Raoul Kraushaar (August 20, 1908,

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– October 13, 2001,

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) was an American

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who worked on

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feature films in the 1940s and 1950s. He continued working on low-budget films through the 1960s and 1970s. After that, and up through the 1980s, most of his work centered on

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until his retirement; his works included musical compositions for a number of television series, such as ''

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'', ''Lassie'' and ''The Thin Man''. He was survived by three children from his first marriage (a son and two daughters) and one from his second; he had nine grandchildren. His Romanian-born father, Arnold Adolph Kraushaar (1880-1943), an orchestral musician, brought his wife, Rachel (1881-1918), and their baby son, Raoul, to New York as cabin class passengers on board the French

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, ''

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'' in April 1910. They settled in

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Selected filmography

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In Old Monterey ''In Old Monterey'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Based on a story by Gerald Geraghty and George Sherman, the film is about an army sergeant and former ranch ...

'' (1939) *''

Melody Ranch ''Melody Ranch'' is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowbo ...

'' (1940) *'' Shed No Tears'' (1948) *'' Sky Liner'' (1949) *''

Roll, Thunder, Roll! ''Roll, Thunder, Roll!'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds and Emmett Lynn. It was shot in Cinecolor. It is based on the ''Red Ryder'' series by Fred Harman, one of four films m ...

'' (1949) *'' Timber Fury'' (1950) *'' The Basketball Fix'' (1951) *'' Stagecoach Driver'' (1951) *''

The Longhorn ''The Longhorn'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, and Phyllis Coates. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. It was remade as the 1956 film '' Canyon River''. Plot The movie ...

'' (1951) *''

Canyon Raiders ''Canyon Raiders'' is a 1951 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight and Phyllis Coates. Cast *Whip Wilson as Whip Wilson *Fuzzy Knight as Texas Milburn *Jim Bannon as Jim Banno ...

'' (1951) *''

Bride of the Gorilla ''Bride of the Gorilla'' is a 1951 horror B-movie film written and directed by Curt Siodmak starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Payton and Tom Conway. Plot Deep in the Latin American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez (Burr) k ...

'' (1951) *''

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'' (1952) *''

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'' (1952) *''

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'' (1952) *'' Fargo'' (1952) *''

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'' (1952) *''

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'' (1952) *'' The Gunman'' (1952) *''

The Blue Gardenia ''The Blue Gardenia'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang from a screenplay by Charles Hoffman, based on the novella ''The Gardenia'' by Vera Caspary. The film stars Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, and Ann Sothern. An independent p ...

'' (1953) *'' Invaders From Mars'' (1953) *''

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'' (1953) * ''

Run for the Hills ''Run for the Hills'' is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and starring Sonny Tufts, Barbara Payton and Mauritz Hugo.Lewis p.168 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté. Cast * Sonny Tufts as Charlie J ...

'' (1953) *''

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'' (1954) *''

The Magnificent Matador ''The Magnificent Matador'' is a 1955 American drama film directed by Budd Boetticher and written by Budd Boetticher and Charles Lang. The film stars Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Manuel Rojas, Richard Denning, Thomas Gomez, Lola Albright, Wi ...

'' (1955) *''

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'' (1956) *''

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'' (1956) *''

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon ''Curucu, Beast of the Amazon'' is a 1956 American adventure/monster film, directed and written by Curt Siodmak and starring John Bromfield, Beverly Garland and Tom Payne. The title creature is pronounced "Koo-Ruh-SOO" ( pt, Curuçu). The film wa ...

'' (1956) *'' Mustang!'' (1959) *'' Island of Lost Women'' (1959) *''

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock ''The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock'' is a 1959 comedy science fiction film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine and directed by Sidney Miller. Plot Artie Pinsetter is a junk collector and amateur inventor who lives in the desert town of C ...

'' (1959) *''

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter'' is a low-budget Western horror film released in 1966, in which a fictionalized version of the real-life western outlaw Jesse James encounters the fictional ''grand''daughter (the film's title notw ...

'' (1966) *''

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula ''Billy the Kid Versus Dracula'' is a 1966 American horror Western film directed by William Beaudine. The film is about Billy the Kid ( Chuck Courtney) trying to save his fiancée from Dracula (John Carradine). The film was originally released ...

'' (1966) *''

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'' (1966) *''

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'' (1972) *''

Dirty O'Neil ''Dirty O'Neil'' is a 1974 American film directed by Leon Capetanos and Lewis Teague. Plot Jimmy O'Neil ( Morgan Paull), a cop in a small California town with a fondness for women, is forced into action when a trio of homicidal thugs invade th ...

'' (1974) *''

Sixpack Annie ''Sixpack Annie'' is a 1975 American International film aimed at the drive-in theatre circuit that was advertised with tags "Lookout... She's Legal Now! She's Out to Tear the Town Apart!" and "She's got the boys glad and the sheriff mad," amongst ...

'' (1975)

Actor

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'' (1971) - Vic D'Medico - Angelo's Lawyer

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* 1908 births 2001 deaths American film score composers 20th-century American composers American male film score composers 20th-century American male musicians French emigrants to the United States {{US-composer-20thC-stub