John Dankworth

John Dankworth

British musician (1927-2010)

Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, and bandleader. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he was a music educator and also her music director. The New York Times described him as "one of the leading lights of British jazz." He was also a prolific composer of film soundtracks.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 8 films (1958–1970) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1958 The Criminal KQED-TV Bay Area Educational TV 95 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1958 The criminal Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Educational Television: Distributor 0:30:00 16mm B&W sound
1959 We Are The Lambeth Boys Contemporary Films 53 min 16mm sound
1959 We are the Lambeth Boys Karel Reisz 53 min
1965 Darling producer, Joseph Janni ; director, John Schlesinger ; screenplay, Frederic Raphael. 122 16mm Color sound
1966 Morgan: A suitable case for treatment. Karel Reisz 97 min 16mm B&W sound
1967 Fathom. Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd. 35mm Color sound
1970 The Last Grenade Cinerama & Distrifilm 94 min Color sound