Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney and Keely Smith. He scored and arranged music for many films and television shows, earning an Academy Award and three Grammy Awards. He found commercial and critical success with a new generation in the 1980s, in a trio of platinum albums with Linda Ronstadt.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 8 films (1957–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | THE GIRL MOST LIKELY | Mitchell Leisen | 16mm | sound | ||
| 1960 | Can-Can. | Suffolk-Cummings Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 131 min | Color | sound | |
| 1964 | What A Way To Go | Bear Films Inc And Audio Visual Associates | 111 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1964 | What A Way To Go! | Apjac-Orchard Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 111 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1966 | The Spy In The Green Hat | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 93 min | Color | sound | |
| 1969 | The Maltese Bippy. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 92 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Lorimar Productions, Inc | 200 min | Color | sound | |
| 1976 | What Now, Catherine Curtis? | Lucille Ball Productions, Inc | 51 min | Color | sound |