Cyril J. Mockridge

Film Score Composer, Composer

1896 – 1979

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Who was Cyril J. Mockridge?

Cyril J. Mockridge was an English film and television composer who composed the scores for such films as Cheaper by the Dozen, Grand Canary, Danger - Love at Work, In the Meantime, Darling, Wake Up and Dream, Nightmare Alley, and Road House. Mockridge was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film Guys and Dolls and also composed the music for television's Lost in Space.

Mockridge, who for years was a staff composer for Twentieth Century-Fox, frequently working with Alfred Newman and Alfred's brother Lionel, is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

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Born
Aug 6, 1896
London
Also known as
  • Cy
  • Cyril Mockridge
Children
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Lived in
  • London
Died
Jan 18, 1979
Honolulu

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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