---
name: "Harry Nilsson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-nilsson"
fi1m_id: "harry-nilsson"
imdb_id: "nm0632223"
tmdb_id: 69052
wikidata_id: "Q281034"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 June 1941"
died: "15 January 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:56:40.963948+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 Nilsson

## Identity

Harry Nilsson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-nilsson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-nilsson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0632223
- **TMDB ID:** 69052
- **Wikidata ID:** Q281034
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69052

Composer. Born 15 June 1941 in New York City. Died 15 January 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 June 1941, New York City
- **Died:** 15 January 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69052

## Biography

Harry Nilsson was an American singer, songwriter and composer. He wrote the songs and provided additional music for Robert Altman's 1980 film *Popeye*.

Nilsson was born in New York City on 15 June 1941 and died on 15 January 1994. His other film music credits include contributions to *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* television series and the soundtrack for *Son of Dracula* (1973).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Popeye* (1980), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Songs, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *US Rushes* (1997), Music
- *Camp Candy* (1989), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *The Telephone* (1988), Writer
- *Ziggy's Gift* (1982), Lyricist, Songs
- *Popeye* (1980), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)
- *Son of Dracula* (1974), as Count Downe
- *The Point* (1971), Original Music Composer, Producer, Story, Songs
- *Think About Your Troubles* (1970), Set Designer, Makeup Artist, Lighting Artist, Key Grip, Camera Operator, Music
- *Skidoo* (1968), as Tower Guard · Original Music Composer
- *Head* (1968), as Songs
- *The Ghost & Mrs. Muir* (1968), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Harry Nilsson](https://film.one/media/person/5539584/gallery-47201fb117cc.png) Harry Nilsson — RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Harry_Nilsson_%281973%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Trade ad for Harry Nilsson's single "Many Rivers To Cross".To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics  (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/5539584/gallery-95b96d1d3cc0.png) Trade ad for Harry Nilsson's single "Many Rivers To Cross".To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics  (1974) — RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Harry_Nilsson_%281974%29_%28tall%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 1973: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (won), for *Without You*
- Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1973: Grammy Award for Record of the Year (nominated), for *Without You*
- Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 1970: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (won), for *Everybody's Talkin'*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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