---
name: "Oscar Potoker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oscar-potoker"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "26 April 1880"
died: "26 June 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:40:32.571684+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."
---

# Oscar Potoker

Composer. Born 26 April 1880 in Vinnitsa, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia, Ukraine]. Died 26 June 1935.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 26 April 1880, Vinnitsa, Russian Empire [now Vinnytsia, Ukraine]
- **Died:** 26 June 1935
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Potoker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4374863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1092856

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Love Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) (76)

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## Biography

Oscar Potoker was a composer and musician. Born on 26 April 1880 in Vinnitsa, Russian Empire (now Vinnytsia, Ukraine), he composed chamber works based on Jewish folk music before immigrating to the United States via Paris in 1924.

He worked in Hollywood from 1929 to 1935, contributing music to films including *The Love Parade* (1929), *Blonde Venus* (1932), *The Vagabond King* (1930) and *The Scarlet Empress* (1934), often uncredited or as orchestrator or adaptor. He also taught piano, theory and harmony. Potoker died on 26 June 1935 in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Love Parade* (1929), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Hei Tiki* (1935), Music
- *Trailing the Killer* (1932), Music
- *Blonde Venus* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Beauty and the Boss* (1932), Orchestrator
- *The Miracle Man* (1932), Music
- *Rich Man's Folly* (1931), Music
- *Alexander Hamilton* (1931), Orchestrator
- *Chances* (1931), Orchestrator
- *Smart Money* (1931), Orchestrator
- *The Border Legion* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *Ladies Love Brutes* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *Sarah and Son* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Parade* (1929), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)
- *The Mighty* (1929), Original Music Composer
- *The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu* (1929), Music

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