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Jimmy Van Heusen (1913–1990)
Jimmy Van Heusen was inarguably one of the most accomplished songwriters in history. Claiming four "Oscars" and one Emmy award among his credits he also wrote more songs (85) recorded by Frank Sinatra, his long time friend, than any other composer. He also composed the songs for another good friend, Bing Crosby for six of the seven Crosby/Hope ...
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Born:in Syracuse, New York, USADied:(age 77) in Rancho Mirage, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (497 credits)
Soundtrack (497 credits)
2017
The Punisher
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Two Dead Men
(2017)
... (writer: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head?")
2017
Cannonball
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2017)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2017
Carpool Karaoke
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Seth MacFarlane and Ariana Grande
(2017)
... (writer: "Nothing in Common")
2017
Beat Shazam
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(2017)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage")
2016
The Vampire Diaries
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Today Will Be Different
(2016)
... (music: "All the Way" - uncredited)
2016
Strictly Come Dancing
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Week Five Results
(2016)
... (writer: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - uncredited)
- Week Five
(2016)
... (writer: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
2016
Lorraine
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 19 October 2016
(2016)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2016
Timeless
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Atomic City
(2016)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2016
Can't Touch This
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Best of and Unseen
(2016)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2016
Who's Doing the Dishes?
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Deena Payne
(2016)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2016
WGN Morning News
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 26 July 2016
(2016)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me")
2016
Quick Reviews with Maverick
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jaws: The Revenge
(2016)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2016
Wayward Pines
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Enemy Lines
(2016)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2016
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (from tt0048705) - uncredited)
2016
11.22.63
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- The Day in Question
(2016)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Soldier Boy
(2016)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- The Rabbit Hole
(2016)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2016
Bates Motel
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Goodnight, Mother
(2016)
... (music: "Chicago Style" - uncredited)
2015
Unforgettable
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- All In
(2015)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick In The Head")
2015
Flikken Maastricht
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Klem
(2015)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2015
BBC Proms
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra Performs Frank Sinatra
(2015)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
Britain's Got Talent
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- 2015: Auditions 6
(2015)
... (music: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- 2013: Auditions 1
(2013)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- 2010: Auditions 6
(2010)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2015
Hawaii Five-0
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Powehiwehi
(2015)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - uncredited)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Ricky Gervais/Stevie Van Zandt/I Love Makonnen
(2014)
... (music: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
- Ben Affleck/Kate Walsh/Tony Bennett
(2014)
... (music: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
2008-2014
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 6 episodes)
- America's Choice
(2014)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?")
- Hollywood Night
(2013)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
- Week 7: The Results
(2013)
... (writer: "Come Dance with Me")
- Week 1
(2012)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible")
- Round Two
(2009)
... (writer: "Come Dance with Me" - uncredited)
2014
The Good Wife
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Few Words
(2014)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2013
That's Life!! Kilorenzos Smith in Talks...
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Honour Tribute to Marilyn Monroe
(2013)
... (writer: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head")
2013
Rude Tube
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Gods of Geek
(2013)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2013
The Blacklist
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2013)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick In the Head" - uncredited)
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2013) (music - 1 episode, 2009)
- Top 12 Perform: 2 Eliminated
(2013)
... (writer: "Come Dance With Me")
- Top 20 Perform
(2009)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me")
2013
Bi no tsubo
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tokyo no mizube
(2013)
... (writer: "It Could Happen To You")
2012-2013
Vegas
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Past Lives
(2013)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
- (Il)Legitimate
(2012)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick In the Head")
2012
The Walking Dead
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- When the Dead Come Knocking
(2012)
... (music: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
2011-2012
Dancing Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #7.10
(2012)
... (writer: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head")
- Episode #6.4
(2011)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
2012
Little Mosque on the Prairie
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Worst of Times
(2012)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
2012
Lilyhammer
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- My Kind of Town
(2012)
... (music: "Frank Tagliano Sings! My Kind Of Town")
2012
Happy Endings
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre
(2012)
... (writer: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" - uncredited)
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
(writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - as James Van Heusen)
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- One Coin in a Fountain
(2011)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
2011
SOKO Stuttgart
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sprung ins Nichts
(2011)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
(writer: "The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World" - as James Van Heusen)
2009-2011
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 2011 Grand Finale
(2011)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" - uncredited)
- Episode #9.3
(2009)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - uncredited)
2010-2011
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Hollywood Twists
(2011)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" - uncredited)
- TV's Funniest Neighbours
(2011)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- Our All Time Favourite Films
(2010)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me" - uncredited)
Family Guy
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 2000 - 2006) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Friends of Peter G.
