Stanley Wilson (November 25, 1917 – July 12, 1970) was an American
musical conductor
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,
arranger
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and
film composer
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. Wilson was one of the most prolific collaborators in the
Hollywood
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music industry for more than three decades. The creator of original
themes and
incidental music
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for several
TV series
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, he also composed, arranged, or orchestrated more than 100 films. Wilson is considered "truly outstanding and most deservedly well loved of all the music directors".
Early life
Stanley James Wilson was born on November 25, 1917, in New York City, New York,
the youngest of Regina (née Reiman) and Philip Wilson's four children. Wilson's father had emigrated from Russia. Wilson's parents had a brief career in the Yiddish Shakespeare Theatre.
Wilson had his first trumpet recital at the age of five and was a trumpet player in a police band at 7.
[ Wilson graduated early from ]Townsend Harris High School
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at the age of 14. He attended City College of New York, enrolling in a pre-med program. By the age of 16 he was playing trumpet on 52nd Street with Bobby Hackett
Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett was a featured soloist o ...
and Nick's in Greenwich Village with Spud Murphy. During the latter part of his third year at City College, at the age of 17, Wilson decided he wanted to make music, not medicine, his career, dropping out in 1937.
Wilson was influenced by Edwin Franko Goldman of the Goldman band, Walter Damrosch, then conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra and studied orchestration with Nathan Van Cleave. Wilson was playing and arranging for Art Paulsen's band at the New Yorker Hotel when he met his future wife Gertrud who was from New Jersey and had been working at the World's Fair as a hostess. A month after their marriage in 1941 he auditioned for Glenn Miller. He received a call to join the Miller orchestra. By that time Wilson had joined the Eddie Brandt band. Wilson joined Herbie Holmes' orchestra in 1941, making his first trip to the West Coast with that group. He joined two uncles who had left New York for the film business in Hollywood.
One of the uncles and his godfather, Joseph Ruttenberg was an Oscar-winning MGM cinematographer (''The Great Waltz'', ''Mrs. Miniver'', ''Somebody Up There Likes Me'', ''Gigi''). Wilson was with the Freddie Martin Orchestra for three years, playing trumpet and arranging at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles.
Motion picture career
Wilson was one of the most prolific collaborators in the Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
music industry for more than three decades. The creator of original themes and incidental music
Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as t ...
for several TV series
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, he also composed, arranged, or orchestrated more than 100 films.
MGM Studios
Following World War II
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, he joined the MGM
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music department in 1945. Moving to Republic Pictures
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a year later, Wilson composed the film soundtracks for all Republic Westerns and serials in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Wilson was in charge of supplying music for every Republic production.
Republic Studios
Wilson wrote scores for countless B-movies
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and serials for the next twelve years. While at Republic, he provided the music support for classic serials as ''King of the Rocket Men
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'' and ''Zombies of the Stratosphere
''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' is a 1952 black-and-white Republic Studios serial directed by Fred C. Brannon, with a screenplay by Ronald Davidson, and special effects by Republic's Lydecker brothers. It was intended to be Republic's second ser ...
'', as well in exciting adventures featuring western
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heroes as Rex Allen
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, Wild Bill Elliott
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Early life
Elliott was born Gor ...
, Allan Lane
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and Roy Rogers
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.
Television career
Revue Studios
In 1953, Wilson became the music supervisor of Revue Studios
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production unit. Wilson stayed on when it became Universal Studios.[ As head of creative activities, Wilson was in charge of overseeing the creation of the music for all of the studio's productions. Wilson hired and assigned projects to different composers, arrangers, orchestrators and conductors. Wilson was one of the first to hire composers and musicians without regard to their cultural diversity. Wilson integrated television music. As an executive, Wilson employed significant composers as Pete Rugolo, John Williams, ]Elmer Bernstein
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, Juan García Esquivel
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, Dave Grusin
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, Quincy Jones
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, Henry Mancini
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, Oliver Nelson
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and Lalo Schifrin
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, among others.
Composer Jerry Goldsmith
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worked within Wilson's creative environment at Revue. Goldsmith said of the time there that Wilson allowed him much creative latitude. He said "Stanley was great and he loved all of us...They were all trying to outdo each other, and he gave us...free reign to do whatever we wanted to do and the crazier and the wilder we got...again, it was the same old thing. If you didn’t do it this week...next week. One week you’d hit a home run and then next week you’d strike out, but we were always trying something different."
Quick turnarounds were a constant concern and a constant challenge. Goldsmith said “On ''Thriller'', you’d get the show on Friday and have to record it Monday morning".
