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name: "Angela Morley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/angela-morley"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "10 March 1924"
died: "14 January 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:11.295445+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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# Angela Morley

Composer. Born 10 March 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 14 January 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 10 March 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 January 2009
- **Also known as:** Wally Stott, Walter Stott

## Biography

Angela Morley (1924–2009) was an English composer, conductor and arranger. She began her career as Wally Stott or Walter Stott, providing music for BBC radio programmes including *The Goon Show* and *Hancock's Half Hour* in the 1950s and 1960s. She composed and arranged light music and worked as a musical director for the BBC.

After transitioning in 1972, she continued her work under the name Angela Morley. She composed scores for films including *Watership Down* (1978) and *The Slipper and the Rose* (1976), and contributed orchestrations to several John Williams scores. Her television credits include music for *Dallas*, *Dynasty* and *Cagney & Lacey* (1982). She received three Emmy Awards for music direction and two Academy Award nominations for original song scores.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)

## Also known for

- *Watership Down* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Deathtrap* (1982), Orchestrator
- *Dallas* (1978), Music
- *Equus* (1977), Conductor
- *Dynasty* (1981), Music
- *The Brink's Job* (1978), Conductor
- *When Eight Bells Toll* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Slipper and the Rose* (1976), Original Music Composer

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