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
1970 The Last Grenade Cinerama & Distrifilm 94 min Color sound
1967 Fathom. Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd. 35mm Color sound
1966 Morgan: A suitable case for treatment. Karel Reisz 97 min 16mm B&W sound
1965 Darling producer, Joseph Janni ; director, John Schlesinger ; screenplay, Frederic Raphael. 122 16mm Color sound
1959 We Are The Lambeth Boys Contemporary Films 53 min 16mm sound
1959 We are the Lambeth Boys Karel Reisz 53 min
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