Universal Studios
The composer John Williams
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remembered working for Wilson, saying "In 1960, at Universal Studios, (music supervisor) Stanley Wilson had a music department. In the hallway there, there were five or six rooms, little rooms with no windows. And each room had a little piano and on any given day I would be in one room, Jerry Goldsmith in the next one, Lalo Schifrin in the next one, Quincy Jones in the next one, Morty Stevens, also Conrad Salinger and the late Bernard Hermann, who made it his home for a couple of years and wrote some great music and drove everyone crazy. It was a situation where we taught each other and learned from each other and it was a group effort that produced the results that each one of us was able to accomplish.”
In 1964, MCA formed Universal City Studios, Inc., merging the motion pictures and television arms of Universal Pictures Company and Revue Productions.
Toward the end of his career with Universal, as head of creative activities of the Motion Picture and Television Music Department of Universal City Studios, he began to dedicate more of his own time to specific shows, composing themes and much of the background music for ''It Takes A Thief, The Bold Ones, Ironsides, Columbo, Marcus Welby MD,'' among others. In 1955, Wilson wrote an arrangement of Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" as the theme music for ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents.''
Wilson also was the music director for ''M Squad
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'', the police series starring Lee Marvin
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, working in collaboration with Count Basie
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, Sonny Burke
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, Pete Carpenter
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, Benny Carter
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and John Williams
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. Wilson composed the theme music for the first season, winning the 1959 Grammy Award for the Best Soundtrack Album and Background Score from Motion Picture or Television. Wilson said at the time, "There is nothing new about jazz. But there is plenty new about using it to underscore exciting action on the TV screen. A show like M Squad is supposed to move; jazz moves. I feel we have the best marriage of drama and jazz music in show business".
For the second and third seasons, he entrusted Basie to compose a new theme. Wilson, along with Esquivel, composed the now famous Revue Studios
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/Universal Television
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fanfare, which lasted for nearly three decades.
Wilson traveled to France
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in 1963 to record the soundtrack to the television special, ''Princess Grace's Monaco''. After the shooting was finished, he arranged and conducted ''The World of Sights and Sounds, Stop One: Paris'', an album of French standards. This time Wilson was accompanied by a small jazz combo fronted by ''M Squad'' colleague and jazz legend, Benny Carter, and included a string section orchestra and a wordless vocal choir led by Michel Legrand
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's sister, Christiane.
In 1967 Wilson co-produced, with Robert Wagner, a documentary film of the International Music Festival in Rio de Janeiro, entitled ''The World Goes On''. It was to be a pilot for the documentation of music festivals worldwide.
In 1969, Wilson collaborated with composer, arranger Oliver Nelson on the album, ''Black, Brown and Beautiful,'' described as, '''A stirring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King that is as searching and angry as it is contemplative and compassionate'.''
Death
Wilson died of a heart attack in Aspen, Colorado
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, at the age of 52, moments after addressing the 1970 Aspen Music Festival
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It is noted both for its concert programming and the musical training it offers to mostly young-adult music students. Founded in 1949, the ...
on the subject of composing for films and television.
A memorial service was held July 15, 1970 at the Church of the Hills Chapel in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California.[ Wilson's body was cremated. He was survived by his wife Gertrud and three children: daughter Phyllis Wilson Paul and sons Philip and Peter.
]
Legacy
The Stanley Wilson Memorial Scholarship was established in 1970 at UCLA
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to annually benefit a brass and composition student.
In 2013, John Williams and Steven Spielberg
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asked Ron Meyer
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, then president & COO of Universal Studios, to name a street on the Universal lot for Stanley Wilson. Stanley Wilson Avenue connects Main Street with James Stewart Avenue on the Universal lot, not far from the now-demolished Stage 10 where its namesake conducted literally thousands of hours of music.[ A plaque, written by composer John Williams, stands below the street sign, in tribute to his mentor, Stanley Wilson.
]
Selected filmography
Films
*''The Kid from Cleveland
''The Kid from Cleveland'' is a 1949 sports film, sports drama film starring George Brent, Lynn Bari and Russ Tamblyn, directed by Herbert Kline, and released by Republic Pictures.
The real-life Indians had just won the 1948 World Series, and m ...
'' (1949)
* ''Belle of Old Mexico
''Belle of Old Mexico'' is a 1950 American Trucolor comedy film directed by Robert G. Springsteen starring Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Rockwell and Dorothy Patrick. The film was successful at the box office, impressing the bosses at Republic Pictu ...
