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Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

141

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-04-19

Deathday

1959-02-13 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Dr. William Axt

William Axt

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores.

Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.

Known For

The Thin Man
7.5%

The Thin Man

May 25, 1934

Adam's Rib
7.1%

Adam's Rib

Nov 18, 1949

The Navigator
7.1%

The Navigator

Sep 28, 1924

Sons of the Desert
7.0%

Sons of the Desert

Dec 29, 1933

The Man Who Laughs
7.3%

The Man Who Laughs

Apr 27, 1928

Greed
7.4%

Greed

Dec 4, 1924

Libeled Lady
7.3%

Libeled Lady

Oct 9, 1936

The Wind
7.4%

The Wind

Sep 15, 1928

The Big Parade
7.6%

The Big Parade

Nov 5, 1925

Dinner at Eight
6.7%

Dinner at Eight

Dec 22, 1933

The Mask of Fu Manchu
5.5%

The Mask of Fu Manchu

Nov 5, 1932

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Crew

1949
Adam's Rib as Additional Music
1933
Hold Your Man as Additional Music
1929
Spite Marriage as Additional Music

Sound

1946
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 as Music
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Music
1940
Untamed as Music
1939
Miracles for Sale as Original Music Composer
1939
Tell No Tales as Music
1939
The Kid From Texas as Original Music Composer
1939
Sergeant Madden as Original Music Composer
1939
Fast and Loose as Music Director
1939
Heroes at Leisure as Music
1939
Stand Up and Fight as Original Music Composer
1938
The Girl Downstairs as Music
1938
Spring Madness as Music Score Producer
1938
Listen, Darling as Original Music Composer
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy as Music
1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl as Original Music Composer
1938
Fast Company as Music
1938
Yellow Jack as Original Music Composer
1938
The First Hundred Years as Music Score Producer
1938
Everybody Sing as Original Music Composer
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone as Music
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal as Original Music Composer
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Music
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Original Music Composer
1937
Big City as Original Music Composer
1937
Between Two Women as Original Music Composer
1937
Parnell as Original Music Composer
1937
Espionage as Music
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Original Music Composer
1937
Under Cover of Night as Original Music Composer
1936
Wanted - A Master as Music
1936
Mad Holiday as Original Music Composer
1936
Libeled Lady as Original Music Composer
1936
Suzy as Music
1936
Revolt of the Zombies as Music
1936
Old Shep as Music
1936
The Unguarded Hour as Music Score Producer
1936
The Jonker Diamond as Music
1936
Petticoat Fever as Original Music Composer
1936
Three Godfathers as Original Music Composer
1936
The Garden Murder Case as Original Music Composer
1936
Tough Guy as Original Music Composer
1936
Three Live Ghosts as Original Music Composer
1935
Last of the Pagans as Original Music Composer
1935
Whipsaw as Original Music Composer
1935
Rendezvous as Original Music Composer
1935
Trained Hoofs as Music
1935
It's in the Air as Original Music Composer
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Music
1935
The Perfect Tribute as Music
1935
Woman Wanted as Music
1935
The Murder Man as Original Music Composer
1935
Pitcairn Island Today as Music
1935
Memories and Melodies as Music
1935
Buried Loot as Original Music Composer
1934
Forsaking All Others as Original Music Composer
1934
A Wicked Woman as Original Music Composer
1934
Death on the Diamond as Original Music Composer
1934
Hide-Out as Music
1934
Straight Is the Way as Original Music Composer
1934
The Girl from Missouri as Original Music Composer
1934
Paris Interlude as Music
1934
Stamboul Quest as Original Music Composer
1934
Operator 13 as Original Music Composer
1934
The Thin Man as Original Music Composer
1934
Sadie McKee as Original Music Composer
1934
Manhattan Melodrama as Original Music Composer
1934
Men in White as Original Music Composer
1934
Goofy Movies Number Two as Original Music Composer
1934
The Mystery of Mr. X as Music
1934
This Side of Heaven as Original Music Composer
1934
You Can't Buy Everything as Original Music Composer
1933
Sons of the Desert as Music
1933
Dinner at Eight as Original Music Composer
1933
Should Ladies Behave as Music
1933
Bombshell as Original Music Composer
1933
Menu as Original Music Composer
1933
Broadway to Hollywood as Music
1933
Penthouse as Original Music Composer
1933
Midnight Mary as Original Music Composer
1933
Reunion in Vienna as Original Music Composer
1933
Storm at Daybreak as Original Music Composer
1933
Gabriel Over the White House as Original Music Composer
1933
Fast Workers as Original Music Composer
1933
Today We Live as Original Music Composer
1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche as Original Music Composer
1933
Whistling in the Dark as Music
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Original Music Composer
1932
Microscopic Mysteries as Music
1932
Faithless as Original Music Composer
1932
Blondie of the Follies as Original Music Composer
1932
The Washington Masquerade as Music Score Producer
1932
As You Desire Me as Music
1932
Sea Spiders as Music
1932
Letty Lynton as Original Music Composer
1932
The Wet Parade as Original Music Composer
1932
Polly of the Circus as Music
1931
Mata Hari as Music
1931
Private Lives as Music
1931
Wild and Woolly as Music
1931
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Music
1931
Love-Tails of Morocco as Music
1931
Sporting Blood as Music
1931
Inspiration as Original Music Composer
1930
Doughboys as Music
1930
Romance as Music
1930
Call of the Flesh as Music
1930
The Big Dog House as Music
1930
When the Wind Blows as Music
1930
The Woman Racket as Music
1930
Chasing Rainbows as Original Music Composer
1929
Navy Blues as Music
1929
Untamed as Music
1929
Speedway as Original Music Composer
1929
The Mysterious Island as Music
1929
The Unholy Night as Original Music Composer
1929
Our Modern Maidens as Music
1929
The Single Standard as Music
1929
Where East Is East as Music
1929
The Pagan as Music
1929
Tide of Empire as Music
1928
West of Zanzibar as Original Music Composer
1928
Show People as Original Music Composer
1928
The Masks of the Devil as Music
1928
The Wind as Music
1928
Our Dancing Daughters as Original Music Composer
1928
The Man Who Laughs as Music
1928
While the City Sleeps as Original Music Composer
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Original Music Composer
1927
Camille as Original Music Composer
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent as Original Music Composer
1926
Don Juan as Original Music Composer
1926
La Bohème as Original Music Composer
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Original Music Composer
1925
The Big Parade as Music
1924
Greed as Original Music Composer
1924
The Navigator as Original Music Composer
1923
Scaramouche as Original Music Composer
1919
Madame DuBarry as Music
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