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Frank Churchill
Rumford, Maine, USA
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the ag…
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“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho". Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
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2025
Snow White
Movie Music
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2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Movie Frank Churchill (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2001
Everybody Loves Mickey
Movie Music
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1994
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1981
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
Movie Compositor
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1942
Sky Trooper
Movie Original Music Composer
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1942
Bambi
Movie Original Music Composer
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1941
Dumbo
Movie Original Music Composer
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1941
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie Original Music Composer
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1940
Bone Trouble
Movie Original Music Composer
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1940
Pinocchio
Movie Music
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1939
The Practical Pig
Movie Music
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1939
How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made
Movie self
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1938
Hollywood Bowl
Movie Original Music Composer
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1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie Original Music Composer
- 1937
More credits
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1937
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Movie Music
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1936
More Kittens
Movie Original Music Composer
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1936
Donald and Pluto
Movie Original Music Composer
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1936
Toby Tortoise Returns
Movie Music
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1936
Thru the Mirror
Movie Music
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1936
Three Little Wolves
Movie Original Music Composer
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1935
Cock o' the Walk
Movie Original Music Composer
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1935
Three Orphan Kittens
Movie Original Music Composer
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1935
On Ice
Movie Music
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1935
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Movie Original Music Composer
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1935
The Robber Kitten
Movie Music
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1935
The Golden Touch
Movie Music
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1935
The Tortoise and the Hare
Movie Music
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1934
Orphan's Benefit
Movie Music
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1934
Mickey's Steam Roller
Movie Music
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1934
Gulliver Mickey
Movie Music
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1934
The Big Bad Wolf
Movie Music
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1934
Funny Little Bunnies
Movie Original Music Composer
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1934
Playful Pluto
Movie Music
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1934
Camping Out
Movie Music
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1933
Lullaby Land
Movie Original Music Composer
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1933
Old King Cole
Movie Original Music Composer
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1933
Mickey's Gala Premiere
Movie Music
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1933
Three Little Pigs
Movie Music
