---
name: "Walter Schumann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-schumann"
fi1m_id: "walter-schumann"
imdb_id: "nm0776739"
tmdb_id: 30535
wikidata_id: "Q7966085"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 October 1913"
died: "21 August 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:47:25.901867+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."
---

# Walter Schumann

## Identity

Walter Schumann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-schumann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** walter-schumann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0776739
- **TMDB ID:** 30535
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7966085
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schumann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776739/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30535

Composer. Born 8 October 1913 in New York City. Died 21 August 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 October 1913, New York City
- **Died:** 21 August 1958
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Schumann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776739/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30535

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Night of the Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md) (91)

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## Biography

Walter Schumann (8 October 1913 – 21 August 1958) was an American composer for film, television and theatre. Born in New York City, he studied law briefly at the University of Southern California before turning to music. During the Second World War he served as musical director of the Armed Forces Radio Service.

After the war Schumann worked in Los Angeles as a composer and arranger, notably on several Abbott and Costello films including *Africa Screams* (1949). He composed the score for *The Night of the Hunter* (1955) and created the theme for the *Dragnet* radio and television series, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1955. He also led the vocal ensemble the Voices of Walter Schumann and composed for the Broadway revue *3 for Tonight* (1955).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Night of the Hunter* (1955), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Night of the Hunter* (1955), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-hunter.md)
- *Dragnet* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Lost in Alaska* (1952), Music
- *Comin' Round the Mountain* (1951), Music
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion* (1950), Music
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949), Music
- *Africa Screams* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Mexican Hayride* (1948), Music
- *The Noose Hangs High* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), Original Music Composer

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