(2011)
... (writer: "Mr. Booze" - uncredited)
- Brian Sings and Swings
(2006)
... (music: "The Second Time Around" - uncredited)
- Road to Rhode Island
(2000)
... (music: "The Road to Rhode Island" - uncredited)
2011
Orson Welles's the Other Side of the Wind: A Film by Orson Welles
(Short) (music: "All the Way")
2010
BBC Swingin' Christmas
(TV Movie) (music: "Come Dance with Me", "Come Fly with Me", "All the Way", "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?")
2010
Fallout: New Vegas
(Video Game) (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - as James Van Heusen)
2010
The Footy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #17.1
(2010)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me" - uncredited)
Uvolnete se, prosím
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2009) (music - 1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 4 December 2009
(2009)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
2009
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.45
(2009)
... (writer: "All the Way" - uncredited)
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
(Documentary) (writer: "You Can't Love 'Em All" - as James Van Heusen)
2009
Glee
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Showmance
(2009)
... (music: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - uncredited)
2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- All In
(2009)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (music: "The Merry Go Runaround" - uncredited)
The X Factor
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2008) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
- Episode #5.15
(2008)
... (music: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" - uncredited)
- Auditions 2
(2006)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?")
2008
Op zoek naar Joseph
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Live Show #4
(2008)
... (writer: "Ain't that a kick in the head")
2008
Magic Mushrooms
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2008)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
2008
Bones
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Wannabe in the Weeds
(2008)
... (music: "The Second Time Around")
2007
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Granary
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - as James Van Heusen, uncredited)
2007
Nip/Tuck
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dawn Budge II
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
2007
American Dad!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Meter Made
(2007)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
1993-2007
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
(2007)
... (writer: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
- Rosebud
(1993)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2007
It Takes Two
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Series 2 Grand Final
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
- Episode #2.1
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2007
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
(music: "All My Tomorrows" - as Van Heusen) / (music: "Come Fly With Me")
2007
Gavin & Stacey
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
2007
The Great Outdoors
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Michael Bublé's Vancouver, Canada
(2007)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible")
2007
Idool 2007
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Grote Liveshow 6 - Big Band
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me", "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2007
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Viña 2007: Noche 2
(2007)
... (writer: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
2007
The Unit
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Games of Chance
(2007)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me" - uncredited)
2001-2006
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request
(2006)
... (music: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - uncredited)
- Watching Too Much Television
(2002)
... (music: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)")
- Army of One
(2001)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
Great Performances
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2005) (music - 1 episode, 1988)
- Michael Bublé: Caught in the Act
(2005)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
- Bacall on Bogart
(1988)
... (music: "Heaven Can Wait" - uncredited)
2005
Criminal Minds
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Natural Born Killer
(2005)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2004-2005
Australian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Top 8 Performance Show: Big Band
(2005)
... (writer: "All the Way")
- Top 4 Performance Show: Big Band
(2004)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
2005
House M.D.
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Role Model
(2005)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
2005
Veronica Mars
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kanes and Abel's
(2005)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick In the Head" - uncredited)
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2002 - 2005) (performer - 1 episode, 2000)
- Wedding Bell Blues
(2005)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" - uncredited)
- There's the Rub
(2002)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
- Cinnamon's Wake
(2000)
... (performer: "I Thought About You" - as James Van Heusen)
2005
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Peter Lassally/Doc Severinsen/Johnny Carson Tribute
(2005)
... (music: "Here's That Rainy Day")
2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan
(Video) (music: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
2004
The King of Queens
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Offtrack... Bedding
(2004)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
2004
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
(TV Movie) (writer: "Swinging On A Star", "Heaven Can Wait" - as J. van Heusen, uncredited)
2004
Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cocktail
(2004)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2004
Malaysian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Spectaculars #2 - Classic Hits
(2004)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me")
2003-2004
Las Vegas
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- You Can't Take It with You
(2004)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
- Pilot
(2003)
... (writer: "Ain' That A Kick In The Head")
2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World")
2004
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
(2004)
... (writer: "All the Way")
2004
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mottoshow #6 - Big Band
(2004)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
Becker
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2004) (writer - 1 episode, 1999)
- Margaret Sings the Blues
(2004)
... (music: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
- Love! Lies! Bleeding!
