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name: "Robert E. Dolan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-emmett-dolan"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 August 1906"
died: "26 September 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T04:08:14.041861+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."
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# Robert E. Dolan

Composer. Born 3 August 1906 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died 26 September 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 August 1906, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 26 September 1972
- **Active:** 1944–1962
- **Also known as:** Robert Emmett Dolan, Bobby Dolan
- **Academy Awards:** 8 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 69 (2), 1960s 62 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Music 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $38m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Dolan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006040/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109413

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Bells of St. Mary's*](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md) (64)

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## On Fi1m (3)

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Fi1m 62, Conductor, Music Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md)
- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Conductor, Music Coordinator — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *The Man Who Understood Women* (1959), Music
- *The Three Faces of Eve* (1957), Music
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Music Director
- *White Christmas* (1954), Producer
- *Project XX* (1954), series, Music
- *Creature from the Black Lagoon* (1954), Additional Music
- *The Oscars* (1953), series, Producer
- *My Son John* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Let's Dance* (1950), Music
- *Top o' the Morning* (1949), Music
- *Sorrowful Jones* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Gatsby* (1949), Music, Music Director
- *Good Sam* (1948), Music
- *Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Road to Rio* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Saigon* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Perils of Pauline* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Trouble with Women* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Welcome Stranger* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Dear Ruth* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *My Favorite Brunette* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Cross My Heart* (1946), Music
- *Blue Skies* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Monsieur Beaucaire* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), Additional Music
- *The Stork Club* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md)
- *Duffy's Tavern* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Incendiary Blonde* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Murder, He Says* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Bring on the Girls* (1945), Music Director
- *Salty O'Rourke* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *I Love a Soldier* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Lady in the Dark* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Standing Room Only* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Going My Way* (1944), as Other — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Let's Face It* (1943), Music Director
- *Once Upon a Honeymoon* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Major and the Minor* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Holiday Inn* (1942), Music Director
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Louisiana Purchase* (1941), Music Director
- *Birth of the Blues* (1941), Music
- *Sweet Kitty Bellairs* (1930), as Songs

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 8 nominated

- 1948: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Road to Rio*
- 1947: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Blue Skies*
- 1946: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Bells of St. Mary's*
- 1946: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Incendiary Blonde*
- 1945: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Lady in the Dark*
- 1944: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Star Spangled Rhythm*
- 1943: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Holiday Inn*
- 1942: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Birth of the Blues*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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