---
name: "Adolph Green"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adolph-green"
fi1m_id: "adolph-green"
imdb_id: "nm0337582"
tmdb_id: 13286
wikidata_id: "Q329849"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 December 1914"
died: "23 October 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T05:19:45.329253+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adolph Green

## Identity

Adolph Green

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adolph-green
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adolph-green
- **IMDb ID:** nm0337582
- **TMDB ID:** 13286
- **Wikidata ID:** Q329849
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13286

Writer. Born 2 December 1914 in The Bronx. Died 23 October 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 December 1914, The Bronx
- **Died:** 23 October 2002
- **Active:** 1949–1958
- **Frequently works with:** [Betty Comden](https://film.one/person/betty-comden.md), [Arthur Freed](https://film.one/person/arthur-freed.md), [Gene Kelly](https://film.one/person/gene-kelly.md), [Stanley Donen](https://film.one/person/stanley-donen.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 84 (1), 1950s 88 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Romance 3
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329849, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13286

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Singin' in the Rain*](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md) (93), [*The Band Wagon*](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*On the Town*](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adolph Green was an American writer, lyricist and performer. With his longtime collaborator Betty Comden he wrote the screenplay and story for the MGM musical *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen.

Green and Comden began working together in the late 1930s as part of the cabaret act The Revuers. Their film credits include the screenplays for *On the Town* (1949), *The Band Wagon* (1953), *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), *Auntie Mame* (1958) and *Bells Are Ringing* (1960). On Broadway they wrote books and lyrics for several musicals, including *On the Town*, *Wonderful Town* and *Bells Are Ringing*.

Green was born in the Bronx, New York, on 2 December 1914 and died in Manhattan on 23 October 2002.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, allmusic.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Band Wagon* (1953), Fi1m 84, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Fi1m 93, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *On the Town* (1949), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Lyricist, Musical — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town* (2018), Writer, Lyricist
- *Wonderful Town* (2018), Lyricist
- *Singin' in the Rain* (2008), Writer
- *Wonderful Town* (2002), Writer
- *Peter Pan* (2000), Lyricist, Writer
- *The Substance of Fire* (1996), as Mr. Musselblatt
- *Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!* (1995), Actor
- *On the Town* (1993), Host/Narrator, Writer
- *The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue* (1993), Musical
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Walter (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Candide* (1991), as Mr. Pangloss / Martin
- *I Want to Go Home* (1989), as Joey Wellman
- *Follies: In Concert* (1986), as Theodore Whitman
- *Lily in Love* (1984), as Jerry Silber
- *My Favorite Year* (1982), as Leo Silver
- *Simon* (1980), as Commune Leader
- *Applause* (1973), Musical, Teleplay, Writer
- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), Screenplay, Lyricist
- *Peter Pan* (1960), Lyricist, Writer
- *Bells Are Ringing* (1960), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Lyricist
- *Auntie Mame* (1958), Screenplay
- *Wonderful Town* (1958), Lyricist
- *Peter Pan* (1956), Lyricist, Writer
- *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), Story, Lyricist, Screenplay
- *Peter Pan* (1955), Writer, Lyricist
- *The Band Wagon* (1953), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon.md)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *On the Town* (1949), Musical, Screenplay, Lyricist — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)
- *The Barkleys of Broadway* (1949), Screenplay
- *Take Me Out to the Ball Game* (1949), Lyricist
- *Good News* (1947), Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Adolph Green](https://film.one/media/person/59287/gallery-e127668d0db2.jpg) Adolph Green — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Adolph_Green.jpg/1280px-Adolph_Green.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Betty Comden and Adolph Green (c. 1960)](https://film.one/media/person/59287/gallery-8c4f288105e2.jpg) Betty Comden and Adolph Green (c. 1960) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Betty_Comden_and_Adolph_Green_%28c._1960%29.jpg/1280px-Betty_Comden_and_Adolph_Green_%28c._1960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1956: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *It's Always Fair Weather*
- 1954: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Band Wagon*

### Other awards — 4 won, 4 nominated

- Johnny Mercer Award 1991: Johnny Mercer Award (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1991: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *The Will Rogers Follies*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1983: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *A Doll's Life*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1978: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *On the Twentieth Century*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1968: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Hallelujah, Baby!*
- Tony Award for Best Musical 1961: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *Do Re Mi*
- Tony Award for Best Musical 1957: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *Bells Are Ringing*
- Tony Award for Best Musical 1953: Tony Award for Best Musical (won), for *Wonderful Town*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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