--- name: "Frank Loesser" canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-loesser" fi1m_id: "frank-loesser" imdb_id: "nm0004230" tmdb_id: 41747 wikidata_id: "Q966018" roles: ["Songs"] born: "29 June 1910" died: "28 July 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T07:18:23.094971+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 Loesser ## Identity Frank Loesser - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-loesser - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** frank-loesser - **IMDb ID:** nm0004230 - **TMDB ID:** 41747 - **Wikidata ID:** Q966018 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41747 Songs. Born 29 June 1910 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 28 July 1969. ## Details - **Work:** Songs - **Born:** 29 June 1910, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 28 July 1969 - **Active:** 1939–1955 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 4 nominated) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 84 (1), 1950s 80 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41747 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Guys and Dolls*](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Frank Loesser was an American composer and lyricist. Born in New York City on 29 June 1910, he began his career writing songs for Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, contributing to more than sixty pictures. He later moved to Broadway, where he wrote both music and lyrics for several musicals. Loesser is best known for the score of *Guys and Dolls* (1950), which received a Tony Award for Best Musical, and its 1955 film adaptation. Other notable works include *Where’s Charley?* (1948), *The Most Happy Fella* (1956) and *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1961), the last of which shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He died in New York City on 28 July 1969. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, frankloesser.com, songhall.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Wrote (1) - *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Fi1m 80, Music, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md) ### Crew (1) — the average rests on these - *Destry Rides Again* (1939), Fi1m 84, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/destry-rides-again.md) ## Complete filmography (49) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime* (2022), Music, Lyricist - *Love Me, Love My Doll* (2007), Music - *Guys and Dolls* (2002), Original Music Composer - *8 ½ Women* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Guys and Dolls: Off the Record* (1992), as Songs - *Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued* (1981), as Songs · Lyricist - *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967), as Songs · Lyricist - *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Original Music Composer, Songs, Lyricist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md) - *Hans Christian Andersen* (1952), Original Music Composer, Songs - *Where's Charley?* (1952), as Songs · Lyricist - *Red, Hot and Blue* (1949), as Hair-Do Lempke, Songs · Lyricist, Original Music Composer - *Neptune's Daughter* (1949), as Songs · Lyricist - *The Perils of Pauline* (1947), as Songs - *Behind City Lights* (1945), Lyricist - *Youth Runs Wild* (1944), Lyricist - *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943), as Songs - *Swing Your Partner* (1943), Lyricist - *Happy Go Lucky* (1943), as Songs - *Priorities on Parade* (1942), Lyricist, Screenplay - *Sweater Girl* (1942), Lyricist - *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), Lyricist - *This Gun for Hire* (1942), as Songs - *Mr. Bug Goes to Town* (1941), Lyricist - *Sailors on Leave* (1941), Lyricist - *Sis Hopkins* (1941), Lyricist - *Las Vegas Nights* (1941), Lyricist - *Dancing on a Dime* (1940), Lyricist - *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), as Songs - *Seventeen* (1940), Lyricist - *Destry Rides Again* (1939), as Songs — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/destry-rides-again.md) - *Man About Town* (1939), Lyricist - *Some Like It Hot* (1939), Lyricist - *Zaza* (1939), Lyricist - *Thanks for the Memory* (1938), as Songs - *Spawn of the North* (1938), Lyricist - *Cocoanut Grove* (1938), Lyricist - *College Swing* (1938), Lyricist - *Fight for Your Lady* (1937), as Songs - *Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938* (1937), Lyricist - *Postal Inspector* (1936), as Songs - *Ma and the Auto* (1936), Lyricist - *The Old Prospector Talks* (1935), Lyricist - *Early in the Mornin'* (1935), Lyricist - *Couldn't Live Without You* (1935), Lyricist - *After the Storm* (1935), Lyricist - *Boyhood* (1935), Lyricist - *Bill and I Went Fishing* (1935), Lyricist - *The Scout Master* (1935), Lyricist - *Guys and Dolls*, as Songs ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 4 nominated - 1953: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Thumbelina* - 1950: Best Original Song (won), for *Baby, It's Cold Outside* - 1948: Best Original Song (nominated), for *I Wish I Didn’t Love You So* - 1944: Best Original Song (nominated), for *They’re Either Too Young or Too Old* - 1942: Best Original Song (nominated) ### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated - Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1962: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (won), for *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* - Tony Award for Best Musical 1962: Tony Award for Best Musical (won), for *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* - Tony Award for Best Original Score 1962: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* - Tony Award for Best Musical 1957: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *The Most Happy Fella* - Tony Award for Best Musical 1951: Tony Award for Best Musical (won), for *Guys and Dolls* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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