---
name: "Henry Vars"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henry-vars"
fi1m_id: "henry-vars"
imdb_id: "nm0890206"
tmdb_id: 96285
wikidata_id: "Q323368"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 December 1902"
died: "1 September 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:07:16.842317+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."
---

# Henry Vars

## Identity

Henry Vars

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henry-vars
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henry-vars
- **IMDb ID:** nm0890206
- **TMDB ID:** 96285
- **Wikidata ID:** Q323368
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890206/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96285

Composer. Born 29 December 1902 in Warsaw, Russian Empire (Poland). Died 1 September 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 December 1902, Warsaw, Russian Empire (Poland)
- **Died:** 1 September 1977
- **Active:** 1953–1955
- **Also known as:** Henryk Wars, Генрих Варс, Г. Варс, Genrikh Vars
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890206/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96285

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Big Heat*](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md) (86)

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## Biography

Henry Vars (born Henryk Warszawski; 29 December 1902 – 1 September 1977) was a Polish-American composer, arranger and conductor. Known in Poland as Henryk Wars, he composed scores and songs for around fifty films during the interwar period. He studied composition at the Warsaw Conservatory under Roman Statkowski and Emil Młynarski, graduating in 1925.

Vars emigrated to the United States in 1947. In Hollywood he contributed music to films including *The Big Heat* (1953), *Seven Men from Now* (1956) and *Flipper* (1963), as well as writing popular songs recorded by artists such as Doris Day and Brenda Lee.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, polishmusic.usc.edu.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Phenix City Story* (1955), Fi1m 71, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phenix-city-story.md)
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Fools' Parade* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Flipper* (1964), series, Music, Conductor
- *Flipper's New Adventure* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Flipper* (1963), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Battle at Bloody Beach* (1961), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Freckles* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Leech Woman* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Escort West* (1959), Music
- *China Doll* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Unearthly* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Midnight Story* (1957), Music
- *Man in the Vault* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Gun the Man Down* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *7 Men from Now* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Phenix City Story* (1955), Orchestrator — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phenix-city-story.md)
- *A Bullet for Joey* (1955), Orchestrator
- *Slaves of Babylon* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *Chained for Life* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Way* (1947), Music
- *Dream* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *The Sea Hawk* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Schweik is Preparing For Battle* (1942), Music
- *Paweł & Gaweł* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Robert and Bertrand* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Ordynat Michorowski* (1937), Music
- *The Apartment Above* (1937), as muzyk grający na pianinie · Original Music Composer
- *The Quack* (1937), Music
- *The Jester* (1937), Music Director
- *Papa się żeni* (1936), Music
- *The Honorable Chauffeur* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *ABC of Love* (1935), Music
- *Police Chief Antek* (1935), Music
- *Córka generała Pankratowa* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Is Lucyna a Girl?* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Love, Cherish, Respect* (1934), Music
- *Life Sentence* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Ekscelencja Jurek* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo i Julcia* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Sound of the Desert* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Exile to Siberia* (1930), Original Music Composer

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