William Lava
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-03-18 (60 years old)
Deathday
1971-02-20
Place of Birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also known As
William B. Lava
Wm. Lava
Bill Lava
William Lava
Biography
William "Bill" Benjamin Lava (March 18, 1911 – February 20, 1971) was a composer and arranger who composed and conducted music for feature films as well as that for the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons from 1962 to 1969, replacing the deceased Milt Franklyn, making him the last composer and arranger in the classic era of Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Production
1966
as Music
1949
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Original Music Composer
1949
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Music
1941
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Music
1950
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Music
1948
as Original Music Composer
1949
1939
as Music
1938
as Music
1939
as Music Director
1938
as Music
1956
as Music
1957
as Music
1958
as Music
1964
as Music
1950
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Music
1952
as Music
1948
as Music
1971
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Music
1968
as Original Music Composer
1949
1971
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Music
1965
as Music
1957
as Music
1951
as Music
1949
as Music
1938
as Music
1955
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1940
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Music
1950
as Music
1950
as Music
1948
as Music
1964
as Music
1955
1938
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Music
1969
as Songs
1944
as Music
1945
as Original Music Composer
1940
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1939
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Original Music Composer
1941
as Original Music Composer
1940
as Music
1966
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1941
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Music
1945
as Additional Music
1943
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Music
1955
as Music
1950
as Music
1944
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Original Music Composer
1947
as Music
1947
as Music
1951
as Music
1963
as Original Music Composer
1945
as Music
1970
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Music Director
1962
as Songs
1943
as Music
1952
as Original Music Composer
1981
1955
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Music
1940
as Original Music Composer
1938
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Music
1978
as Music
1944
as Original Music Composer
1945
as Music
1944
as Music
1942
as Original Music Composer
1946
as Music
1941
as Music
1941
as Music
1945
as Original Music Composer
1957
1964
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1951
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Music
1966
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1965
as Music
1966
as Music
1966
as Music
1965
as Music
1967
as Music
1944
as Original Music Composer
1950
as Music
1946
as Music
1947
as Music
1945
as Music
1943
as Music
1945
as Music
1945
as Music
1940
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Music
1955
as Music
1953
as Original Music Composer
1944
as Additional Music
1979
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
1942
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Original Music Composer
1948
as Music
1950
as Music
1950
as Music
1939
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
1940
as Original Music Composer
1947
as Music
1952
as Music
1952
as Music
1947
as Music
1952
as Music
1951
as Music
1956
as Music
1947
as Music
1949
as Music
1948
as Music
1948
as Music
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Music
1969
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1974
1941
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Music
1958
as Songs
1951
as Additional Music
1949
as Music
1963
as Music
1949
as Music
1964
as Music
1963
as Music
1963
as Music
1964
as Music
1953
as Music
1951
as Sound
1953
as Music
1951
as Music
1952
1953
as Music
1957
as Music
1938
as Music
1960
as Music
1963
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
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