'' (1950)
* ''Federal Agent at Large
''Federal Agent at Large'' is a 1950 American crime film directed by George Blair, written by Albert DeMond and starring Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, Kent Taylor, Estelita Rodriguez, Thurston Hall and Frank Puglia. The film was released o ...
'' (1950)
* ''Gunmen of Abilene
''Gunmen of Abilene'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Fred C. Brannon and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Donna Hamilton, Peter Brocco and Selmer Jackson. The film was released as ...
'' (1950)
* ''Tarnished
''Tarnished'' is a 1950 American action film directed by Harry Keller, written by John K. Butler, and starring Dorothy Patrick, Arthur Franz, Barbra Fuller, Jimmy Lydon, Harry Shannon and Don Beddoe. It was released on February 28, 1950 by Rep ...
'' (1950)
* ''Twilight in the Sierras
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'' (1950)
* ''Code of the Silver Sage
''Code of the Silver Sage'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Fred C. Brannon and starring Allan Lane.
Plot
Cast
*Allan Lane as Lieutenant Rocky Lane
*Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark
*Roy Barcroft as Hulon Champion
*Kay Christopher as ...
'' (1950)
* ''Harbor of Missing Men
''Harbor of Missing Men'' is a 1950 American action film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by John K. Butler. The film stars Richard Denning, Barbra Fuller, Steven Geray, Aline Towne, Percy Helton and George Zucco. The film was releas ...
'' (1950)
* ''The Arizona Cowboy
''The Arizona Cowboy'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Bradford Ropes. The film stars Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones, Minerva Urecal, James Cardwell, and Roy Barcroft. The film was released ...
'' (1950)
* ''Women from Headquarters
''Women from Headquarters'' is a 1950 American crime film directed by George Blair and starring Virginia Huston, Barbra Fuller and Frances Charles.Gates p.155 The screenplay concerns an ex-Army nurse who retrains as police officer with the LAPD. ...
'' (1950)
* ''Salt Lake Raiders
''Salt Lake Raiders'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Fred C. Brannon and starring Allan Lane.
Plot
Ghost-town crooks make a lawman ( Allan "Rocky" Lane), a falsely accused escaped convict (Myron Healey), and an old coot (Eddy Wal ...
'' (1950)
* ''The Invisible Monster
''The Invisible Monster'' is a 1950 Republic film serial, starring Richard Webb and Aline Towne.
Plot
A would-be dictator and scientist, known only as ''The Phantom Ruler'', has developed a formula which, when sprayed on some solid object, rend ...
'' (1950)
* '' The Showdown'' (1950)
* ''Cuban Fireball
''Cuban Fireball'' is a 1951 American musical film directed by William Beaudine and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas and Mimi Aguglia.Gevinson p.241 An employee at a Havana cigar factory discovers that she has been left some lucrative o ...
'' (1951)
* ''The Dakota Kid
''The Dakota Kid'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Philip Ford and starring Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen and James Bell.Pitts p.76
The film's sets were designed by the art director
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'' (1951)
* ''Havana Rose
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Plot
T ...
'' (1951)
* ''Insurance Investigator
An insurance investigator examines insurance claims that are suspicious or otherwise in doubt. Investigators in this field have differing specialties and backgrounds. Some insurance companies have their own in-house investigation teams while other ...
'' (1951)
* ''Missing Women
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'' (1951)
* ''Secrets of Monte Carlo
''Secrets of Monte Carlo'' is a 1951 American crime film directed by George Blair and starring Warren Douglas, Lois Hall and June Vincent.
Plot
In Hong Kong, a British insurance investigator and an American businessman join forces to recover the ...
'' (1951)
* ''Tropical Heat Wave
''Tropical Heat Wave'' is a 1952 American musical film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Hutton and Grant Withers.Quinlan p.282
Plot
Cast
* Estelita Rodriguez as Estelita
* Robert Hutton as Stratford E. Ca ...
'' (1952)
* ''The Fabulous Senorita
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'' (1952)
* ''Down Laredo Way
''Down Laredo Way'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Rex Allen, Dona Drake and Slim Pickens.Pitts p.93
The film's art direction was by Frank Arrigo.
Plot
Cast
* Rex Allen as Rex Allen
* Koko as Koko, ...
'' (1953)
* ''Woman They Almost Lynched
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'' (1953)
*''Missile Monsters
''Flying Disc Man from Mars'' is a 1950 Republic Pictures 12-chapter black-and-white science fiction adventure film serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed by Fred C. Brannon, that stars Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye, James Crave ...
