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name: "George Duning"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 February 1908"
died: "27 February 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:53:54.005425+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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# George Duning

Composer. Born 25 February 1908 in Richmond, Indiana, USA. Died 27 February 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 February 1908, Richmond, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 27 February 2000
- **Also known as:** George Dunning

## Biography

George Duning (25 February 1908 – 27 February 2000) was an American composer of film and television scores. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

In the 1930s and 1940s he played trumpet and piano with the Kay Kyser band and arranged music for its radio programme. He joined Columbia Pictures in 1946 and remained there until the early 1960s, scoring films including *From Here to Eternity* (1953), *Picnic* (1955), *The Man from Laramie* (1955), *3:10 to Yuma* (1957) and *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958). He received five Academy Award nominations for his work.

Duning later worked extensively in television, contributing scores to *Star Trek* (1966), *The Big Valley* and *Naked City*. He composed more than 300 film and television scores in total.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *3:10 to Yuma* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Man from Laramie* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Houseboat* (1958), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *The Love Boat* (1977), Music
- *That Touch of Mink* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Two Rode Together* (1961), Music

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