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name: "Dennis Coffey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-coffey"
fi1m_id: "dennis-coffey"
imdb_id: "nm0168977"
tmdb_id: 1132085
wikidata_id: "Q1189042"
roles: []
born: "11 November 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-10T11:59:48.537175+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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# Dennis Coffey

## Identity

Dennis Coffey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-coffey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-coffey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0168977
- **TMDB ID:** 1132085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1189042
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1132085

Composer. Born 11 November 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 November 1940, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1132085

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Searching for Sugar Man*](https://film.one/film/searching-for-sugar-man.md) (74)

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## Biography

Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist, composer and record producer. Born in Detroit on 11 November 1940, he was a member of Motown's Funk Brothers and contributed guitar to numerous hits, including Norman Whitfield-produced tracks for The Temptations such as "Cloud Nine" and "Ball of Confusion".

With Mike Theodore, Coffey co-produced and arranged Sixto Rodriguez's 1970 album *Cold Fact*. He appears as himself in the 2012 documentary *Searching for Sugar Man*, discussing that work. His 1971 instrumental single "Scorpio" reached the US Top 10. He has also composed film scores, including for *Mardi Gras Massacre* (1978).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Searching for Sugar Man* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/searching-for-sugar-man.md)

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