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name: "Charles Bradshaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-bradshaw"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 January 1907"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
updated: "2026-09-16T12:02:01.178797+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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# Charles Bradshaw

Composer. Born 17 January 1907 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 January 1907, Portland, Oregon, USA
- **Works often with:** Edith Head, Leo Shuken, Preston Sturges, Stuart Gilmore

## Biography

Charles Bradshaw (1907–1980) was an American composer and orchestrator who worked in the music department of numerous Hollywood films, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.

He received music score credits on *Sullivan's Travels* (1941) and *The Lady Eve* (1941), both directed by Preston Sturges. Other notable contributions include original music for *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944) and *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), as well as orchestrations on films such as *Remember the Night* (1940) and *Moontide* (1942).

Bradshaw was born in Portland, Oregon, and died in Kailua, Hawaii. He was married to Wilma Watts Holler.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sullivans-travels.md)
- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)

## Also known for

- *Remember the Night* (1940), Orchestrator
- *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Moontide* (1942), Orchestrator
- *You and Me* (1938), Orchestrator
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), Orchestrator

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