Composer, pianist, songwriter ("Nashville Blues"), conductor, arranger
and actor, a music student of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jakob Gimpel,
and Mario de Bonaventura. He was a pianist in the dance bands of Benny
Goodman, Artie Shaw and Buddy Rich, and he conducted and arranged for
Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, and Tony Bennett. Joining ASCAP in 1960, his
chief musical collaborators included Peggy Lee, Bill Comstock, and
Johnny Mercer, and his other popular-song and instrumental compositions
include "Act Three", "Summer Has Gone", "Meetcha at the Moat", "Your
Face Is Familiar", "Sweet Talk", "The Freeze", "Made Without
Microphones", "Scandinavian Suite No. 1, Sweden", and "Have a
Heart".
Closing the Ring(2007)as Weeping Veteran
Eloise at Christmastime(2003)as Vincent
And Never Let Her Go(2001)as Father Donato
The Familiar Stranger(2001)as Priest
Pushing Tin(1999)as Enzo Sorrento
Murder Sees the Light(1986)
Canada After Dark(1978)as Self
90 Minutes Live(1976)as Self