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name: "Morton Stevens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/morton-stevens"
fi1m_id: "morton-stevens"
imdb_id: "nm0004022"
tmdb_id: 117869
wikidata_id: "Q1305284"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 January 1929"
died: "11 November 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:54:16.105397+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."
---

# Morton Stevens

## Identity

Morton Stevens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/morton-stevens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** morton-stevens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004022
- **TMDB ID:** 117869
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1305284
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117869

Composer. Born 30 January 1929 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 11 November 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 January 1929, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 11 November 1991
- **Also known as:** Mort Stevens
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117869

## Biography

Morton Stevens was an American composer and conductor. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 1950 and began his career as an arranger and conductor for Sammy Davis Jr. He later worked with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli, and served as music director for CBS West Coast operations from 1965.

Stevens is best known for composing the theme music for the television series *Hawaii Five-O* (1968–1980), for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received further Emmy nominations for his work on series including *Gunsmoke* and *Police Woman*, and scored miniseries such as *Masada* (1981) and *Wheels* (1978).

His film scores include *Hardly Working* (1980), *Slapstick of Another Kind* (1982) and *Cracking Up* (1983). Stevens died on 11 November 1991.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hardly Working* (1980), Fi1m 45, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990), series, Music
- *An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis* (1988), Music Director
- *Act of Piracy* (1988), Music
- *The Ann Jillian Story* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *They Still Call Me Bruce* (1987), Music
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1985), series, Original Music Composer
- *Smorgasbord* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Cocaine and Blue Eyes* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Memories Never Die* (1982), Music
- *Slapstick of Another Kind* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Manions of America* (1981), series, Original Music Composer
- *Masada* (1981), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Million Dollar Face* (1981), Music
- *Fugitive Family* (1980), Music
- *M Station: Hawaii* (1980), Music
- *Detour to Terror* (1980), Music
- *Hardly Working* (1980), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)
- *Undercover with the KKK* (1979), Music
- *The Flame Is Love* (1979), Music
- *Women in White* (1979), series, Music
- *Backstairs at the White House* (1979), series, Music
- *Mandrake* (1979), Music
- *The One Man Jury* (1978), Music Arranger
- *Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Code Name: Diamond Head* (1977), Music
- *The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Time Travelers* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, Music
- *The Disappearance of Flight 412* (1974), Music
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Music
- *Kodiak* (1974), series, Music
- *Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Coffee, Tea or Me?* (1973), Music
- *Poor Devil* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Horror at 37,000 Feet* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Strangers in 7A* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Visions...* (1972), Music
- *Deadly Harvest* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Man on a String* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *She Waits* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Homecoming: A Christmas Story* (1971), Music Supervisor
- *The Christian Licorice Store* (1971), Music Supervisor
- *Goodbye, Raggedy Ann* (1971), Music Supervisor
- *The Face of Fear* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The African Elephant* (1971), Music
- *Harpy* (1971), Music Supervisor
- *The Brotherhood of the Bell* (1970), Music Supervisor
- *A Man Called Horse* (1970), Music Supervisor
- *Sole Survivor* (1970), Music Supervisor
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Hank
- *Cocoon* (1968), Music
- *The Spy with My Face* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Bus Riley's Back in Town* (1965), Additional Music
- *Wild and Wonderful* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Solid Gold Girl* (1964), Sound
- *The Incredible Doktor Markesan* (1962), Music
- *The Storm* (1962), Music
- *Thriller* (1960), series, Music

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