'' (1958)
*''The Killers
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Places United Kingd ...
'' (1964)
*''Two Mules for Sister Sara
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'' (1970)
Serials
*'' Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.'' (1949)
*''King of the Rocket Men
''King of the Rocket Men'' is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven, ...
'' (1949)
*''The James Brothers of Missouri
''The James Brothers of Missouri'' is a 1949 American Republic Western film serial.
Cast
* Keith Richards as Jesse James
* Robert Bice as Frank James
* Noel Neill as Peg Royer
* Roy Barcroft as Ace Marlin
* Patricia Knox as Belle Calhoun
* L ...
'' (1949)
*''Radar Patrol vs Spy King
''Radar Patrol vs. Spy King'' is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white spy film serial produced and distributed by Republic Pictures from an original, commissioned screenplay collaboratively written by Royal K. Cole, William Lively and Sol Shor. K ...
'' (1949)
*''Desperadoes of the West
''Desperadoes of the West'' (1950) is a 12-chapter Republic film serial.
Cast
*Richard Powers as Ward Gordon
*Judy Clark as Sally Arnold
*Roy Barcroft as Hacker, a henchman
* I. Stanford Jolley as J. B. "Dude" Dawson
*Lee Phelps as Rusty Steele ...
'' (1950)
*''Flying Disc Man from Mars
''Flying Disc Man from Mars'' is a 1950 Republic Pictures 12-chapter black-and-white science fiction adventure film serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed by Fred C. Brannon, that stars Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye, James Crav ...
'' (1950)
*''Don Daredevil Rides Again
''Don Daredevil Rides Again'' (1951) is a Republic Movie serial. It makes heavy use of stock footage from Republic's previous Zorro serials. The character of ''Don Daredevil'' (Ken Curtis) was created for this serial as the rights to Zorro b ...
'' (1951)
*''Radar Men from the Moon
''Radar Men from the Moon'' is a 1952 black-and-white Republic Pictures' 12-chapter movie serial, the first Commando Cody serial starring newcomer George Wallace as Cody, Aline Towne as his sidekick Joan Gilbert, and serial veteran Roy Barcroft ...
'' (1952)
*''Zombies of the Stratosphere
''Zombies of the Stratosphere'' is a 1952 black-and-white Republic Studios serial directed by Fred C. Brannon, with a screenplay by Ronald Davidson, and special effects by Republic's Lydecker brothers. It was intended to be Republic's second ser ...
'' (1952)
*''Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
''Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders'' (1953) is a Republic Movie serial starring Bill Henry and both produced and directed by Franklin Adreon. It was the sixty-second serial (of sixty-six) produced by Republic. Despite the title, this is ...
'' (1953)
*''King of the Carnival
''King of the Carnival'' (1955) is a Republic movie serial that contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial ''Daredevils of the Red Circle''. It is the 66th and final serial produced by Republic and is ofte ...
'' (1955)
*''Ghost of Zorro
''Ghost of Zorro'' is a 1949 Republic Movie serial. It uses substantial stock footage from earlier serials, including ''Son of Zorro'' and ''Daredevils of the West''. This film was shot in Chatsworth, Los Angeles.
Plot
The year is 1865 and the ...
'' (1959)
TV shows
*''The Adventures of Kit Carson
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'' (1951)
*'' Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe'' (1953)
*''The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
''The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse'' is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl (1953), Anita Colby (1954), and, finally, Polly Bergen (1955). Initially the se ...
'' (1955)
*'' The Millionaire'' (1955-1957)
*''General Electric Theater
''General Electric Theater'' was an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Radio
After an audition show ...
'' (1956-1957)
*''Tales of Wells Fargo
''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to ...
'' (1957)
*''Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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'' (1955-1957)
*''M Squad
''M Squad'' is an American crime drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC. It was produced by Lee Marvin's Latimer Productions and Revue Studios. Its main sponsor was the Pall Mall cigarette brand; Lee Marvin, the program's ...
'' (1957)
* '' Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both Television comedy, comedies and Dramatic programming, drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The ti ...
'' (1957–1959)
*'' Leave It to Beaver'' (1957–1963)
*''Wagon Train
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings. It ...
'' (1957–1961, 1963–1964)
*''Cimarron City
Cimarron City is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census, a 39.4 percent gain over the figure of 110 in 2000. '' (1958–1959)
*'' Broken Arrow'' (1958)
*'' Buckskin'' (1958)
*''Shotgun Slade
''Shotgun Slade'' is an American western mystery television series starring Scott Brady that aired seventy-eight episodes in syndication from 1959 to 1961 Created by Frank Gruber, the stories were written by John Berardino, Charissa Hughes, and ...
