---
name: "Harry Betts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-betts"
fi1m_id: "harry-betts"
tmdb_id: 2014529
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 September 1922"
died: "13 July 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:01.092373+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."
---

# Harry Betts

## Identity

Harry Betts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-betts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-betts
- **TMDB ID:** 2014529
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2014529

Composer. Born 15 September 1922 in New York, United States. Died 13 July 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 September 1922, New York, United States
- **Died:** 13 July 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2014529

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nice Dreams*](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md) (50)

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## Biography

Harry Betts was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Born in New York on 15 September 1922 and raised in Fresno, California, he played in Stan Kenton's orchestra during the 1950s and appeared on Ella Fitzgerald's 1959 album *Get Happy!*.

Betts composed and orchestrated scores for numerous films and television productions. His credits include original music for *Black Mama, White Mama* (1973), *Little Cigars* (1973) and *Nice Dreams* (1981), as well as orchestrations on *Ghost Story* (1981). Music from his *Black Mama, White Mama* score was later used in *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003). He also released the album *The Jazz Soul of Doctor Kildare* in 1962 and arranged material for singer Jack Jones. Betts died on 13 July 2012.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Fi1m 50, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Ghost Story* (1981), Orchestrator
- *Nice Dreams* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/nice-dreams.md)
- *Little Cigars* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Black Mama, White Mama* (1973), Music
- *Goodnight, My Love* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *A Time for Dying* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Fantastic Plastic Machine* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Mouth* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Winter A-Go-Go* (1965), Music
- *A Swingin' Summer* (1965), Conductor, Music
- *The Comedy of Terrors* (1964), Musician

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