(1999)
... (writer: "Moonlight Becomes You" - uncredited)
2003
Pop Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Live Show 6: Big Band
(2003)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2003
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
(Video documentary) (music: "My Kind of Town")
2003
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Topp 5 - Gallaaften
(2003)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2003
Today
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 28 February 2003
(2003)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Teamwork") / (writer: "Teamwork")
2002
Die Frauenversteher - Männer unter sich
(TV Movie) (writer: "Come fly with me" - as J. Van Heusen)
1999-2002
Ally McBeal
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- A Kick in the Head
(2002)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
- Troubled Water
(1999)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
2001
One Night with Robbie Williams
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2001
Six Feet Under
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Will
(2001)
... (writer: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head")
2000
Pistvakt - en vintersaga
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Jakten på en dräpare
(2000)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me")
2000
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- She's Baaaack!
(2000)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible " - uncredited)
Ett litet rött paket
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1999) (music - 1 episode, 1999)
- Drömmen om Elin
(1999)
... (lyrics: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head") / (music: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head")
1999
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sinatra's House
(1999)
... (writer: "It's 1200 Miles from Palm Springs to Texas")
1998
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Image in the Sand
(1998)
... (writer: "All the Way")
- His Way
(1998)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me")
1998
The Rat Pack
(TV Movie) (writer: "High Hopes", "Ain't That A Kick in the Head", "Come Fly With Me", "Ee-o-Eleven", "All the Way" - as James Van Heusen)
1994-1998
Tohuwabohu
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Blasts from the Past
(1998)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- Pol. Nr. 000033
(1996)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- Op. (Opossum) 21
(1995)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
- 23.exe
(1995)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
- Seite 17
(1994)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
1997
Chicago Hope
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Brain Salad Surgery
(1997)
... (writer: "Aint That A Kick In The Head")
1997
Muppets Tonight
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Rick Moranis
(1997)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1997) (writer - 1 episode, 1989)
- The Mole People
(1997)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Humanoid Woman
(1989)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
Married with Children
(TV Series) (lyrics - 65 episodes, 1987 - 1996) (music - 65 episodes, 1987 - 1996)
- Twisted
(1996)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
- Honey, I Blew Up Myself
(1994)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
- My Dinner with Anthrax
(1992)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
- Peggy Turns 300
(1990)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
- What Goes Around Came Around
(1990)
... (lyrics: "Love and Marriage") / (music: "Love and Marriage")
1995
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr.
(Documentary) (music: "Someone To Tell It To" - as James Van Huesen)
1995
The Ren & Stimpy Show
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Ol' Blue Nose/Stupid Sidekick Union
(1995)
... ("Come Fry With Me", uncredited)
1994
Wings
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- All's Fare
(1994)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
1992
Sinatra
(TV Mini-Series) (music: "Shake Down the Stars", "High Hopes", "Come Fly With Me", "Love and Marriage")
1987-1991
Night Court
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Where There's a Will, There's a Tony: Part 2
(1991)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Constitution: Part 2
(1987)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1991
The Bold and the Beautiful
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1003
(1991)
... (writer: "The Second Time Around")
1990
Alice
(writer: "Darn That Dream" (1939)) / (writer: "Moonlight Becomes You" (1942) - as James Van Heusen)
1990
Get a Life
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Pile of Death
(1990)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible")
1989
E.M.U. TV
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.17
(1989)
... (music: "Pocketful of Miracles" - uncredited)
1989
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
(TV Special documentary) (music: "Style", "All the Way" - uncredited)
1987
Emu's Wide World
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #2.5
(1987)
... (music: "Don't be a Do-Badder" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.1
(1987)
... (music: "Teamwork" - uncredited)
1987
ALF
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Come Fly with Me
(1987)
... (writer: "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
1987
Moonlighting
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- I Am Curious... Maddie
(1987)
... (music: "All the Way")
- Maddie's Turn to Cry
(1987)
... (music: "All the Way")
- Sam & Dave
(1987)
... (music: "All the Way")
Moordspel
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1987) (writer - 1 episode, 1987)
- Vermist op zee
(1987)
... (music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - uncredited) / (writer: "Medley: New York, New York/All My Tomorrows/My Way")
Mr. Belvedere
(TV Series) (1 episode, 1986) (music - 1 episode, 1986)
- Debut
(1986)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me", "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
- Valentine's Day
(1986)
... ("High Hopes")
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
(as James Van Heusen, "It Could Happen to You", "Polkadots and Moonbeams")
1985
Remington Steele
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Coffee, Tea or Steele
(1985)
... (music: "Come Fly With Me" - as James Van Heusen, uncredited)
1985
Newhart
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- What Makes Dick Run
(1985)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1984
Cheers
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- An American Family
(1984)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
1984
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Farm Show
(1984)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star" (as "Would You Like to Swing on A Star?"))
