Henry Mancini

Biography

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Frasier

The Merv Griffin Show

Wogan

The Oscars

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Midnight Special

The Julie Andrews Hour

All Movies (11)

• Henry Mancini: More Than Music2009 · as Archive Footage
• Son of the Pink Panther1993 · as Self (uncredited)
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self
• You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'1992 · as Self - Composer
• Seriously... Phil Collins1990 · as Self
• Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie1985 · as Self
• Royal Variety Performance 19841984
• I Love Quincy1984 · as Self
• Gunn1967 · as Piano Player (uncredited)
• Pink, Plunk, Plink1966 · as Self
• The Music of Lennon & McCartney1965 · as Self

All TV Shows (9)

• Frasier1993 · as Al (voice)
• Hollywood '841984 · as Self
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The Julie Andrews Hour1972 · as Self
• The Midnight Special1972 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self