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name: "Wilfred Josephs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wilfred-josephs"
fi1m_id: "wilfred-josephs"
imdb_id: "nm0430737"
tmdb_id: 1130479
wikidata_id: "Q8001823"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 July 1927"
died: "17 November 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:16:44.202804+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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# Wilfred Josephs

## Identity

Wilfred Josephs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wilfred-josephs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wilfred-josephs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0430737
- **TMDB ID:** 1130479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8001823
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Josephs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430737/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1130479

Composer. Born 24 July 1927 in Newcastle, England, UK. Died 17 November 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 July 1927, Newcastle, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 November 1997
- **Active:** 1967–1979
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 90 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Josephs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430737/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1130479

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*I, Claudius*](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md) (90)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Wilfred Josephs (24 July 1927 – 17 November 1997) was an English composer. Born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, he trained as a dentist, qualifying at the University of Durham in 1951, while studying music part-time. He later attended the Guildhall School of Music in London and studied with Max Deutsch in Paris on a Leverhulme Scholarship.

In 1963 his Requiem won the first International Composing Competition of the City of Milan and La Scala, after which he became a full-time composer. He wrote twelve symphonies, twenty-two concertos, operas including Rebecca (1983), and other concert works, many to commission. He also scored numerous films and television productions.

Josephs is known for his television scores, including incidental music for The Prisoner (1967) and the music for I, Claudius (1976). Other credits include The Great War (1964), Cider with Rosie (1971) and Pride and Prejudice (1980). He received an honorary doctorate from Newcastle University in 1978.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I, Claudius* (1976), Fi1m 90, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Mata Hari* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Drummonds* (1985), series, Music
- *Martin's Day* (1985), Music
- *Pope John Paul II* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, Original Music Composer
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1980), series, Original Music Composer
- *Churchill and the Generals* (1979), Music
- *Black Sun* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Uncanny* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1976), Music
- *I, Claudius* (1976), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *The House of Bernarda Alba* (1976), Music
- *The Ghosts of Motley Hall* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *House of Shadows* (1976), Music
- *The Inventing of America* (1975), Music
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Robinson Crusoe* (1974), Music
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Callan* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Places* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Cider with Rosie* (1971), Music
- *Cry of the Banshee* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Sweeney Todd* (1970), Music
- *The Shadow of Progress* (1970), Music
- *The Exiles* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Fosters* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Amor y medias* (1969), Music
- *Hostile Witness* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Rail* (1967), Music
- *The Ladder* (1967), Music
- *Indus Waters* (1967), Sound
- *The Deadly Bees* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, Music
- *The World of George Orwell: 1984* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Fanatic* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Twenty-Four Hours to Kill* (1965), Music
- *The Forth Road Bridge* (1965), Music
- *Two Letter Alibi* (1962), Music
- *Doomsday at Eleven* (1962), Music
- *Cash on Demand* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Night Without Pity* (1961), Music
- *Touch of Death* (1961), Story

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