagan: Let's Finish the Job
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1986)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide Theme")
1982
Cannon and Ball
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.5
(1982)
... (writer: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
1982
The Jeffersons
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Helen
(1982)
... (lyrics: "High Noon" (1951))
1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)")
- Pearl Bailey
(1978)
... (lyrics: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)")
1978
The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda
(TV Special documentary) (lyrics: "The High and the Mighty" (1954) - uncredited)
1976
Police Woman
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Tennis Bum
(1976)
... (lyrics: "On Green Dolphin Street")
1961-1972
The Dodge Dancing Party
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- Songs of the 40's
(1972)
... (lyrics: "My Foolish Heart" - uncredited)
- Episode #6.32
(1961)
... (lyrics: "High Noon" - uncredited)
1969
Dad's Army
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Operation Kilt
(1969)
... (lyrics: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" - uncredited)
1966
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.15
(1966)
... (lyrics: "The Nearness of You" - uncredited)
1964-1966
Disneyland
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Disneyland Around the Seasons
(1966)
... (writer: "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" - uncredited)
- Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair
(1964)
... (writer: "I've Got No Strings" - uncredited)
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1966) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1960)
- Episode #18.8
(1966)
... (writer: "I Got No Strings")
- Episode #13.5
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Can't We Talk It Over?" - uncredited)
- Episode #9.19
(1957)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star" - uncredited)
1966
The Porter Wagoner Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tex Ritter
(1966)
... (writer: "High Noon")
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.63
(1964)
... (lyrics: "Rawhide" - uncredited)
1964
The Joey Bishop Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Joey and the L.A. Dodgers
(1964)
... (lyrics: "Stella by Starlight")
1962
The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Western Hit Parade
(1962)
... (lyrics: "High Noon" - uncredited)
1962
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Like Low Noon
(1962)
... (lyrics: "Ballad of High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin')")
1962
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Hunger Strike
(1962)
... (lyrics: "The Nearness Of You" - uncredited)
1961
The Red Skelton Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Freddie and the Yuletide Doll
(1961)
... (writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star")
1961
The Donna Reed Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- One Starry Night
(1961)
... (writer: "Mighty Pretty Territory" - uncredited)
1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
(lyrics: "Gentle Love", "What a Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful Fellow is Gulliver")
1960
Startime
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Academy Award Songs
(1960)
... (lyrics: "High Noon", "Strange Are the Ways of Love" - uncredited)
1959
1001 Arabian Nights
(lyrics: "You Are My Dream", "Three Little Maids from Damascus", "Magoo's Blues")
1958
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Aldo Ray
(1958)
... (writer: "Singing in the Bathtub" - uncredited)
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1957)
... (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - uncredited)
1957
Search for Paradise
(Documentary) (lyrics: "Happy Land of Hunza", "Shalimar", "Kashmir Street Song", "Search for Paradise")
1956
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1956)
... (lyrics: "My Foolish Heart", "Stella by Starlight")
1956
The Mickey Mouse Club
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.25
(1956)
... (lyrics: "When You Wish Upon a Star" - uncredited)
1955
Medic
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Never Comes Sunday
(1955)
... (lyrics: "Never Comes Sunday")
1955
Show Time at the Apollo
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Harlem Merry-Go-Round
... (writer: "The Nearness of You")
1954
The 26th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (writer: "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)")
1953
Let's Do It Again
(lyrics: "The Call of the Wild", "Let's Do It Again", "It Was Great While It Lasted", "Anyone But You", "I'm Takin' a Slow Burn", "These Are the Things I Remember")
1953
The 25th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (writer: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')")
1950
Toast of the Town
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.3
(1950)
... (lyrics: "Love Is the Thing" - uncredited)
1945
Mexicana
(lyrics: "De Corazón a Corazón", "Heartless", "Time Out for Dreaming", "See Mexico", "Lupita", "Mexicana", "Somewhere There's a Rainbow", "Children's Song")
1944
Brazil
(lyrics: "Rio de Janeiro", "Tonight, You're Mine", "Moonlight Fiesta", "Upa Ups", "Vaquero Song", "Cafe", "Choro Song", "Hands Across the Border")
1944
Cowboy and the Senorita
(lyrics: "Cowboy and the Senorita", "What'll I Use for Money?", "The Enchilada Man")
1944
Hands Across the Border
(lyrics: "Hands Across the Border", "Dreaming to Music", "The Girl with the High Button Shoes", "When Your Heart's on Easy Street", "Hey, Hey (It's A Great Day)")
1943
Sleepy Lagoon
(lyrics: "If You Are There", "You Are the Fondest Thing I Am Of", "I'm Not Myself Anymore", "We Gals Are Taking Over")
1941
Dumbo
(lyrics: "Look Out for Mr. Stork" (1941), "Casey Junior" (1941), "Song of the Roustabouts" (1941), "Baby Mine" (1941), "Pink Elephants on Parade" (1941), "When I See an Elephant Fly" (1941), "When I See an Elephant Fly (Reprise)" (1941) - uncredited)
1940
Pinocchio
(lyrics: "When You Wish Upon A Star" (1939), "Little Wooden Head" (1939), "Give A Little Whistle" (1939), "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" (1939), "I've Got No Strings" (1939) - uncredited)
1938
Tropic Holiday
(lyrics: "On a Tropic Night", "My First Love", "Tonight Will Live", "Lamp on the Corner" - uncredited)
1937
Bill Cracks Down
(lyrics: "You Grow Sweeter Ev'ry Day" - uncredited) / (music: "You Grow Sweeter Ev'ry Day" - uncredited)
1935
The Perfect Gentleman
(lyrics: "There's Something in a Big Parade" (1935), "Tillie and the Tight Rope Walker" (1935))
1935
Here Comes the Band
(lyrics: "Headin' Home" (1935), "You're My Thrill" (1935), "I'm Bound for Heaven" (1935) (uncredited))
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
(lyrics: "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (1932) - uncredited)
1929
Little Johnny Jones
(lyrics: "Go Find Somebody to Love", "My Paradise", "She Was Kicked in the Head by a Butterfly" - uncredited)
1929
The Forward Pass
(writer: "One Minute of Heaven", "Hello, Baby", "I Gotta Have You", "Huddlin'")
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