---
name: "Jack Elliott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-elliott"
fi1m_id: "jack-elliott"
imdb_id: "nm0254477"
tmdb_id: 52029
wikidata_id: "Q1677025"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 August 1927"
died: "18 August 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:44:07.566973+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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# Jack Elliott

## Identity

Jack Elliott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-elliott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-elliott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0254477
- **TMDB ID:** 52029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1677025
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elliott_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52029

Composer. Born 6 August 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died 18 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 August 1927, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 18 August 2001
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elliott_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52029

## Biography

Jack Elliott was an American composer, conductor, arranger and television producer. Born Irwin Elliott Zucker on 6 August 1927 in Hartford, Connecticut, he graduated from the Hartt School of Music and studied composition with Arnold Franchetti, Isadore Freed, Bohuslav Martinů and Lukas Foss. He worked as a jazz pianist in New York and Paris before moving to California, where Judy Garland brought him in as an arranger for her television show.

Elliott scored numerous films, including *Where's Poppa?* (1970), *Support Your Local Gunfighter* (1971), *Oh, God!* (1977), *The Jerk* (1979) and *Sibling Rivalry* (1990). On television he composed the main title theme for *Night Court* (1984) and co-wrote themes for *Barney Miller* (1975) and *Charlie's Angels* (1976) with Allyn Ferguson. He served as music director for *The Love Boat* (1977) and many other series.

He co-founded the New American Orchestra, later renamed the American Jazz Philharmonic, and was music director of the Henry Mancini Institute. Elliott directed the orchestra for the Grammy Awards for 30 consecutive years and served in similar roles for the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He died on 18 August 2001 in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jerk* (1979), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Lookwell* (1991), Music
- *Sibling Rivalry* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Night Court* (1984), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Found Money* (1983), Music
- *Venice Medical* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Day the Bubble Burst* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body* (1980), Music Director
- *The Jerk* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *The Solitary Man* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Just You and Me, Kid* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Sanctuary of Fear* (1979), Music
- *A Guide for the Married Woman* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer* (1977), Music, Conductor
- *Oh, God!* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, Music
- *The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Delta County, USA* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Danger in Paradise* (1977), Music
- *Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target* (1977), Music
- *NBC: The First Fifty Years* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Roll, Freddy, Roll!* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Only with Married Men* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Red Badge of Courage* (1974), Music
- *Really, Raquel* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl who Came Gift Wrapped* (1974), Music
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *What Are Best Friends For?* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show* (1973), Music Arranger, Conductor
- *The Man Without a Country* (1973), Music
- *Jarrett* (1973), Music
- *The Bait* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Birds of Prey* (1973), Music
- *Every Man Needs One* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Playmates* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Banacek* (1972), series, Music
- *Get to Know Your Rabbit* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Muppet Musicians of Bremen* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *T.R. Baskin* (1971), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Support Your Local Gunfighter* (1971), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Pure Goldie* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Feminist and the Fuzz* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special* (1970), Music Arranger, Conductor
- *Where’s Poppa?* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Comic* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Pistols 'n' Petticoats* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Carousel* (1967), Conductor
- *Startime* (1959), series, Orchestrator, Conductor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1965: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *The Unsinkable Molly Brown*

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

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