1983
Webster
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- That's Entertainment
(1983)
... (music: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
1983
Emu's World
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.5
(1983)
... (music: "Busy Doing Nothing")
1982
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
(writer: "The Last Dance" - as James Van Heusen)
1981-1982
Barney Miller
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Landmark: Part 1
(1982)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
- Liquidation
(1981)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1976-1980
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Strother Martin/The Specials
(1980)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
(1976)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1979
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 March 1979
(1979)
... (writer: "Imagination")
1979
Mork & Mindy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mork's Night Out
(1979)
... (writer: "My Kind of Town")
1979
Happy Days
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Married Strangers
(1979)
... (music: "Moonlight Becomes You" - uncredited)
1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Helen Reddy
(1978)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible")
- Judy Collins
(1978)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible")
1961-1978
The Dodge Dancing Party
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes)
- Tribute to Bing Crosby
(1978)
... (music: "Moonlight Becomes You", "Swinging on a Star")
- Academy Awards
(1970)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Vacation Songs - Guest: Lynn Anderson
(1967)
... (music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie")
- Episode #9.31
(1964)
... (music: "Swinging on a Star", "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Episode #6.32
(1961)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1976
The Morecambe & Wise Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.5
(1976)
... (writer: "Come Fly With Me" - uncredited)
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #14.199
(1975)
... (writer: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
1974-1975
The Ernie Sigley Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 23 October 1975
(1975)
... (writer: "Pocketful of Miracles")
- Episode dated 6 June 1974
(1974)
... (writer: "Pocketful of Miracles")
1975
Man About the House
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Tender Trap
(1975)
... (writer: "Love and Marriage")
1973-1975
The Benny Hill Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Great Mysteries with Orson Buggy
(1975)
... (writer: "It's Nice to Go Trav'lin'")
- The Great British Dancing Finals
(1973)
... (writer: "Thoroughly Modern Millie")
1974
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "My Kind of Town", "All the Way" - uncredited)
1974
Van Oekel's Discohoek
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1974)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
1972-1973
The Graham Kennedy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 6 September 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Thoroughly Modern Millie")
- Episode dated 10 October 1972
(1972)
... (writer: "Thoroughly Modern Millie")
1972
Journey Back to Oz
(writer: "A Faraway Land", "Signpost Song", "Keep A Happy Thought", "The Horse On The Carousel", "B-R-A-N-E", "An Elephant Never Forgets", "You Have Only You", "If You're Gonna Be A Witch - Be A Witch", "H-E-A-R-T", "N-E-R-V-E", "Return To The Land Of Oz March", "That Feeling For Home")
1972
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1972)
... (music: "The Second Time Around", "Here's That Rainy Day")
1971
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
(TV Special) (music: "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
1970
Make Room for Granddaddy
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- A Hamburger for Frank
(1970)
... (music: "All the Way")
1965-1970
Die Rudi Carrell Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Flughafen
(1970)
... (music: "Heute flieg ich fort" - uncredited)
- Marktplatz
(1965)
... (music: "Ja, wir wagen, ja zu sagen" - uncredited)
1970
Petticoat Junction
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- With This Ring
(1970)
... (music: "Love and Marriage" - uncredited)
1969
Sinatra
(TV Special documentary) (music: "All the Way", "The Tender Trap", "My Kind of Town" - uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes, 1966 - 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1969)
- Episode #5.1
(1969)
... (writer: "Star!")
