Henry Mancini

Sound Apr 16, 1924 Jun 14, 1994 (aged 70) Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.

20 Acting Credits

304 Crew Credits

Acting

Frasier

as Al (voice)

1993

Henry Mancini

Acting

Frasier

Son of the Pink Panther

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Oscars

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Gunn

Pink, Plunk, Plink

The Merv Griffin Show

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

Wogan

The Midnight Special

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

The Julie Andrews Hour

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Seriously... Phil Collins

I Love Quincy

Henry Mancini: More Than Music

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Hollywood '84

Crew

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Great Mouse Detective

Touch of Evil

Charade

The Pink Panther

Frenzy

The Party

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Lifeforce

The Return of the Pink Panther

A Shot in the Dark

Tom and Jerry: The Movie