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Richard A. Whiting (1891–1938)
Richard A. Whiting was born in Peoria Illinois to a very musical family. After attending Harvard Military Academy Whiting went on to have a long song writing career. In the teens and early 20's Whiting wrote such hits as "Ain't We Got Fun?," "Till We Meet Again," "The Japanese Sandman," "Sleepy Time Gal," and "She's Funny That Way." Whiting's ...
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Born:in Peoria, Illinois, USADied:(age 46) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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2017
Sun Records
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 706 Union
(2017)
... (writer: "Ain't We Got Fun")
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (3 episodes, 1990 - 2008) (music - 7 episodes, 1995 - 2017) (writer - 2 episodes, 1996 - 1998)
- The Cad and the Hat
(2017)
... (music: "Hooray For Hollywood")
- All About Lisa
(2008)
... ("Hooray For Hollywood", uncredited)
- Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
(2006)
... (music: "Hooray For Hollywood" - uncredited)
- A Star Is Born Again
(2003)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
- Gump Roast
(2002)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
2016
Who's Doing the Dishes?
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Gemma Bissix
(2016)
... (writer: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2016
Mr. Robot
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc
(2016)
... (writer: "Till We Meet Again" - uncredited)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Olivia Munn/T.J. Miller/Father John Misty
(2016)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2013-2015
Ray Donovan
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Ding
(2015)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
- The Kalamazoo
(2015)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (uncredited), "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
- The Bag or the Bat
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
2015
Mike and Mike in the Morning
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 20 April 2015
(2015)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2015
Nurse Jackie
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Deal
(2015)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
2014
Person of Interest
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Wingman
(2014)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
Boardwalk Empire
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes, 2010 - 2014) (writer - 2 episodes, 2010)
- What Jesus Said
(2014)
... (music: "My Sweeter Than Sweet" (1929))
- The Milkmaid's Lot
(2012)
... (music: "Bimini Bay" - uncredited)
- Family Limitation
(2010)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman") / (writer: "The Japanese Sandman")
- Nights in Ballygran
(2010)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman")
- Broadway Limited
(2010)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman")
2014
Maalaala mo kaya
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Jeep
(2014)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
2013
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Surrender Benson
(2013)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
2013
Magic City
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- The Sins of the Father
(2013)
... (lyrics: "She's Funny That Way" - uncredited)
2011-2013
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (music - 147 episodes)
- Episode #21.152
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Episode #21.150
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Episode #21.149
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Episode #21.148
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Episode #21.144
(2013)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2010-2013
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes)
- On the Air
(2013)
... (music: "Love Is On the Air Tonight", "(I'm In Love With You) Honey")
- Best Band in the Land
(2010)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words", "One Hour with You", "Ukulele Lady" (uncredited))
2012
Marrying Mum and Dad
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Hollywood
(2012)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2012
Upstairs Downstairs
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
(2012)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
2012
The 84th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2011
House M.D.
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Confession
(2011)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
2011
Prohibition
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- A Nation of Hypocrites
(2011)
... (lyrics: "She's Funny That Way" (1928))
2011
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #19.6
(2011)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2011
Shooting the Hollywood Stars
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2011
Stars of the Silver Screen
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Clark Gable
(2011)
... (music: "My Ideal" (1930) - uncredited)
2010
True Blood
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Fresh Blood
(2010)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
2010
Southland
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- U-Boat
(2010)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2010
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2010
Shooting the War
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (music: "I Can't Escape From You" (1936) - uncredited)
2009
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos
(2009)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Too Marvelous for Words", "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (music: "I'm Your Future Star" - uncredited)
2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2006-2008
Cold Case
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Wings
(2008)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Beautiful Little Fool
(2006)
... (music: "True Blue Lou")
2008
Love Soup
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Human Error
(2008)
... (music: "My Ideal" (1930) - uncredited)
- Green Widow
(2008)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman" (1920) - uncredited)
2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2008
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Hollywood Sign
(2008)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
(Video documentary) (music: "Ladies of the Dance", "Cuddlesome Baby", "Louise" - uncredited)
2007
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Ruby Tates
(2007)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2007
Pushing Daisies
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Pie-lette
(2007)
... (music: "Guilty" (1931) - uncredited)
2007
DragonflyTV
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Hawaii
(2007)
... (music: "Ukulele Lady" - uncredited)
2007
My Super Sweet 16
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Destinee
(2007)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2007
The 79th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2006
The 78th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2006
Shameless
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.1
(2006)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (1934) - uncredited)
2004-2005
History Detectives
(TV Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes)
- Black Star Line/Micky Mouse/Texas POW Camp
(2005)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- First Movie Studio/Hollywood: Warner's Lighter/King Kong Camera
(2004)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2005
Secret World of Magic
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- France
(2005)
... (music: "Guilty" (1931) - uncredited)
2005
The 77th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- A Murder Is Announced
(2005)
... (music: "Guilty" (1931) - uncredited)
2004
That '70s Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- My Wife
(2004)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1997-2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #11.79
(2004)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Episode #4.61
(1997)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2003
Just Shoot Me!
