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Known For

Sound

Known Credits

161

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-03-26

Day of Death

1969-12-10 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Leigh Adrian Harline

Leigh Harline

Biography

Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".

Known For

Acting

Production

Crew

Directing