---
name: "Albert Elms"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-elms"
fi1m_id: "albert-elms"
imdb_id: "nm0255482"
tmdb_id: 874306
wikidata_id: "Q4710145"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 February 1920"
died: "16 October 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:35:46.956803+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."
---

# Albert Elms

## Identity

Albert Elms

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-elms
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-elms
- **IMDb ID:** nm0255482
- **TMDB ID:** 874306
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4710145
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Elms, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4710145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/874306

Composer. Born 28 February 1920 in Milton, Kent, England, UK. Died 16 October 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 February 1920, Milton, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 October 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Elms, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4710145, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/874306

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Albert Elms (28 February 1920 – 14 October 2009) was an English composer and arranger who worked principally in television and film. He joined the Royal Marine Band Service in 1934 at the age of 14 and served during the Second World War before becoming an arranger for the music publisher Francis, Day and Hunter. His television career began with the advent of commercial television in 1955.

Elms contributed scores to early ITC series including *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955–59), *The Buccaneers* (1956–57), *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956–57) and *Ivanhoe* (1958–59). He is best known for his incidental music and role as musical director on *Man in a Suitcase* (1967–68), *The Champions* (1968–69) and 14 of the 17 episodes of *The Prisoner* (1967–68).

Later credits include the film *Love Thy Neighbour* (1973) and work as musical director on *The Benny Hill Show* (1973–74). He also composed military marches such as *Battle of Trafalgar*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, thetimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Aweful Mr Goodall* (1974), series, Original Music Composer
- *Love Thy Neighbour* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Bindle (One of Them Days)* (1966), Music, Conductor
- *The Young Jacobites* (1963), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Breaking Point* (1961), Music, Conductor
- *Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Rockets in the Dunes* (1960), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Man Accused* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Child and the Killer* (1959), Music
- *The Secret Man* (1958), Music
- *Links of Justice* (1958), Music
- *A Woman Possessed* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Moment of Indiscretion* (1958), Music
- *A Woman of Mystery* (1958), Music
- *Son of a Stranger* (1958), Music
- *The Depraved* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Strangers' Meeting* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Three Sundays to Live* (1957), Music
- *The Man Without a Body* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Satellite in the Sky* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Manfish* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Alias John Preston* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, Music

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