Sound
Frank Churchill
EN cinema · 58 credits
Born
20 October 1901
Died
14 May 1942 (aged 40)
Birthplace
Rumford, Maine, USA
Also known as Frank Churchchill
“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.
Known for
Filmography
Snow White
Music, Songs
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as Frank Churchill (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
as Self (archive footage)
Bambi
Original Music Composer, Songs
Sky Trooper
Original Music Composer
Dumbo
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Reluctant Dragon
Original Music Composer
Bone Trouble
Original Music Composer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Original Music Composer, Songs
Hollywood Bowl
Original Music Composer
More Kittens
Original Music Composer
Donald and Pluto
Original Music Composer
Three Little Wolves
Original Music Composer
Three Orphan Kittens
Original Music Composer
Cock o' the Walk
Original Music Composer
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Original Music Composer
On Ice
Music
Funny Little Bunnies
Original Music Composer
Birds in the Spring
Original Music Composer
Old King Cole
Original Music Composer
Ye Olden Days
Original Music Composer
Terra das Canções de Ninar
Original Music Composer
The Bears and the Bees
Original Music Composer
The Musical Farmer
Original Music Composer
The Clock Store
Original Music Composer
The Spider and the Fly
Original Music Composer
The Fox Hunt
Original Music Composer
The Chain Gang
Original Music Composer