- Episode #2.25
(1967)
... (music: "Walking Happy" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.15
(1966)
... (music: "Walking Happy" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.22
(1966)
... (music: "Style" - uncredited)
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
(music: "The Rainbow Rider", "Heaven Helps Him Who Helps Himself" - as James Van Heusen)
1969
In Melbourne Tonight
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 28 January 1969
(1969)
... (writer: "Imagination")
1968
The Red Skelton Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Love Is a Funny Thing
(1968)
... (writer: "Star!")
1968
Lulu's Back in Town
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1968)
... (music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - uncredited)
1967
The Lucy Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 2
(1967)
... (music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - uncredited)
1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(music: "Thoroughly Modern Millie", "The Tapioca" - as James Van Heusen)
1967
Center Stage
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special
(1967)
... (music: "Aren't You Glad You're You?")
1967
Jack and the Beanstalk
(TV Movie) (music: "Half Past April, and a Quarter to May", "A Tiny Bit of Faith", "One Starry Moment", "It's Been Nice", "The Woggle-Bird Song", "Stiffen Up That Upper Lip", "One Starry Moment" (Reprise))
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1966) (writer - 1 episode, 1963)
- Episode #4.14
(1966)
... (music: "Here's That Rainy Day" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.9
(1963)
... (writer: "High Hopes")
1966
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
(TV Special) (music: "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)", "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.21
(1965)
... (music: "Here's That Rainy Day")
1965
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)", "Come Fly with Me" - uncredited)
1964
The Pleasure Seekers
(music: "The Pleasure Seekers", "Something to Think About", "Everything Makes Music When You're in Love", "Next Time" - as James Van Heusen)
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(music: "My Kind of Town", "Mr. Booze", "All for One and One for All", "Don't be a Do-Badder", "Any Man Who Loves His Mother", "Style", "Bang! Bang!" - as James Van Heusen, uncredited)
1964
Honeymoon Hotel
(music: "Honeymoon Hotel", "I've Been Had", "Love Is Oh So Easy", "You're It" - as James Van Heusen)
Toast of the Town
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1964) (music - 1 episode, 1964)
- Episode #17.30
(1964)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible")
- Episode #17.19
(1964)
... (music: "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" - uncredited)
1964
The Joey Bishop Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Joey and the L.A. Dodgers
(1964)
... (writer: "High Hopes")
1963
The Jimmy Dean Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1963)
... (music: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1963
The Judy Garland Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1963)
... (music: "Call Me Irresponsible" - uncredited)
1963
The Lively Ones
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.7
(1963)
... (writer: "Call Me Irresponsible")
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally
(1962)
... (music: "Harmony" - uncredited)
1962
The Garry Moore Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.5
(1962)
... (music: "The Second Time Around" - uncredited)
1962
The Road to Hong Kong
(music: "Warmer than a Whisper", "Teamwork", "The Road to Hong Kong", "Let's Not Be Sensible", "Personality")
1957-1962
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes)
- Jose's Protege
(1962)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Kathy and the Glamour Girl
(1960)
... (music: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
- Rusty, the Weight-Lifter
(1959)
... (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Rusty, the Ward-Heeler
(1958)
... (music: "Love And Marriage" - uncredited)
- Danny Meets Kathy
(1957)
... (music: "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
1961
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1961)
... (music: "Where Did Everyone Go?" - uncredited)
1961
Playboy's Penthouse
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.6
(1961)
... (writer: "All the Way")
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.4
(1961)
... (music: "The Second Time Around")
- Episode #1.1
(1961)
... (music: "Polka Dots and Moonbeams")
- Episode #1.10
(1961)
... (music: "Life Is So Peculiar" - uncredited)
1958-1960
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes)
- Episode #13.8
(1960)
... (music: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.30
(1960)
... (music: "Country Style" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.14
(1960)
... (music: "My Heart Is a Hobo", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "You Don't Have to Know the Language" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.28
(1959)
... (music: "To Love and Be Loved" - uncredited)
- Episode #10.19
(1958)
... (music: "It Could Happen to You" - uncredited)
1960
Let's Make Love
(writer: "LET'S MAKE LOVE", "HEY YOU WITH THE CRAZY EYES", "SPECIALIZATION", "INCURABLY ROMANTIC", "SING ME THE SONG THAT SELLS")
1960
