---
name: "Dennis Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-wilson"
fi1m_id: "dennis-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm0933288"
tmdb_id: 2446915
wikidata_id: "Q16849526"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 February 1920"
died: "15 July 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:23:29.505542+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."
---

# Dennis Wilson

## Identity

Dennis Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0933288
- **TMDB ID:** 2446915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16849526
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16849526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933288/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2446915

Composer. Born 16 February 1920 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. Died 15 July 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 February 1920, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 July 1989
- **Active:** 1962–1975
- **Also known as:** Denis Wilson, Dennis Miller Wilson
- **Frequently works with:** [Douglas Argent](https://film.one/person/douglas-argent.md), [John Howard Davies](https://film.one/person/john-howard-davies.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1970s 90 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16849526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933288/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2446915

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Fawlty Towers*](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md) (90)

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## Biography

Dennis Wilson (also credited as Denis Wilson) was a British pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Born in Leicester, he played piano in his school orchestra and later in local bands. After Army service from 1939, during which he directed music at a garrison theatre in India until 1946, he joined several popular bands before working freelance from 1949 with recording, radio and television orchestras, as well as film music.

Wilson composed theme music and incidental scores for numerous British television series and sitcoms. His credits include *Till Death Us Do Part* (1965–1975), *Rising Damp* (1974–1978), *Steptoe and Son* (incidental music, 1970–1974) and *Fawlty Towers* (1975–1979). He died in Cambridge in 1989.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)
- *Steptoe and Son* (1962), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/steptoe-and-son.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *You're Only Young Twice* (1977), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), series, Music — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)
- *My Honourable Mrs* (1975), series, Original Music Composer
- *Aladdin* (1974), Music Arranger
- *The World of Beachcomber* (1968), series, Music
- *Not in Front of the Children* (1967), series, Music
- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1966), series, Music
- *Steptoe and Son* (1962), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/steptoe-and-son.md)
- *The Gambler and the Lady* (1952), Original Music Composer

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