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Future Issues
(2003)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2002
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
2001
Frontline
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- The Monster That Ate Hollywood
(2001)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2001
The Drew Carey Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Drew Live III
(2001)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2001
Futurama
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- That's Lobstertainment!
(2001)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
2001
Jazz
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes)
- Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937
(2001)
... (music: "I've Got a Heartful of Music" - uncredited)
- The True Welcome: 1929-1934
(2001)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
2000
Family Guy
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Road to Rhode Island
(2000)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (1934) - uncredited)
2000
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1999
The Cider House Rules
(music: "Ukulele Lady") / (writer: "My Ideal", "All I Want Is Just One Girl")
1998-1999
The New Addams Family
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Lights, Camera, Addams!
(1999)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- My Fair Cousin Itt
(1998)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Fester's Punctured Romance
(1998)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1999
ER
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Rites of Spring
(1999)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1999
The 71st Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1999
Baywatch
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Baywatch Grand Prix
(1999)
... ("Hooray For Hollywood", uncredited)
1998
Histeria!
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Hooray for Presidents
(1998)
... (music: "Hooray for Presidents")
1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1997
Mad About You
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Uncle Phil and the Coupons
(1997)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
1997
Caroline in the City
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Caroline and the Bad Trip
(1997)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1997
The 69th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1997
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
1997
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Dammit, Hollywood
(1997)
... ("Hooray For Hollywood")
1996
The 68th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1995
The Nanny
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Unkindest Cut
(1995)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1995
The 67th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1994
The 66th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1993-1994
As Time Goes By
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- The Mini-Series
(1994)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- The Book Signing
(1993)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1993
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- I Accuse My Parents
(1993)
... (writer: "Hooray for Hollywood" (as "Hooray for Chemicals") - uncredited)
1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
(TV Movie) (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (1934))
1993
The 65th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) (uncredited), "Howard's End")
1992
Cheers
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!
(1992)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1992
The 64th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1992
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Rob Morrow/Nirvana
(1992)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1991
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1991
Married with Children
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2
(1991)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1991
Waiting for God
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Tell the Truth
(1991)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
1991
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1991
Beverly Hills, 90210
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fame Is Where You Find It
(1991)
... (writer: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes)
- The Wide World of Elmyra
(1990)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Psychic Fun-omenon Day
(1990)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?")
- Hollywood Plucky
(1990)
... (music: "Hooray For Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Furrball Follies
(1990)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- The Looney Beginning
(1990)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Hooray For Hollywood" - uncredited)
1990
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1990
MacGyver
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Lost Amadeus
(1990)
... (music: "Louise" (1929) - uncredited)
1989
Till We Meet Again
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2
(1989)
... (music: "Till We Meet Again" (1918) - uncredited)
- Episode #1.1
(1989)
... (music: "Till We Meet Again" (1918) - uncredited)
1989
Full House
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Divorce Court
(1989)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
'Allo 'Allo!
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes, 1985 - 1989) (writer - 2 episodes, 1987) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1986)
- An Enigma Variation
(1989)
... (music: "Louise")
- Who's for the Vatican?
(1988)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
- The Great Un-Escape
(1987)
... (writer: "Louise" - uncredited)
- Pretty Maids All in a Row
(1987)
... (writer: " (I Got a Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way" - uncredited)
- The Nicked Knockwurst
(1986)
... (lyrics: " (I Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She's Funny That Way" - uncredited)
1988
War and Remembrance
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Part 3
(1988)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1986-1988
227
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Hide the Star
(1988)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Temptations
(1986)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1988
The 60th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - uncredited)
1988
Great Performances
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Bacall on Bogart
(1988)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show.
