---
name: "Mortimer Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mortimer-wilson"
fi1m_id: "mortimer-wilson"
tmdb_id: 1899100
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 August 1876"
died: "27 January 1932"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:10:36.086840+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."
---

# Mortimer Wilson

## Identity

Mortimer Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mortimer-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mortimer-wilson
- **TMDB ID:** 1899100
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899100

Composer. Born 6 August 1876 in Chariton, Iowa. Died 27 January 1932.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 August 1876, Chariton, Iowa
- **Died:** 27 January 1932
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1899100

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief of Bagdad*](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md) (82)

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## Biography

Mortimer Wilson (1876–1932) was an American composer of classical music who also wrote original orchestral scores for several silent films in the 1920s.

He studied in Chicago and Leipzig before teaching and conducting in the United States, including periods at the University of Nebraska and with the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. Wilson composed the music for Douglas Fairbanks productions including *The Mark of Zorro* (1920), *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), *Don Q, Son of Zorro* (1925) and *The Black Pirate* (1926). He authored three books on music theory and orchestration.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, oac.cdlib.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), Fi1m 82, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Don Q Son of Zorro* (1925), Original Music Composer
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), Music — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

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