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name: "Cyril J. Mockridge"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 August 1896"
died: "18 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:36:40.278046+00:00"
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# Cyril J. Mockridge

Composer. Born 6 August 1896 in London, England. Died 18 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 August 1896, London, England
- **Died:** 18 January 1979
- **Active:** 1943–1947
- **Also known as:** Cyril Mockridge
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_J._Mockridge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14647

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Miracle on 34th Street*](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) (85)
- **Tubi:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) (84)

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## Biography

Cyril J. Mockridge (also credited as Cyril Mockridge) was an English film and television composer. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s.

He worked as a staff composer at Twentieth Century-Fox for many years, often collaborating with Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman, and contributed music to more than a hundred films between the 1930s and 1960s. His credits include *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), *My Darling Clementine* (1946), *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), *River of No Return* (1954), *Guys and Dolls* (1955) and *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962). He received an Academy Award nomination for his work on *Guys and Dolls*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)

## Complete filmography (131)

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

- *Donovan's Reef* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *All Hands on Deck* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Flaming Star* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Let's Make Love* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Wake Me When It's Over* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Tall Story* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *A Private's Affair* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Thunder in the Sun* (1959), Music
- *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *I Married a Woman* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Gift of Love* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, Music
- *Desk Set* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Bus Stop* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Solid Gold Cadillac* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Lieutenant Wore Skirts* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Music Arranger
- *The Seven Year Itch* (1955), Additional Music
- *Daddy Long Legs* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Many Rivers to Cross* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Woman's World* (1954), Music
- *River of No Return* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Night People* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1953), Music
- *Mister Scoutmaster* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl Next Door* (1953), Music
- *Night Without Sleep* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Dreamboat* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *We're Not Married!* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Deadline - U.S.A.* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Belles on Their Toes* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Elopement* (1951), Music
- *The Model and the Marriage Broker* (1951), Music
- *Let's Make It Legal* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Love Nest* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *As Young as You Feel* (1951), Music
- *Follow the Sun* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *You're in the Navy Now* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Frogmen* (1951), Music
- *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *I'll Get By* (1950), Music
- *Stella* (1950), Music
- *Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Night and the City* (1950), Orchestrator
- *Love That Brute* (1950), Music
- *A Ticket to Tomahawk* (1950), Music
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Mother Didn't Tell Me* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Father Was a Fullback* (1949), Music
- *I Was a Male War Bride* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Slattery's Hurricane* (1949), Music
- *Come to the Stable* (1949), Music
- *The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend* (1949), Music
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), Music
- *That Wonderful Urge* (1948), Music
- *Road House* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Luck of the Irish* (1948), Music
- *That Lady in Ermine* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Deep Waters* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!* (1948), Music
- *You Were Meant for Me* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Thunder in the Valley* (1947), Music
- *Nightmare Alley* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *The Late George Apley* (1947), Music
- *Wake Up and Dream* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Cluny Brown* (1946), Music
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Sentimental Journey* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Claudia and David* (1946), Music
- *Colonel Effingham's Raid* (1946), Music
- *Doll Face* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Captain Eddie* (1945), Music
- *Molly and Me* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Thunderhead: Son of Flicka* (1945), Music
- *Irish Eyes Are Smiling* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *In the Meantime, Darling* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Eve of St. Mark* (1944), Music
- *The Fighting Sullivans* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Gang's All Here* (1943), Music
- *Happy Land* (1943), Music
- *Holy Matrimony* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)
- *Stormy Weather* (1943), Music
- *Coney Island* (1943), Music
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Meanest Man in the World* (1943), Music
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), Additional Music
- *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942), Music
- *Ten Gentlemen from West Point* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Moontide* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *My Gal Sal* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Rings on Her Fingers* (1942), Music
- *On the Sunny Side* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Young America* (1942), Music Director
- *Blue, White and Perfect* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Last of the Duanes* (1941), Music Director
- *We Go Fast* (1941), Music
- *Sleepers West* (1941), Music
- *Golden Hoofs* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Tall, Dark and Handsome* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Michael Shayne: Private Detective* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Brigham Young* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Young People* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Girl in 313* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Johnny Apollo* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Day-time Wife* (1939), Sound Director
- *Hollywood Cavalcade* (1939), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Gorilla* (1939), Music
- *The Little Princess* (1939), Music
- *Tail Spin* (1939), Additional Music
- *Jesse James* (1939), Additional Music
- *I'll Give a Million* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Seventh Heaven* (1937), Music
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), Orchestrator
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), Music
- *To Mary - with Love* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Private Number* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Everybody's Old Man* (1936), Music
- *King of Burlesque* (1936), Music
- *The Littlest Rebel* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Way Down East* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *My Weakness* (1933), Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1956: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Guys and Dolls*

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

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