Hugo Friedhofer
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-05-03 (80 years old)
Deathday
1981-05-17
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known As
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer
Hugo W. Friedhofer
Hugo Friedhofer
Biography
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores. Friedhofer was born in San Francisco, California, United States. His father, Paul, was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany. Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and counterpoint at University of California, Berkeley, he was employed as a cellist for the People's Symphony Orchestra. In 1929, he relocated to Hollywood, where he performed as a musician for Fox Studios productions such as Sunny Side Up (1920) and Grand Canary...
Acting
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1939
as Orchestrator
1946
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Music
1956
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Original Music Composer
1940
as Orchestrator
1953
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Original Music Composer
1941
as Music Arranger
1942
as Original Music Composer
1947
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Orchestrator
1951
as Music
1935
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1931
as Music
1959
as Music
1938
as Music
1954
as Orchestrator
1952
as Music
1962
as Music
1942
as Music Arranger
1948
as Music
1952
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Orchestrator
1948
as Music
1951
as Music
1941
as Orchestrator
1937
as Orchestrator
1942
as Additional Music
1940
as Orchestrator
1940
as Orchestrator
1945
as Music
1944
as Orchestrator
1938
as Orchestrator
1930
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Orchestrator
1937
as Orchestrator
1932
as Music
1948
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Music
1943
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Orchestrator
1932
as Original Music Composer
1931
as Original Music Composer
1931
as Original Music Composer
1931
as Original Music Composer
1932
as Original Music Composer
1932
as Original Music Composer
1941
as Orchestrator
1938
as Orchestrator
1936
as Original Music Composer
1932
as Music
1947
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Orchestrator
1955
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1945
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Orchestrator
1947
as Original Music Composer
1945
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Orchestrator
1941
as Orchestrator
1948
as Original Music Composer
1936
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Music
1950
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Conductor
1944
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Orchestrator
1948
as Music Director
1939
as Orchestrator
1935
as Music
1948
as Original Music Composer
1937
as Additional Music
1937
as Orchestrator
1955
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Orchestrator
1950
as Music
1959
as Music
1955
as Music
1940
as Orchestrator
1945
as Music Arranger
1936
as Orchestrator
1943
as Orchestrator
1962
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1931
as Music
1936
as Orchestrator
1931
as Music
1938
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Music
1944
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Orchestrator
1939
as Orchestrator
1953
as Additional Music
1940
as Orchestrator
1939
as Orchestrator
1946
as Orchestrator
1939
as Orchestrator
1950
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Additional Music
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