Ray Heindorf
Known for Sound · 5 credits
- Born
- 1908-08-25
- Died
- 1980-02-03
- Place of birth
- Haverstraw, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Raymond John Heindorf
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger.
Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez.
After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments.
He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score.
Known For
A Star Is Born
1954
as Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (uncredited)
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited)
The Song Writers' Revue
1929
as Himself
Movies (5)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (uncredited)
I'll See You in My Dreams
1951
as Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited)
The Song Writers' Revue
1929
as Himself
About Ray Heindorf
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez. After completing this e… With 5 credits spanning from 1929 to 1954, Ray Heindorf has appeared in 5 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ray Heindorf Movies
- A Star Is Born (1954) — as Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
- It's a Great Feeling (1949) — as Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
- The Screen Director (1951) — as Self (uncredited)
- I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) — as Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited)
- The Song Writers' Revue (1929) — as Himself
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