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name: "Buddy G. DeSylva"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 January 1895"
died: "11 July 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:02:37.146774+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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# Buddy G. DeSylva

Producer. Born 27 January 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 11 July 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 January 1895, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 11 July 1950
- **Also known as:** George G. De Sylva, B.G. DeSylva, DeSylva, De Sylva

## Biography

Buddy G. DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. Born George Gard DeSylva in New York City on 27 January 1895, he grew up in California and attended the University of Southern California. He began writing songs for the stage in the late 1910s, working with Al Jolson and later forming the successful Tin Pan Alley team of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson.

DeSylva moved into film production in the 1930s, working first at Fox and then at Paramount Pictures, where he became executive producer in 1941. He received a producer credit on *The Lady Eve* (1941) and executive producer credits on films including *The Uninvited* (1944), *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), *I Married a Witch* (1942) and *Ministry of Fear* (1944). In 1942 he co-founded Capitol Records with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs. He died in Los Angeles on 11 July 1950.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)

## Also known for

- *The Uninvited* (1944), Executive Producer
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), Executive Producer
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), Executive Producer
- *This Gun for Hire* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943), Executive Producer
- *The Glass Key* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Christmas in July* (1940), Producer

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