---
name: "Kenyon Hopkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenyon-hopkins"
fi1m_id: "kenyon-hopkins"
imdb_id: "nm0006132"
tmdb_id: 5260
wikidata_id: "Q592174"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 January 1912"
died: "7 April 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T03:52:46.519743+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."
---

# Kenyon Hopkins

## Identity

Kenyon Hopkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenyon-hopkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenyon-hopkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006132
- **TMDB ID:** 5260
- **Wikidata ID:** Q592174
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyon_Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006132/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5260

Composer. Born 15 January 1912 in Coffeyville. Died 7 April 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 January 1912, Coffeyville
- **Died:** 7 April 1983
- **Active:** 1957–1961
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 91 (1), 1960s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyon_Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006132/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5260

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*12 Angry Men*](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md) (91)

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## Biography

Kenyon Hopkins was an American composer and arranger. He studied music theory and composition at Oberlin College and Temple University, graduating from the latter in 1933. He worked as an arranger for conductors including André Kostelanetz and Paul Whiteman, and later served as chief composer and arranger at Radio City Music Hall from 1951 to 1961.

Hopkins composed scores for numerous films, often in a jazz idiom. His credits include *Baby Doll* (1956), *12 Angry Men* (1957), *The Strange One* (1957), *The Fugitive Kind* (1960), *Wild River* (1960), *The Hustler* (1961), *Lilith* (1964), *This Property Is Condemned* (1966) and *Downhill Racer* (1969). He also worked extensively in television, serving as music director for series including *East Side/West Side* and later as director of music for Paramount Television on shows such as *The Brady Bunch* and *The Odd Couple*.

Hopkins received Emmy nominations for his television work. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1983.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Fi1m 91, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Poor Devil* (1973), Music Supervisor
- *Night of Terror* (1972), Music Supervisor
- *The New Healers* (1972), Music
- *Downhill Racer* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The First Time* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *A Lovely Way to Die* (1968), Music
- *Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Borgia Stick* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *This Property Is Condemned* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Mister Buddwing* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Lilith* (1964), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *The Yellow Canary* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Hustler* (1961), Original Music Composer, Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *Wild in the Country* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Wild River* (1960), Music
- *The Fugitive Kind* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Strange One* (1957), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)
- *Baby Doll* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Though the Earth be Moved*, Music

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