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
(TV Special) (writer: "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", "All the Way" - uncredited)
1960
Startime
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Academy Award Songs
(1960)
... (music: "Swinging on a Star", "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: To the Ladies
(TV Special) (music: "High Hopes") / (writer: "Come Cha Cha with Me", "But Beautiful" - uncredited)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1959 - 1960) (writer - 2 episodes, 1959)
- Cliff Arquette
(1960)
... (music: "Swinging on a Star" (as "Would You Like to Swing on a Star") - uncredited)
- William Bendix
(1959)
... (writer: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
- Rosemary Clooney
(1959)
... (music: "Personality" - uncredited)
- Edgar Bergen
(1959)
... (writer: "Come Dance" - uncredited)
1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(as James Van Heusen, "Twice as Tall") / (music: "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" - as James Van Heusen)
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Can't We Be Friends" - uncredited) / (music: "Here's That Rainy Day", "Can't We Be Friends" - uncredited)
1959
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes
(TV Special) (lyrics: "High Hopes" - uncredited) / (music: "High Hopes" - uncredited)
1959
A Hole in the Head
(writer: "All My Tomorrows" (1959), "High Hopes" (1959) - as James Van Heusen)
1959
Say One for Me
(music: "Say One for Me", "You Can't Love 'Em All", "The Girl Most Likely to Succeed", "I Couldn't Care Less", "Chico's Choo Choo", "The Night Rock and Roll Died", "He's Starting to Get to Me", "The Secret of Christmas" - as James Van Heusen)
1959
The 31st Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (writer: "To Love and Be Loved", "It's Great Not To Be Nominated")
1958
The Thin Man
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Lady on the Lam
(1958)
... (music: "(Love Is) The Tender Trap")
1958
Peter Gunn
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Torch
(1958)
... (writer: "It Could Happen to You")
1957-1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (music - 7 episodes)
- Pat Suzuki and Natalie Wood
(1958)
... (music: "How Are Ya Fixed for Love?" - uncredited)
- Spike Jones and Helen Grayco
(1958)
... (music: "All the Way" - uncredited)
- Eddie Fisher
(1958)
... (music: "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", "All the Way" - uncredited)
- Van Johnson
(1958)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me', "Nothing in Common" - uncredited)
- Dinah Shore
(1958)
... (music: "Come Fly with Me", "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling" - uncredited)
1958
You Bet Your Life
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #8.28
(1958)
... (music: "Love And Marriage")
1958
The 30th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (writer: "All the Way", "It's Great Not To Be Nominated")
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.9
(1957)
... (music: "All the Way")
- Episode #1.6
(1957)
... (music: "Swinging on a Star" - uncredited)
1957
The Gisele MacKenzie Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(1957)
... (music: "All the Way" - uncredited)
1957
The Edsel Show
(TV Special) (music: "All the Way", "Love and Marriage", "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco", "Swinging on a Star", "Sunday, Monday or Always" - uncredited)
1956
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.22
(1956)
... (writer: "Swinging on a Star")
1956
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1956)
... (music: "Early American")
1956
Pardners
(music: "Buckskin Beauty", "The Wind! The Wind!", "Pardners", "Me 'n You 'n the Moon" - as James Van Heusen)
1956
The Robert Q. Lewis Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 3 May 1956
(1956)
... (writer: "Ya Gotta Give the People Hoke")
1956
Anything Goes
(writer: "Ya Gotta Give The People Hoke", "You Can Bounce Right Back", "A Second Hand Turban And A Crystal Ball")
1955
Your Hit Parade
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 24 December 1955
(1955)
... (music: "Love and Marriage")
- Episode dated 12 November 1955
(1955)
... (music: "Love and Marriage")
1955
The George Gobel Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.6
(1955)
... (music: "Love and Marriage")
1955
MGM Parade
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(1955)
... (music: " (Love Is) The Tender Trap" - uncredited)
1953
Little Boy Lost
(music: "The Magic Window", "Cela M'est Egal-If It's All the Same To You", "A Propos de Rien")
1952
Road to Bali
(music: "CHICAGO STYLE", "MOON FLOWERS", "HOOT MON", "TO SEE YOU", "THE MERRY GO RUNAROUND")
1950
Riding High
(music: "We've Got a Sure Thing" (1950), "Someplace on Anywhere Road" (1950), "Sunshine Cake" (1950), "The Horse Told Me" (1950) - uncredited)
1949
Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.11
(1949)
... (writer: "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" - uncredited)
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(music: "IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE ON THE MOON", "WHEN IS SOMETIME?", "ONCE AND FOR ALWAYS", "BUSY DOING NOTHING" - as James Van Heusen)
1947
Road to Rio
(writer: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THE LANGUAGE", "EXPERIENCE", "BUT BEAUTIFUL", "APALACHICOLA, FLA", "FOR WHAT?")
