---
name: "Urban Thielmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/urban-thielmann"
fi1m_id: "urban-thielmann"
tmdb_id: 1597780
roles: ["Musician"]
born: "19 December 1909"
died: "10 October 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T05:17:45.212592+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."
---

# Urban Thielmann

## Identity

Urban Thielmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/urban-thielmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** urban-thielmann
- **TMDB ID:** 1597780
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1597780

Musician. Born 19 December 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 10 October 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Musician
- **Born:** 19 December 1909, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 10 October 1988
- **Active:** 1950–1953
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1597780

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All About Eve*](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) (90)

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## Biography

Urban Thielmann (1909–1988) was an American musician and orchestrator who worked in the music departments of numerous Hollywood films, primarily for 20th Century Fox.

He began as a pianist and orchestrator in the 1940s, with credits including *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), *The Gunfighter* (1950) and *All About Eve* (1950). Later roles included music contractor and orchestra contractor on films such as *Patton* (1970) and *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977).

Thielmann was born and died in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, shotonwhat.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Fi1m 84, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)
- *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), Orchestrator
- *Dangerous Crossing* (1953), Musician
- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Musician — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/pickup-on-south-street.md)
- *All About Eve* (1950), Music — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *The Gunfighter* (1950), Orchestrator
- *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), Musician

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