---
name: "Oliver Wallace"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oliver-wallace"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 August 1887"
died: "15 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T06:01:59.438232+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."
---

# Oliver Wallace

Composer. Born 6 August 1887 in London, England, UK. Died 15 September 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 August 1887, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 15 September 1963
- **Active:** 1935–1955
- **Also known as:** Oliver George Wallace, Ollie Wallace, Oliver S. Wallace
- **Works often with:** [Walt Disney](https://film.one/person/walt-disney.md), [Wilfred Jackson](https://film.one/person/wilfred-jackson.md), [Clyde Geronimi](https://film.one/person/clyde-geronimi.md), [Hamilton Luske](https://film.one/person/hamilton-luske.md), [Donald Halliday](https://film.one/person/donald-halliday.md), [Bill Thompson](https://film.one/person/bill-thompson-67230.md), [Kathryn Beaumont](https://film.one/person/kathryn-beaumont.md), [Verna Felton](https://film.one/person/verna-felton.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 89 (1), 1940s 87 (1), 1950s 73 (4)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712851, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64868

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dumbo*](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md) (87), [*Lady and the Tramp*](https://film.one/film/lady-and-the-tramp.md) (80), [*Cinderella*](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md) (72), [*Alice in Wonderland*](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md) (71), [*Peter Pan*](https://film.one/film/peter-pan-1953.md) (68)

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## Biography

Oliver Wallace (6 August 1887 – 15 September 1963) was a British-American composer and conductor. Born in London, he emigrated to the United States in 1904 and became a US citizen in 1914. He worked as a theatre orchestra conductor and silent-film organist before joining Walt Disney Studios in 1936.

Wallace composed or co-composed scores for numerous Disney animated features and shorts. His credits include *Dumbo* (1941), for which he shared an Academy Award with Frank Churchill; *Cinderella* (1950); *Alice in Wonderland* (1951); *Peter Pan* (1953); and *Lady and the Tramp* (1955). He also contributed to live-action films such as *Old Yeller* (1957) and documentaries in the True-Life Adventures series. Wallace was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Lady and the Tramp* (1955), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-and-the-tramp.md)
- *Peter Pan* (1953), Fi1m 68, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/peter-pan-1953.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)
- *Cinderella* (1950), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md)

## Also known for

- *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Old Yeller* (1957), Music
- *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* (1949), Music
- *Make Mine Music* (1946), Music
- *Mickey's Trailer* (1938), Music
- *Darby O'Gill and the Little People* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Der Fuehrer's Face* (1943), Original Music Composer

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