1947
Welcome Stranger
(music: "SMILE RIGHT BACK AT THE SUN", "COUNTRY STYLE", "MY HEART IS A HOBO", "AS LONG AS I'M DREAMING", "SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAINE")
1946
Cross My Heart
(music: "THAT LITTLE DREAM GOT NOWHERE", "HOW DO YOU DO IT", "LOVE IS THE DARNDEST THING", "It Hasn't Been Chilly in Chile", "Does Baby Feel Alright?")
1946
London Town
(music: "You Can't Keep a Good Dreamer Down", "The 'Ampstead Way", "Any Way the Wind Blows", "So Would I", "My Heart Goes Crazy", "If Spring were only here to stay" - uncredited)
1946
Community Sing 7659: Aren't You Glad You're You
(Short) (music: "Aren't You Glad You're You?", "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)")
1945
Road to Utopia
(music: "Put It There, Pal" (1946), "It's Anybody's Spring" (1946), "Sunday, Monday or Always" (1943), "Good Time Charlie" (1946), "Personality" (1946), "Welcome to My Dream" (1946), "Would You?" (1946))
1944
Belle of the Yukon
(writer: "Like Someone in Love", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You", "Sleigh Ride in July", "Every Girl Is Different")
1944
Going My Way
(music: "Going My Way" (1944), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "The Day After Forever" (1944), "Hail Alma Mater" (1944) (uncredited))
1944
And the Angels Sing
(writer: "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU", "HIS ROCKING HORSE RAN AWAY", "BLUEBIRDS IN MY BELFRY", "FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS", "KNOCKING ON YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR", "MY HEART'S WRAPPED UP IN GINGHAM", "WHEN STANISLAUS GOT MARRIED", "HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?")
1943
Dixie
(music: "SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS", "SHE'S FROM MISSOURI", "MISS JEMIMA WALKS BY", "IF YOU PLEASE", "KINDA PECULIAR BROWN", "A HORSE THAT KNOWS HIS WAY BACK HOME")
1942
Road to Morocco
(writer: " (We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" (1942), "Ain't Got a Dime to My Name (Ho Hum)" (1942), "Constantly" (1942), "Moonlight Becomes You" (1942), "Aladdin's Daughter" (1942))
1942
My Favorite Spy
(music: "Just Plain Lonesome" (1942), "Got the Moon in My Pocket" (1942) - as James Van Heusen)
1941
Playmates
(music: "How Long Did I Dream" (1941), "Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes" (1941), "Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones" (1941), "Humpty Dumpty Heart" (1941), "Que Chica" (1941) - as James Van Husen)
1941
Road to Zanzibar
(music: "ROAD TO ZANZIBAR" - uncredited) / (writer: "YOU LUCKY PEOPLE, YOU", "AFRICAN ETUDE", "YOU'RE DANGEROUS", "IT'S ALWAYS YOU", "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" - uncredited)
1939
Porky's Picnic
(Short) (music: "Deep in a Dream" (1938), "Good for Nothin' (But Love)" - uncredited)
1938
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
(Short) (music: "It's the Dreamer in Me" (1938) - uncredited) / (writer: "I Love You in Technicolor" (1938) - uncredited)
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