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John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul" from the revue Three's A Crowd. Green won four Academy Awards for his film scores and a fifth for producing a short musical film, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Academy Awards
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel
Best Original Musical Score
Known For
Easter Parade
(1948)
Music Director
Oliver!
(1968)
Music Arranger, Conductor, Orchestrator, and Music Supervisor
High Society
(1956)
Music Supervisor and Music Arranger
Cinderella
(1965)
Conductor and Orchestrator
Bathing Beauty
(1944)
Music and Music Director
West Side Story
(1961)
Conductor and Music Supervisor
Pepe
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Cobweb
(1955)
Conductor
Raintree County
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Brigadoon
(1954)
Music Director
An American in Paris
(1951)
Music Director
Mr. Imperium
(1951)
Music Director
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Alvarez Kelly
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(1956)
Music Director
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
(1951)
Music
Full Filmography
Sound
The Sap from Syracuse
(1930)
Original Music Composer
The Big Pond
(1930)
Music Arranger
Secrets of a Secretary
(1931)
Original Music Composer
Honor Among Lovers
(1931)
Original Music Composer and Music Arranger
The Smiling Lieutenant
(1931)
Music Arranger
The Girl Habit
(1931)
Music
The Misleading Lady
(1932)
Original Music Composer
Wayward
(1932)
Original Music Composer
Melody Magic
(1935)
Music
Broadway Rhythm
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Bathing Beauty
(1944)
Music and Music Director
Week-End at the Waldorf
(1945)
Original Music Composer
The Sailor Takes a Wife
(1945)
Music
Easy to Wed
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Cynthia
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Something in the Wind
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Easter Parade
(1948)
Music Director
The Inspector General
(1949)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949)
Music
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
(1950)
Music
Mr. Imperium
(1951)
Music Director
An American in Paris
(1951)
Music Director
The Great Caruso
(1951)
Music
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
(1951)
Music
Too Young to Kiss
(1951)
Music Director
Grounds for Marriage
(1951)
Music Director
Because You're Mine
(1952)
Original Music Composer
M-G-M Jubilee Overture
(1954)
Conductor
The Strauss Fantasy
(1954)
Music Arranger
La Gazza Ladra Overture
(1954)
Conductor
Brigadoon
(1954)
Music Director
The Cobweb
(1955)
Conductor
I'll Cry Tomorrow
(1955)
Music Supervisor
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(1956)
Music Director
High Society
(1956)
Music Supervisor and Music Arranger
Raintree County
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Pepe
(1960)
Original Music Composer
West Side Story
(1961)
Conductor and Music Supervisor
Twilight of Honor
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Cinderella
(1965)
Conductor and Orchestrator
Alvarez Kelly
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Oliver!
(1968)
Music Arranger, Conductor, Orchestrator, and Music Supervisor
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Mean Justice
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Acting
Song Shopping
(1933)
Johnny Green
Radio Rhapsody
(1935)
Himself
Melody Magic
(1935)
Himself
Start Cheering
(1938)
Johnny Green
Love on a Budget
(1938)
Boy
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1953)
Johnny Green
Capriccio Italien
(1953)
Himself - Conductor
M-G-M Jubilee Overture
(1954)
Himself
The Strauss Fantasy
(1954)
Himself as Conductor
La Gazza Ladra Overture
(1954)
Himself - Conductor
The Ballad of Billie Blue
(1972)
Johnny Green
Production
Directing