---
name: "Mort Lindsey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mort-lindsey"
fi1m_id: "mort-lindsey"
imdb_id: "nm0512388"
tmdb_id: 1652743
wikidata_id: "Q4262013"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 March 1923"
died: "4 May 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:36:19.312982+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."
---

# Mort Lindsey

## Identity

Mort Lindsey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mort-lindsey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mort-lindsey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0512388
- **TMDB ID:** 1652743
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4262013
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Lindsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4262013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1652743

Composer. Born 21 March 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 4 May 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 March 1923, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 4 May 2012
- **Active:** 1979–1996
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Lindsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4262013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1652743

## Biography

Mort Lindsey (born Morton Lippman) was an American composer, orchestrator, pianist, conductor and musical director. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on 21 March 1923, he attended Newark Arts High School, served in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War, and earned degrees from Columbia University.

Lindsey worked as a staff pianist for NBC in New York and later as musical director for The Merv Griffin Show from 1965 to 1986. He served as conductor for Judy Garland’s 1961 Carnegie Hall concert and for Barbra Streisand’s Central Park concert, winning an Emmy for the latter. His film scores include Gay Purr-ee (1962), The Best Man (1964) and Real Life (1979); he also orchestrated The Birdcage (1996).

He died at his home in Malibu, California, on 4 May 2012.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Real Life* (1979), Fi1m 77, as Mort Lindsey — [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Birdcage* (1996), Fi1m 81, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Birdcage* (1996), Orchestrator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Real Life* (1979), as Mort Lindsey · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)
- *Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway* (1969), Music Arranger, Conductor
- *The Best Man* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Stolen Hours* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *I Could Go on Singing* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *40 Pounds of Trouble* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Gay Purr-ee* (1962), Music Arranger, Conductor

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