--- name: "William Axt" canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-axt" roles: ["Composer"] born: "19 April 1888" died: "13 February 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T23:09:43.006256+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." --- # William Axt Composer. Born 19 April 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 February 1959. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 19 April 1888, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 13 February 1959 - **Active:** 1934–1936 - **Also known as:** Dr. William Axt - **Frequently works with:** [Myrna Loy](https://film.one/person/myrna-loy.md), [William Powell](https://film.one/person/william-powell.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Axt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002197/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29967 ## Biography William Axt (19 April 1888 – 13 February 1959) was an American composer of film scores. Born in New York City, he graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922 and studied privately in Berlin under Xaver Scharwenka. Axt served as assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and as musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan. He later joined the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he contributed to nearly two hundred films. He is credited, often as Dr. William Axt, on *The Thin Man* (1934), *The Navigator* (1924), *Sons of the Desert* (1933), *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), *Greed* (1924), *The Wind* (1928), *Libeled Lady* (1936), *Dinner at Eight* (1933), *The Big Parade* (1925) and *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ* (1925). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Libeled Lady* (1936), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md) - *The Thin Man* (1934), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md) ## Complete filmography (149) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Adam's Rib* (1949), Additional Music - *Dynamite* (1949), Original Music Composer - *Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11* (1946), Music - *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood* (1945), Music - *Untamed* (1940), Music - *Miracles for Sale* (1939), Original Music Composer - *Tell No Tales* (1939), Music - *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Original Music Composer - *Sergeant Madden* (1939), Original Music Composer - *Fast and Loose* (1939), Music Director - *Heroes at Leisure* (1939), Music - *Stand Up and Fight* (1939), Original Music Composer - *The Girl Downstairs* (1938), Music - *Spring Madness* (1938), Music Score Producer - *Listen, Darling* (1938), Original Music Composer - *Three Loves Has Nancy* (1938), Music - *Rich Man, Poor Girl* (1938), Original Music Composer - *Fast Company* (1938), Music - *Yellow Jack* (1938), Original Music Composer - *The First Hundred Years* (1938), Music Score Producer - *Everybody Sing* (1938), Original Music Composer - *The Bad Man of Brimstone* (1937), Music - *Beg, Borrow or Steal* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Thoroughbreds Don't Cry* (1937), Music, Original Music Composer - *Big City* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Between Two Women* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Parnell* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Espionage* (1937), Music - *The Last of Mrs. Cheyney* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Under Cover of Night* (1937), Original Music Composer - *Wanted - A Master* (1936), Music - *Mad Holiday* (1936), Original Music Composer - *Libeled Lady* (1936), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md) - *Suzy* (1936), Music - *Revolt of the Zombies* (1936), Music - *Old Shep* (1936), Music - *The Unguarded Hour* (1936), Music Score Producer - *The Jonker Diamond* (1936), Music - *Petticoat Fever* (1936), Original Music Composer - *Three Godfathers* (1936), Original Music Composer - *The Garden Murder Case* (1936), Original Music Composer - *Tough Guy* (1936), Original Music Composer - *Three Live Ghosts* (1936), Original Music Composer - *Last of the Pagans* (1935), Original Music Composer - *Whipsaw* (1935), Original Music Composer - *Rendezvous* (1935), Original Music Composer - *Trained Hoofs* (1935), Music - *It's in the Air* (1935), Original Music Composer - *O'Shaughnessy's Boy* (1935), Music - *The Perfect Tribute* (1935), Music - *Woman Wanted* (1935), Music - *The Murder Man* (1935), Original Music Composer - *Pitcairn Island Today* (1935), Music - *Memories and Melodies* (1935), Music - *Buried Loot* (1935), Original Music Composer - *Forsaking All Others* (1934), Original Music Composer - *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Death on the Diamond* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Hide-Out* (1934), Music - *Straight Is the Way* (1934), Original Music Composer - *The Girl from Missouri* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Paris Interlude* (1934), Music - *Stamboul Quest* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Operator 13* (1934), Original Music Composer - *The Thin Man* (1934), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md) - *Sadie McKee* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Men in White* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Goofy Movies Number Two* (1934), Original Music Composer - *The Mystery of Mr. X* (1934), Music - *This Side of Heaven* (1934), Original Music Composer - *You Can't Buy Everything* (1934), Original Music Composer - *Sons of the Desert* (1933), Music - *Dinner at Eight* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Should Ladies Behave* (1933), Music - *Eskimo* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Bombshell* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Menu* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Broadway to Hollywood* (1933), Music - *Penthouse* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Midnight Mary* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Hold Your Man* (1933), Additional Music - *When Ladies Meet* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Reunion in Vienna* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Storm at Daybreak* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Gabriel Over the White House* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Fast Workers* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Today We Live* (1933), Original Music Composer - *The Secret of Madame Blanche* (1933), Original Music Composer - *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), Music - *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), Original Music Composer - *Microscopic Mysteries* (1932), Music - *Faithless* (1932), Original Music Composer - *Grand Hotel* (1932), Additional Music - *Blondie of the Follies* (1932), Original Music Composer - *The Washington Masquerade* (1932), Music Score Producer - *As You Desire Me* (1932), Music - *Sea Spiders* (1932), Music - *Letty Lynton* (1932), Original Music Composer - *The Wet Parade* (1932), Original Music Composer - *Polly of the Circus* (1932), Music - *Mata Hari* (1931), Music - *Private Lives* (1931), Music - *Possessed* (1931), Additional Music - *Wild and Woolly* (1931), Music - *Susan Lenox* (1931), Music - *Love-Tails of Morocco* (1931), Music - *Sporting Blood* (1931), Music - *Inspiration* (1931), Original Music Composer - *Doughboys* (1930), Music - *Romance* (1930), Music - *Call of the Flesh* (1930), Music - *The Big Dog House* (1930), Music - *When the Wind Blows* (1930), Music - *The Woman Racket* (1930), Music - *Chasing Rainbows* (1930), Original Music Composer - *Their Own Desire* (1929), Conductor - *Navy Blues* (1929), Music - *It's a Great Life* (1929), Music - *Untamed* (1929), Music - *Speedway* (1929), Original Music Composer - *The Mysterious Island* (1929), Music - *The Unholy Night* (1929), Original Music Composer - *Our Modern Maidens* (1929), Music - *The Single Standard* (1929), Music - *Where East Is East* (1929), Music - *The Pagan* (1929), Music - *Spite Marriage* (1929), Additional Music - *Tide of Empire* (1929), Music - *West of Zanzibar* (1928), Original Music Composer - *Show People* (1928), Original Music Composer - *The Masks of the Devil* (1928), Music - *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), Music - *The Viking* (1928), Original Music Composer - *The Wind* (1928), Music - *Our Dancing Daughters* (1928), Original Music Composer - *While the City Sleeps* (1928), Original Music Composer - *The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg* (1928), Original Music Composer - *Camille* (1927), Original Music Composer - *Annie Laurie* (1927), Original Music Composer - *Bardelys the Magnificent* (1926), Original Music Composer - *Don Juan* (1926), Original Music Composer - *La Bohème* (1926), Original Music Composer - *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ* (1925), Original Music Composer - *The Big Parade* (1925), Music - *Greed* (1924), Original Music Composer - *The Navigator* (1924), Original Music Composer - *Scaramouche* (1923), Original Music Composer - *Madame DuBarry* (1919), Music --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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