Frank Churchill
Known for: Sound
Born: October 20, 1901
Died: May 14, 1942
Place of birth: Rumford, Maine, USA
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho". Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
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Filmography
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4.3
Snow White
2025
8.8
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
5.9
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
7.0
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994
6.8
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
1981
6.3
Sky Trooper
1942
7.0
Bambi
1942
7.0
Dumbo
1941
6.6
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
6.9
Bone Trouble
1940
7.1
Pinocchio
1940
6.6
The Practical Pig
1939
NR
How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made
1939
4.9
Hollywood Bowl
1938
7.1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
8.5
Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
1937
6.7
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
1937
5.7
More Kittens
1936
6.7
Donald and Pluto
1936
6.2
Toby Tortoise Returns
1936
7.2
Thru the Mirror
1936
6.6
Three Little Wolves
1936
6.0
Cock o' the Walk
1935
6.6
Three Orphan Kittens
1935
6.8
On Ice
1935
6.8
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935
6.2
The Robber Kitten
1935
6.5
The Golden Touch
1935
6.6
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935
6.2
Orphan's Benefit
1934
6.5
Mickey's Steam Roller
1934
6.6
Gulliver Mickey
1934
6.5
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
7.0
Funny Little Bunnies
1934
6.3
Playful Pluto
1934
6.5
Camping Out
1934
6.4
Lullaby Land
1933
6.1
Old King Cole
1933
6.3
Mickey's Gala Premiere
1933
6.9
Three Little Pigs
1933
6.4
Ye Olden Days
1933
6.1
Birds in the Spring
1933
6.7
Building a Building
1933
6.6
Santa's Workshop
1932
6.9
Flowers and Trees
1932
5.9
The Bears and the Bees
1932
5.6
The Musical Farmer
1932
6.5
Barnyard Olympics
1932
6.8
The Ugly Duckling
1931
4.9
The Fox Hunt
1931
5.8
The Spider and the Fly
1931
6.3
The Clock Store
1931
6.1
Egyptian Melodies
1931
6.0
The Cat's Out
1931
6.2
The Busy Beavers
1931
6.3
The China Plate
1931
6.2
Mother Goose Melodies
1931
6.1
The Chain Gang
1930