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John Wooldridge(1919-1958)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Writer
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The composer John Wooldridge, was a pupil of Sibelius and a contemporary and friend of William Walton. He spent the war in Bomber Command. His promising career ended in a fatal car accident at the age of 47 in 1958. He was married to the actress Margaretta Scott from 1948 and was the father of the actress Susan Wooldridge and the director Hugh Wooldridge.
BornJuly 18, 1919
DiedOctober 27, 1958(39)
BornJuly 18, 1919
DiedOctober 27, 1958(39)
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Known for

Raiders in the Sky (1953)
Raiders in the Sky
6.5
  • Music Department
  • 1953
Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Prescription for Murder (1958)
Prescription for Murder
7.1
  • Music Department
  • 1958
Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Conspirator (1949)
Conspirator
6.1
  • Music Department
  • 1949
Five Angles on Murder (1950)
Five Angles on Murder
6.8
  • Music Department(the Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • 1950

Credits

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  • Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Prescription for Murder (1958)
    Prescription for Murder
    7.1
    • musical director
    • 1958
  • Soapbox Derby (1958)
    Soapbox Derby
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Annemarie Düringer in Count Five and Die (1957)
    Count Five and Die
    6.5
    • conductor
    • 1957
  • Atomic Achievement (1956)
    Atomic Achievement
    5.2
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1956
  • Tom Conway, Eunice Gayson, and Elizabeth Sellars in The Last Man to Hang (1956)
    The Last Man to Hang
    5.9
    • conductor: the Philharmonia Orchestra
    • 1956
  • Diana Dors, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, and A.E. Matthews in Dead by Morning (1955)
    Dead by Morning
    5.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Raiders in the Sky (1953)
    Raiders in the Sky
    6.5
    • conductor
    • 1953
  • Crow Hollow (1952)
    Crow Hollow
    6.1
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Angels One Five (1952)
    Angels One Five
    6.5
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Five Angles on Murder
    6.8
    • conductor: the Philharmonia Orchestra
    • 1950
  • Paper Gallows (1950)
    Paper Gallows
    5.3
    • conductor
    • 1950
  • Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Conspirator (1949)
    Conspirator
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1949
  • The Outsider (1948)
    The Outsider
    6.8
    • conductor
    • 1948

Composer



  • Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, and Rick Jason in Prescription for Murder (1958)
    Prescription for Murder
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Soapbox Derby (1958)
    Soapbox Derby
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Annemarie Düringer in Count Five and Die (1957)
    Count Five and Die
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Atomic Achievement (1956)
    Atomic Achievement
    5.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Tom Conway, Eunice Gayson, and Elizabeth Sellars in The Last Man to Hang (1956)
    The Last Man to Hang
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Raiders in the Sky (1953)
    Raiders in the Sky
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Blackmailed (1951)
    Blackmailed
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Five Angles on Murder
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • Paper Gallows (1950)
    Paper Gallows
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • A Journey for Jeremy
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor in Conspirator (1949)
    Conspirator
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • Deborah Kerr and Spencer Tracy in Edward, My Son (1949)
    Edward, My Son
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • The Outsider (1948)
    The Outsider
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1948
  • Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)
    Fame Is the Spur
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1947

Writer



  • Raiders in the Sky (1953)
    Raiders in the Sky
    6.5
    • from an original story by
    • screenplay
    • 1953

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 18, 1919
    • Yokohama, Japan
  • Died
    • October 27, 1958
    • Hertfordshire, England, UK(car accident)
  • Spouses
      Margaretta Scott1948 - October 27, 1958 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Hugh Wooldridge

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  • Trivia
    Although several reference sources give his year of birth as 1911, the Wooldridge family believe he was born in Japan in 1919. Confusion may have arisen when the composer exaggerated his age to get into the RAF. Watford Register Office, who issued the death certificate in 1958, recorded his age as 46.

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