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Schumakers Go to Hollywood
(1987)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
1987
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
(TV Movie) (music: "Ain't We Got Fun", "The Japanese Sandman" - uncredited)
1987
Murder, She Wrote
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Steal Me a Story
(1987)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1985-1987
Webster
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Rear View Mirror: Part 2
(1987)
... (music: "Hooray For Hollywood")
- Great Expectations: Part 2
(1985)
... (music: "Hooray For Hollywood")
- It's a Dog's Life
(1985)
... (music: "Louise")
1986
Moonlighting
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Camille
(1986)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1985
Who's the Boss?
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Custody: Part 1
(1985)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1985
Highway to Heaven
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Cindy
(1985)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1985
The Passing
(writer: "Till We Meet Again") / (writer: "Why, Dear? - Medley Fox Trot" - as Whiting)
1974-1984
Happy Days
(TV Series) (music - 4 episodes)
- So How Was Your Weekend?
(1984)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
- Chachi Sells His Soul
(1979)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Fonzie Loves Pinky: Part 2
(1976)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- The Best Man
(1974)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
1984
Partners in Crime
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Crackler
(1984)
... (music: "Sleepy Time Gal" - uncredited)
1983
Magnum, P.I.
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Operation: Silent Night
(1983)
... (music: "Ukulele Lady" - uncredited)
1977-1983
Laverne & Shirley
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes)
- The Rock and Roll Show
(1983)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
- The Gymnast
(1982)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
- Night at the Awards
(1981)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Welcome to Burbank
(1980)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- The Robot Lawsuit
(1977)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1979-1982
M*A*S*H
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Bombshells
(1982)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Preventative Medicine
(1979)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?")
1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Case of the Discontented Soldier
(1982)
... (music: "Louise" - as Richard Whiting, uncredited)
1982
Hart to Hart
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Blue and Broken-Harted
(1982)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1980-1981
Mork & Mindy
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Mork's New Look
(1981)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Little Orphan Morkie
(1980)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1977-1979
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Linda Lavin
(1979)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon")
- Lou Rawls
(1977)
... (music: "Ukulele Lady")
1979
Charlie's Angels
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Rosemary, for Remembrance
(1979)
... (music: "When Did You Leave Heaven?" - uncredited)
1979
What's Happening!!
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Shirley's Fired
(1979)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1978
America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story
(Documentary) (music: "Mary Pickford the Darling of Them All" - uncredited)
All You Need Is Love
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode, 1977) (writer - 1 episode, 1977)
- Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley
(1977)
... (music: "Double Trouble" - uncredited) / (writer: "Honey" - uncredited)
1975-1977
The Waltons
(TV Series) (music - 4 episodes)
- The Achievement
(1977)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- The Hero
(1977)
... (music: "Till We Meet Again")
- The Nightwalker
(1976)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- The Prophecy
(1975)
... (music: "Till We Meet Again")
1977
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1977)
... (writer: "Hooray For Hollywood", "Hooray For Hollywood (reprise)")
1977
Wonder Woman
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Wonder Woman in Hollywood
(1977)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1975
The Jeffersons
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- George's First Vacation
(1975)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
(Documentary) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937) - as Richard A Whiting)
1975
Sanford and Son
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Older Woman
(1975)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
1975
Maude
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Telethon
(1975)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1973-1974
The Brady Bunch
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- The Snooperstar
(1974)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
- A Room at the Top
(1973)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
1974
Mary Tyler Moore
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Co-Producers
(1974)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1971-1973
All in the Family
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes)
- Archie in the Hospital
(1973)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
- Archie and Edith Alone
(1972)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
- Gloria Poses in the Nude
(1971)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman" - uncredited)
1972
The Odd Couple
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Oscar's Birthday
(1972)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
1972
One Pair of Eyes
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles
(1972)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1968-1971
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #7.14
(1971)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Episode #3.28
(1968)
... (music: "Louise", "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
1970
That Girl
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons
(1970)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(music: "The Japanese Sandman" (1920), "Till We Meet Again" (1918) - uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1969) (music - 1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #9.57
(1969)
... (writer: "Breezin' Along With the Breeze")
- Episode #4.178
(1965)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
1968
Gomer Pyle: USMC
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- A Star Is Not Born
(1968)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1967-1968
Petticoat Junction
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Only a Husband
(1968)
... (music: "Sleepy Time Gal" - uncredited)
- Kate's Cousin Mae
(1967)
... (music: "Honey" - uncredited)
1968
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1968)
... (music: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited)
The Lucy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1968) (music - 1 episode, 1964)
- Lucy and 'The Boss of the Year' Award
(1968)
... (writer: "Honey (I'm in Love With You)" - uncredited)
- Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show
(1964)
... (music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1967
The Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Hollywood Musical
(1967)
... (music: "Louise", "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)
1966-1967
The Monkees
(TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
- The Picture Frame
(1967)
... (writer: "Hooray For Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Monkees at the Movies
(1967)
... (writer: "Hooray For Hollywood,")
- Monkees Manhattan Style
(1967)
... (writer: "Hooray For Hollywood,")
- I've Got a Little Song Here
(1966)
... (writer: "Hooray For Hollywood,")
1966
I Spy
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Rome... Take Away Three
(1966)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
- Lori
(1966)
... (music: "When Did You Leave Heaven?" - uncredited)
1966
My Three Sons
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- A Real Nice Time
(1966)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1966
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.33
(1966)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words", "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1963
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Jack Takes Boat to Hawaii
(1963)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Jack Does the U.S.O. Show
(1963)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for words" - uncredited)
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (music - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1963) (writer - 1 episode, 1959)
- Episode #15.17
(1963)
... (music: "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" - uncredited)
- Episode #13.29
(1961)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.19
(1959)
... (writer: "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" - uncredited)
- Episode #9.19
(1957)
... (music: "Guilty" - uncredited)
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1962) (writer - 1 episode, 1954)
- Bunny Cooks a Meal
(1962)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
- Parents Are Pigeons
(1957)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
- Terry's Boyfriend
(1954)
... (writer: "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" - uncredited)
1961
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1961)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
1961
77 Sunset Strip
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- The Deadly Solo
(1961)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - as Richard Whiting)
- The Lady Has the Answers
(1961)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun")
1960-1961
Hawaiian Eye
(TV Series) (music - 4 episodes)
- Satan City
(1961)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Kakua Woman
(1960)
... (music: "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" - uncredited)
- Sea Fire
(1960)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
- I Wed Three Wives
(1960)
... (music: "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" - uncredited)
1961
Surfside 6
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Spring Training
(1961)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman" - uncredited)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (music - 5 episodes, 1956 - 1960) (writer - 3 episodes, 1956 - 1959)
- Joe Flynn, Major Joseph Walker USAF and Major Robert White USAF
(1960)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
- Maureen O'Hara
(1959)
... (music: "Ain't We Got Fun?" - uncredited)
- Robert Horton
(1959)
... (writer: "Ukelele Lady" - uncredited)
- Kate Smith
(1959)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
- Rosemary Clooney
(1957)
... (music: "You're an Old Smoothie", "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
1960
Ozark Jubilee
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.52
(1960)
... (music: "Till We Meet Again" - uncredited)
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The House of Ledezan
(1960)
... (music: "The Japanese Sandman" - uncredited)
1960
The Twilight Zone
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Four of Us Are Dying
(1960)
... (writer: "Too Marvellous For Words" - uncredited)
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
(TV Special) (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1959
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes
(TV Special) (music: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited)
Peter Gunn
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1959) (writer - 1 episode, 1959)
- February Girl
(1959)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
- Murder on the Midway
(1959)
... (writer: "Too Marvelous for Words")
Maverick
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1959) (writer - 1 episode, 1959)
- The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill
(1959)
... (music: "Some Sunday Morning") / (writer: "Some Sunday Morning")
1958
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Lucy Goes to Mexico
(1958)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
You Bet Your Life
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1958) (music - 1 episode, 1956)
- Episode #8.30
(1958)
... (writer: "Beyond The Blue Horizon")
- Episode #6.30
(1956)
... (music: "Too Marvelous For Words")
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Spike Jones and Helen Grayco
(1958)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
Cheyenne
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1957) (writer - 1 episode, 1957)
- The Conspirators
(1957)
... (music: "Some Sunday Morning") / (writer: "Some Sunday Morning")
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1957)
... (music: "Hooray for Hollywood")
1956-1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes)
- Episode #2.4
(1957)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon")
- Episode #1.6
(1956)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1957
The 29th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special documentary) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood" - uncredited)
1957
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Boris Karloff
(1957)
... (music: "I Can't Escape from You")
1956
Your Hit Parade
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 9 June 1956
(1956)
... (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon")
1956
Trente-Six Chandelles
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Maurice Chevalier
(1956)
... (music: "Louise")
1956
The Honeymooners
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The $99,000 Answer
(1956)
... (music: "Too Marvelous for Words" - uncredited)
1955
Those Whiting Girls
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Carnival Incident
(1955)
... (writer: "Breezing Along With The Breeze" (1926) - as Richard Whiting)
1955
USA Canteen
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Old West
(1955)
... (writer: "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" - uncredited)
I Love Lucy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1954) (music - 1 episode, 1953)
- Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation
(1954)
... (writer: "Honey (I'm in Love With You)" - uncredited)
- The French Revue
(1953)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
1954
Where's Raymond?
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Redecorate the Coffeshop
(1954)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
1954
The Liberace Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Great Ladies in Theatre Tribute
(1954)
... (writer: "He's Funny That Way")
1953
Our Miss Brooks
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Faculty Band
(1953)
... (music: "Ukulele Lady" - uncredited)
1952
She's Working Her Way Through College
(music: "We're Working Our Way Through College" - uncredited)
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.26
(1951)
... (music: "Louise" - uncredited)
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
(music: "Some Sunday Morning", "Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow" - uncredited)
1943
Destination Tokyo
(music: "The Japanese Sandman" (1920), "Till We Meet Again" (1918) - uncredited)
1943
Flop Goes the Weasel
(Short) (music: "Ain't We Got Fun", "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose" - uncredited)
1943
The Fifth-Column Mouse
(Short) (music: "Ain't We Got Fun", "The Japanese Sandman" - uncredited)
1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(Short) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
1940
The Early Worm Gets the Bird
(Short) (music: "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose", "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited)
1939
The Roaring Twenties
(music: "Ain't We Got Fun" (1921), "The Japanese Sandman" (1920) - uncredited)
1938
Count Me Out
(Short) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood", "Let That Be a Lesson to You" - uncredited)
1938
You're an Education
(Short) (music: "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?", "We're Working Our Way Through College", "Sing, You Son of a Gun")
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
(music: "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride", "I've Got a Heartful of Music", "I'll Dream of You Tonight", "Howdy Stranger" (uncredited))
1938
Have You Got Any Castles?
(Short) (music: "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?", "Old King Cole" - uncredited)
1938
Men Are Such Fools
(music: "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" (1937) (uncredited), "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (1938) (uncredited), "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" (uncrddited) (1937))
1938
Katnip Kollege
(Short) (music: "We're Working Our Way Through College", "Let That Be a Lesson to You" - uncredited)
1938
Women Are Like That
(music: "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water" (1937), "Old King Cole" (1937) - uncredited)
1938
Porky's Five & Ten
(Short) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood", "Let That Be a Lesson to You", "I'm Like a Fish out of Water", "Sing, You Son of a Gun", "Love Is on the Air Tonight" - uncredited)
1938
A Star Is Hatched
(Short) (music: "Hooray for Hollywood", "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" - uncredited)
1938
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #8
(Documentary short) (music: "Let That Be a Lesson to You" - uncredited)
1938
Porky at the Crocadero
(Short) (music: "We're Working Our Way Through College", "Sentimental and Melancholy" - uncredited)
1937
Hollywood Hotel
(music: "Hooray for Hollywood" (1937), "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" (1937), "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" (1937), "I've Got a Heartful of Music" (1937), "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (1937), "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" (1937), "Sing, You Son of a Gun" (1937), "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" (1937) - as Dick Whiting, uncredited)
1937
Porky's Hero Agency
(Short) (music: "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?", "Old King Cole", "Love Is on the Air Tonight", "You've Got Something There" - uncredited)
1937
Little Red Walking Hood
(Short) (music: "Old King Cole" (1937), "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" (1937) - uncredited)
