John La Touche

Music DepartmentWriterActor

Born: November 13, 1914
Died: August 7, 1956

Lyricist ("Cabin in the Sky") and author, educated at the Richmond Academy of Arts and Sciences and Columbia University. For Broadway, he wrote lyrics for "Ballet Ballads", "Polonaise", and "Candide", sketches and lyrics for the revue "Pins and Needles", and book and lyrics for the 1954 New York…

Biography

Lyricist ("Cabin in the Sky") and author, educated at the Richmond Academy of Arts and Sciences and Columbia University. For Broadway, he wrote lyrics for "Ballet Ballads", "Polonaise", and "Candide", sketches and lyrics for the revue "Pins and Needles", and book and lyrics for the 1954 New York Drama Critics award winning "The Golden Apple". Joining ASCAP in 1940, his chief musical collaborators included Vernon Duke, Earl Robinson, Duke Ellington, Jerome Moross, Bronislau Kaper and Douglas Moore.

Writer

Live from Lincoln Center(1976)

Works of Calder(1950)

Congo(1945)

Actor

Dreams That Money Can Buy(1947)as The Gangster

Music Department

Ella Fitzgerald: Taking A Chance on Love (Live)(2020)

Chance in a Million(1984)

Camera Three(1954)

8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements(1955)

Thanks

Great Performances(1971)

That's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

Soundtrack

Blue Moon(2025)

Finding Your Feet(2017)

My First Apartamento: Christiaan Houtenbos(2015)

The Mark of Beauty(2006)

L.A. Noire(2011)

Known for

Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · Soundtrack Soul Surfer2011 · Soundtrack I Dood It1943 · Soundtrack Cabin in the Sky1943 · Music Department

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