Birthday: December 20, 2007
This brilliant and prolific lyricist led an interesting life before becoming a renown writer of song texts for films and recording artists. Educated at N.Y.U. and Cornell before 1935, he made his living as a seaman onboard a freighter trading between the States and China, and at another extreme he was employed as a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Moving to Hollywood, he was ...more- 1976
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- Half a House
- nom
- 1972
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- The Stepmother
- nom
- 1966
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- An American Dream
- nom
- 1965
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- The Sandpiper
- win
- 1965
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Song
- The Sandpiper
- nom
- 2046
- How Do You Do?
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2046
- How Do You Do?
- Songwriter
- 2046
- A Scandal in Paris
- Songwriter
- 2046
- How Do You Do?
- Screenwriter
- 2045
- Johnny Angel
- Songwriter









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