1937
Varsity Show
(music: "Old King Cole" (1937), "We're Working Our Way Through College" (1937), "On with the Dance" (1937), "You've Got Something There" (1937), "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" (1937), "Love Is on the Air Tonight" (1937), "Moonlight on the Campus" (1937), "When Your College Days Are Gone" (1937), "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (1937), "Gasoline Gypsies" (1937), "Sing, You Son of a Gun" (1937) - uncredited)
1937
Ain't We Got Fun
(Short) (music: "Ain't We Got Fun", "Sentimental and Melancholy" - uncredited)
1937
Ready, Willing and Able
(music: "Too Marvelous for Words" (1937), "The World Is My Apple" (1937), "There's a Little Old House" (1937), "Handy with Your Feet" (1937), "Just a Quiet Evening" (1937), "Sentimental and Melancholy" (1937), "Ready, Willing and Able" (1937), "Gasoline Gypsies" (1937) - uncredited)
1935
Coronado
(writer: "All's Well in Coronado by the Sea", "I've Got Some New Shoes", "You Took My Breath Away", "Keep Your Fingers Crossed", "How Do I Rate with You?", "Down on the Isle of Oomph", "Doing the Coronado", "I Wanna Dance" - uncredited)
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
(music: "Double Trouble", "Why Dream", "Miss Brown To You", "Through the Doorway of Dreams")
1935
Black Sheep
(music: "Roses in the Rain", "I'll Bet on You", "Here's the Key to My Heart" - uncredited)
1935
The Great Hotel Murder
(music: "On the Good Ship Lollipop", "She Learned About Sailors" - uncredited)
1934
365 Nights in Hollywood
(music: "Give Him Love", " (I'd Like to Say) Yes to You", "My Future Star")
1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
(music: "It Was Sweet of You", "Rock and Roll", "Oh, Leo, It's Love")
1933
My Weakness
(lyrics: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?") / (music: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?")
1932
One Hour with You
(music: "One Hour With You" (Une Heure près de Toi), "What Would You Do ?" (Qu'auriez-vous Fait ?), "Three Times a Day")
1930
Playboy of Paris
(music: "It's A Great Life (If You Don't Weaken)", "My Ideal", "In the Heart of Old Paree", "Yvonne's Song")
1930
Monte Carlo
(music: "Beyond The Blue Horizon", "Give Me A Moment Please", "Always in All Ways", "She'll Love Me and Like It", "Day of Days", "Trimmin' the Women", "Whatever It Is, It's Grand" - uncredited)
1930
Let's Go Native
(music: "It Seems To Be Spring", "Let's Go Native", "My Mad Moment", "I've Gotta Yen For You", "Joe Jazz", "Pampa Rose", "Don't I Do?")
1930
Safety in Numbers
("My Future Just Passed", "Business Girl", "Do You Play, Madam?", "I'd Like to Be a Bee in Your Boudoir", "Pepola", "The Pick-Up", "You Appeal to Me", uncredited)
1929
Sweetie
(music: "My Sweeter Than Sweet", "Alma Mammy", "Bear Down, Pelham", "I Think You'll Like It", "Prep Step" - as Richard Whiting, uncredited)
1929
Why Bring That Up?
(writer: "Do I Know What I'm Doing While I'm in Love", "Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo" - as Richard Whiting)
1929
The Dance of Life
(music: "True Blue Lou", "The Flippity Flop", "King of Jazzmania", "Ladies of the Dance", "Cuddlesome Baby", "Mightiest Matador")
1929
Innocents of Paris
(music: "It's a Habit of Mine", "Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie", "On Top of the World, Alone", "Louise" - uncredited)
1929
Close Harmony
(music: "I Wanna Go Places and Do Things", "I'm All A-Twitter And All A-Twirl", "She's So, I Dunno")
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Other Works:
Broadway musical: "Take A Chance" Music by Richard A. Whiting and Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab Additional songs by Vincent Youmans Opened at the Apollo Theater See more »Official Sites:
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While working at Jerome Remick Publishing company, Whiting discovered the great American composer George Gershwin. The two remained best friends until Gershwin's untimely death in 1937. See more »Nickname:
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