'' (1959)
*''Johnny Staccato
''Johnny Staccato'' is an American private detective television series starring John Cassavetes which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.
Synopsis
Titular character Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes ...
'' (1959–1960)
*''Riverboat
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'' (1959–1961)
*''Overland Trail
The Overland Trail (also known as the Overland Stage Line) was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century. While portions of the route had been used by explorers and trappers since the 1820s, the Overland Trail w ...
'' (1960)
*'' Bachelor Father'' (1957–1961)
*'' Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (1960–1962)
*''Checkmate
Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
In chess, the king is ...
'' (1960–1962)
*''The New Bob Cummings Show
''The New Bob Cummings Show'' is an American sitcom which was broadcast by CBS during the 1961–62 television season. The series was originally titled ''The Bob Cummings Show'' when it first appeared on the CBS schedule on October 5, 1961; howev ...
'' (1961-1962)
*'' Ripcord'' (1961)
*''87th Precinct
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'' (1962)
*''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was re ...
'' (1962–1965)
*''The Jack Benny Program
''The Jack Benny Program'', starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th century American comedy. He played one role throughout his radio and televis ...
'' (1962–1965)
*''McHale's Navy
''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originate ...
'' (1962–1966)
*'' The Virginian'' (1962–1970)
*''Arrest and Trial
''Arrest and Trial'' is a 90-minute American Crime film, crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-64 United States network television schedule, 1963-1964 season on American Broadcasting Company, ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 pm North ...
'' (1963–1964)
*''Kraft Suspense Theatre
The ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced and broadcast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's ''Kraft Mu ...
'' (1963–1965)
*''The Munsters
''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. The series starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monsterEpisodes referring to the fact that Herman is Frankenstein's monster include #55, "Just Anoth ...
'' (1964–1966)
*'' Laredo'' (1965–1967)
*'' Run for Your Life'' (1965–1967)
*''Pistols 'n' Petticoats
''Pistols 'n' Petticoats'' is an American Western sitcom starring Ann Sheridan that ran on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, ...
'' (1966)
*''Dragnet 1967
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'' (1967-1969)
*'' Ironside'' (1967-1970)
*''Adam-12
''Adam-12'' is an American television police procedural crime drama television series created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb. The series follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they patrol the stre ...
'' (1968-1969)
*'' It Takes a Thief'' (1968-1970)
*'' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' (1969-1970)
*'' The Bold Ones: The New Doctors'' (1969-1970)
*'' The Bold Ones: The Protectors'' (1969-1970)
*''Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to:
* Marcus (name), a masculine given name
* Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name
Places
* Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44
* Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...
'' (1969-1970)
*'' Laramie'' (1959-1962)
Discography
*Wilson rarely featured his talent on records, but today some of his albums are classics of space age pop
Space age pop is a subgenre of pop and easy listening music associated with Mexican and American composers and songwriters in the Space Age of the 1950s and 1960s. Also known as bachelor pad music or lounge music,''Pulse'' (Monthly music digest ...
and exotica
Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same name that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II. The term was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records ...
audiences. This list include:
**''Wagon Train'
(1957)
**''The Music From M Squad
(1959)
**''Themes to Remember'
(1962)
**''The Lost Man (The Original Soundtrack Album)
(1960)
**''Pagan Love'
(1961)
**''The Great Waltz'' - American Continenta
(1961)
**''The World of Sights and Sounds - Stop One: Paris'' - Charter Records Corp (1963)
**''Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music To Be Murdered By'
(1980)
As conductor
With Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
*'' The Lost Man#Musical score and soundtrack, The Lost Man (soundtrack)'' (Uni, 1969)
With Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...
*''Black, Brown and Beautiful
''Black, Brown and Beautiful'' is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances by a big band recorded in 1969 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label. Selections from the album were released on Nelson's ...
'' (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
References
9. ''Cool Jazz For Hot Shows, TV Guide, June 15, 1959''
McNeil, Alex. ''Total Television'' (1996). Penguin Books
* Lentz, Robert J. ''Lee Marvin: his films and career'' (2000). McFarland & Company .
External links
*
Stanley Wilson at Allmusic
Stanley Wilson at Gemm
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1970 deaths
American male conductors (music)
American film score composers
American male film score composers
American music arrangers
American television composers
Grammy Award winners
20th-century American conductors (music)
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians