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name: "Deems Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deems-taylor"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 December 1885"
died: "3 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:58:30.011382+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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# Deems Taylor

Actor. Born 22 December 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 3 July 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 December 1885, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 3 July 1966
- **Also known as:** Joseph Deems Taylor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565402

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantasia*](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md) (80)

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## Biography

Joseph Deems Taylor (22 December 1885 – 3 July 1966) was an American composer, music critic and radio commentator. Born in New York City, he composed operas including *The King's Henchman* (1927) and *Peter Ibbetson* (1929), both staged at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as orchestral works.

Taylor served as musical advisor on the Disney film *Fantasia* (1940) and appeared on screen as narrator for the narrative introductions. He also featured in the documentary *Of Men and Music* (1951) and the short *There's Magic in Music* (1941).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, disney.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fantasia* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Narrator - Narrative Introductions — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md)

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