No photo available. Represent George Frederick Root? Add or change photos at IMDbPro
STARmeter
SEE RANK
Down 1,385,114 this week

George Frederick Root (1825–1895)

Trivia:

Prolific composer of popular songs of the latter part of the nineteenth century See more trivia »

Quick Links

Explore More
Show Less

IMDb India Spotlight

Discover top rated movies, trending celebrities, quizzes, and the best in Indian entertainment on IMDb.

Check out India Spotlight

Around The Web

 | 

Powered by ZergNet

Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage

Connect with IMDb

How Much Have You Seen?

How much of George Frederick Root's work have you seen?

User Polls

See more polls »

Known For

Lincoln
Lincoln Soundtrack
(2012)
The Homesman
The Homesman Soundtrack
(2014)
Regeneration
Regeneration Soundtrack
(1997)
Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones Soundtrack
(2016)
Show Show all  | 
 |  Edit

Filmography

Hide Hide Show Show Soundtrack (94 credits)
 2016 Free State of Jones (writer: "Battle Cry of Freedom")
 2014 The Homesman (lyrics: "Rosalie The Prairie Flower" - as George Fredrick Root) / (music: "Rosalie The Prairie Flower" - as George Fredrick Root)
 2014 Heaven Is for Real (writer: "Jesus Loves The Little Children" - as George F. Root)
 2013 Pastor Mike Online (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Fasting, ObamaCare and the Jesuit Oath (2013) ... (music: "Jesus Loves the Little Children" - as George F. Root, uncredited)
 2013 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Jennifer Lawrence/The Lumineers (2013) ... (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoner's Hope)")
 2011-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #21.34 (2012) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.80 (2011) ... (music: "Jesus Loves the Little Children")
 2012 Lincoln (music: "Battle Cry of Freedom")
 2010 Amigo (writer: "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching" - as George F. Root)
 2010 A Marine Story (writer: "Just Before The Battle, Mother" - as George F. Root)
 1998 Histeria! (TV Series) (music - 6 episodes)
- Hooray for Presidents (1998) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- General Sherman's Campsite (1998) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- The Wheel of History (1998) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- The U.S. Civil War: Part 2 (1998) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- The American Revolution (1998) ... (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
Show all 6 episodes
 1997 Regeneration (lyrics: "Just Before The Battle, Mother") / (music: "Just Before The Battle, Mother")
 1993 Animaniacs (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Dough Dough Boys/Boot Camping/General Boo-Regard (1993) ... (music: "Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1992 Northern Exposure (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Democracy in America (1992) ... (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (Rally Round the Flag, Boys) - uncredited)
 1990 Back to the Future Part III (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1980 The Long Riders (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1978 Columbo (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Conspirators (1978) ... (writer: "God Save Ireland" - as George F. Root, uncredited)
 1975 The Wind and the Lion ("Battle Cry of Freedom", uncredited)
 1975 Anne of Avonlea (TV Mini-Series) (music: "The Hazel Dell" - uncredited)
 1974 Callan (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1970 Soldier Blue (writer: "Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1966 Branded (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers (1966) ... (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom")
 1965 A Thousand Clowns (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching): (1864), "Just Before the Battle, Mother" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching): (1864), "Just Before the Battle, Mother" (1864) - uncredited) / (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1960-1962 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- The Frat's in the Fire (1962) ... (writer: "Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
- I Do Not Choose to Run (1962) ... (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (Rally Round the Flag, Boys) - uncredited)
- The Smoke-Filled Room (1960) ... (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom (Rally Round the Flag, Boys)" - uncredited)
 1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1961 The Rebel Without Claws (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom", "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" - uncredited)
 1960 Horse Hare (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1958 The Restless Gun (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Suffragette (1958) ... (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1957 Raintree County (writer: "Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1955 Ute blåser sommarvind (writer: ""Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)")
 1955 The Battle of Gettysburg (Documentary short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1954 Salka Valka (music: "O HOW HAPPY ARE THEY / O HUR LYCKLIG ÄR DEN SOM HAR JESUS TILL VÄN")
 1953 Southern Fried Rabbit (Short) (music: "Just Before the Battle, Mother" - as George F. Root, uncredited)
 1952 Son of Paleface (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoner's Hope)" - uncredited)
 1950 Bunker Hill Bunny (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1949 Wise Quackers (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom")
 1948 What Price Fleadom (Short) (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1946 Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1944 I Am an American (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1943 The Iron Major (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1942 Tennessee Johnson (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862))
 1942 George Washington Slept Here (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1942 I Married a Witch (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1942 Wacky Blackout (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1942 Valley of the Sun (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862))
 1941 Look Who's Laughing (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1962) - uncredited)
 1941 Citizen Kane (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 Kitty Foyle (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 Lillian Russell (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 Confederate Honey (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 Virginia City (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1939 Gone with the Wind (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1939 On Dress Parade (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1939 In Old Monterey (music: "The Vacant Chair (We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him)" (1861) - uncredited)
 1939 Old Glory (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1939 Young Mr. Lincoln (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1939 Union Pacific (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1939 The Oklahoma Kid (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" (1864) - uncredited)
 1939 Jesse James (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1939 The Great Man Votes (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1864) - uncredited)
 1938 Merrily We Live (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1938 Of Human Hearts (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1938 Daffy Duck & Egghead (Short) (music: "Just Before the Battle, Mother" - uncredited)
 1937 In Old Chicago (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1936 Porky in the North Woods (Short) (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)")
 1936 General Spanky (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!", "The Battle Cry Of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1936 The Plainsman (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1936 The Witness Chair (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)") / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)")
 1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1935 Annie Oakley (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1935 The Blue and the Gray (Documentary short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1935 Captain Hurricane (music: "The Vacant Chair (We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him)" (1861))
 1934 My Grandfather's Clock (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom")
 1934 Operator 13 (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1934 The First Round-Up (Short) (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" - uncredited)
 1933 Sons of the Desert (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1933 Little Women (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1933 Meet the Baron (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1933 I Loved a Woman (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1933 Sing, Sisters, Sing! (Short) (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" - uncredited)
 1933 Betty Boop's Big Boss (Short) (The Boys Are Marching, (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!", uncredited)
 1933 Whisperin' Bill (Short) (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom")
 1932 The Conquerors (lyrics: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (music: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited) / (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1932 Betty Boop for President (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" - uncredited)
 1931 Secret Service (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862), "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (or The Prisoner's Hope)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1931 Politics (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1931 Laughing Sinners (writer: "Just Before the Battle, Mother" (1864) - uncredited)
 1930 Abraham Lincoln (writer: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited)
 1930 The Big House (music: "Ring the Bells of Heaven" (1866) - uncredited)
 1930 Tramping Tramps (Short) (writer: "Tramp Tramp Tramp!")
 1929 The Barnyard Battle (Short) (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom")
 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin (music: "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) - uncredited) / (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" (1864) - uncredited)
 1926 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching (Short) (writer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)")
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo

Message Boards

Discuss George Frederick Root on the IMDb message boards »
Getting Started | Contributor Zone »

Contribute to This Page