---
name: "Frank Churchill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-churchill"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "20 October 1901"
died: "14 May 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 86
updated: "2026-09-17T05:52:52.705148+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."
---

# Frank Churchill

Composer. Born 20 October 1901 in Rumford, Maine, USA. Died 14 May 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 20 October 1901, Rumford, Maine, USA
- **Died:** 14 May 1942
- **Active:** 1938–1942
- **Also known as:** Frank Churchchill
- **Works often with:** [Walt Disney](https://film.one/person/walt-disney.md), [Ben Sharpsteen](https://film.one/person/ben-sharpsteen.md), [Edward H. Plumb](https://film.one/person/edward-h-plumb.md), [Leigh Harline](https://film.one/person/leigh-harline.md), [Wilfred Jackson](https://film.one/person/wilfred-jackson.md), [Bill Roberts](https://film.one/person/bill-roberts.md), [David Hand](https://film.one/person/david-hand.md), [Jack Kinney](https://film.one/person/jack-kinney.md), [Norm Ferguson](https://film.one/person/norman-ferguson.md), [Paul Smith](https://film.one/person/paul-j-smith.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 85 (1), 1940s 87 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 83 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Fantasy 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $618m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161430/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5466

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md) (88), [*Dumbo*](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md) (87), [*Bambi*](https://film.one/film/bambi.md) (86), [*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md) (85)

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## Biography

Frank Churchill (1901–1942) was an American film composer and songwriter. He joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930 after working as a pianist in cinemas and at radio station KNX.

Churchill composed music and songs for numerous Disney animated shorts and features. His credits include *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937), *Pinocchio* (1940), *Dumbo* (1941) and *Bambi* (1942). He co-wrote the Oscar-winning score for *Dumbo* with Oliver Wallace and created songs such as “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” for *Three Little Pigs* (1933).

He began playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 and briefly studied medicine at UCLA before pursuing music full time.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bambi* (1942), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bambi.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md)
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1938), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md)

## Also known for

- *Snow White* (2025), Music, Songs
- *Three Little Pigs* (1933), Music
- *The Tortoise and the Hare* (1935), Music
- *Flowers and Trees* (1932), Music
- *Thru the Mirror* (1936), Music
- *Santa's Workshop* (1932), Music
- *The Reluctant Dragon* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Bad Wolf* (1934), Music

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