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name: "Howard Jackson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-jackson"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 February 1900"
died: "4 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:39:45.269748+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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# Howard Jackson

Composer. Born 8 February 1900 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. Died 4 August 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 February 1900, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 4 August 1966
- **Also known as:** Howard Manucy Jackson, Howard M. Jackson

## Biography

Howard Jackson (born Howard Manucey Jackson) was an American film and television composer. He began scoring for Universal Pictures in 1929, with his first complete film score for *Broadway* (1929). He later worked at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, where he contributed to several early films directed by Frank Capra, often without credit, before finishing his career at Warner Bros.

He scored around 150 feature films and 250 short subjects. Among his credited and uncredited work are *I'm No Angel* (1933), *Lady for a Day* (1933), *It Happened One Night* (1934), *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *Calamity Jane* (1953), *Silver Lode* (1954), *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960) and *Merrill's Marauders* (1962). He also composed for television series including *Hawaiian Eye* and *The Gallant Men*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *It Happened One Night* (1934), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/it-happened-one-night.md)

## Also known for

- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Calamity Jane* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Silver Lode* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Merrill's Marauders* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *I'm No Angel* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Black Legion* (1937), Music

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