---
name: "Ernest Irving"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ernest-irving"
fi1m_id: "ernest-irving"
imdb_id: "nm0410267"
tmdb_id: 70867
wikidata_id: "Q5393312"
roles: ["Conductor"]
born: "6 November 1878"
died: "24 October 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T04:52:23.180242+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."
---

# Ernest Irving

## Identity

Ernest Irving

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ernest-irving
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ernest-irving
- **IMDb ID:** nm0410267
- **TMDB ID:** 70867
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5393312
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Irving, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70867

Conductor. Born 6 November 1878 in Godalming. Died 24 October 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Conductor
- **Born:** 6 November 1878, Godalming
- **Died:** 24 October 1953
- **Active:** 1949–1951
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 91 (1), 1950s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Irving, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70867

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kind Hearts and Coronets*](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ernest Irving (1878–1953) was an English music director, conductor and composer. He began his career as a theatre musician in London and became music director at Ealing Studios in the early 1930s, a position he held until his death.

At Ealing he composed original scores and arranged music for numerous films, including the comedies *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), *Whisky Galore!* (1949) and *A Run for Your Money* (1949). He also conducted and arranged scores by other composers such as Vaughan Williams and secured contributions from figures including John Ireland and William Walton.

Irving was born in Godalming, Surrey, and died in Ealing, London. His autobiography, *Cue for Music*, was published posthumously in 1959.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Fi1m 82, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *The Titfield Thunderbolt* (1953), Conductor
- *The Cruel Sea* (1953), Conductor
- *I Believe in You* (1952), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Secret People* (1952), Conductor
- *His Excellency* (1952), Music
- *Where No Vultures Fly* (1951), Conductor
- *The Man in the White Suit* (1951), Conductor
- *Wherever She Goes* (1951), Music Director
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Conductor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Cage of Gold* (1950), Conductor
- *The Blue Lamp* (1950), Music Director
- *A Run for Your Money* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Passport to Pimlico* (1949), Conductor
- *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md)
- *Whisky Galore!* (1949), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), Conductor
- *It Always Rains on Sunday* (1947), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (1947), Conductor
- *Hue and Cry* (1947), Conductor
- *The Captive Heart* (1946), Conductor, Music
- *Johnny Frenchman* (1945), Conductor
- *Dead of Night* (1945), Conductor
- *Painted Boats* (1945), Music Director
- *The Return of the Vikings* (1944), Music
- *Champagne Charlie* (1944), Music Director
- *They Came to a City* (1944), Conductor
- *For Those in Peril* (1944), Music Director
- *My Learned Friend* (1943), Music
- *Undercover* (1943), Music Director
- *Greek Testament* (1943), Music
- *Went the Day Well?* (1942), Music Director
- *The Foreman Went to France* (1942), Music Director
- *The Next of Kin* (1942), Music Director
- *The Black Sheep of Whitehall* (1942), Music Director
- *The Big Blockade* (1942), Music Director
- *Ships with Wings* (1941), Music Director
- *The Ghost of St. Michael's* (1941), Music
- *Sailors Three* (1940), Music Director
- *Saloon Bar* (1940), Music
- *Convoy* (1940), Music
- *All Hands* (1940), Music
- *Return to Yesterday* (1940), Music Director
- *Now You're Talking* (1940), Music
- *The Four Just Men* (1939), Music
- *The Ware Case* (1938), Music
- *The Gaunt Stranger* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *The High Command* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Keep Fit* (1937), Music
- *The King’s Breakfast* (1937), Music Director
- *Laburnum Grove* (1936), Music
- *Tomorrow We Live* (1936), Music Director
- *Look Up and Laugh* (1935), Music Director
- *Death Drives Through* (1935), Music, Music Director
- *Autumn Crocus* (1934), Music Director
- *Love on the Spot* (1932), Music Director
- *The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case* (1932), Music
- *The Water Gipsies* (1932), Music Director
- *Nine Till Six* (1932), Music Director
- *Birds of Prey* (1930), Music Director
- *Escape!* (1930), Original Music Composer

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