---
name: "Allan Dennis Rich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allan-dennis-rich"
fi1m_id: "allan-dennis-rich"
imdb_id: "nm0723591"
tmdb_id: 8845
wikidata_id: "Q22111340"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:47:32.195001+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."
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# Allan Dennis Rich

## Identity

Allan Dennis Rich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allan-dennis-rich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allan-dennis-rich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0723591
- **TMDB ID:** 8845
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22111340
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22111340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8845

Composer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22111340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8845

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*The Bodyguard*](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md) (63)

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## Biography

Allan Dennis Rich is an American songwriter and composer. He is best known for co-writing the song 'Run to You' with Jud Friedman for the soundtrack to the film *The Bodyguard* (1992).

Rich grew up in the New York area and moved to Los Angeles in 1980. He began his career selling shoes before securing early songwriting credits with artists including Patti LaBelle and Barry Manilow. His long-term collaboration with Jud Friedman produced further hits such as 'I Don't Have the Heart' for James Ingram and 'For the First Time' for Kenny Loggins from *One Fine Day* (1996).

Rich has received multiple Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe nominations. He has also worked as an executive producer on projects including *After Midnight* (1989) and the series *After Forever*.

*Sources: imdb.com, allanrichsongs.com, chiccompass.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *After Midnight* (1989), Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1997: Best Original Song (nominated), for *For the First Time*
- 1993: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Run to You*

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

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