Frank Churchill
Sound
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho". Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
Known for
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movieSnow White
2025
Music, Songs
movieSky Trooper
1942
Original Music Composer
movieBambi
1942
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieDumbo
1941
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieThe Reluctant Dragon
1941
Original Music Composer
movieBone Trouble
1940
Original Music Composer
moviePinocchio
1940
Music
movieHollywood Bowl
1938
Original Music Composer
movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieMore Kittens
1936
Original Music Composer
movieDonald and Pluto
1936
Original Music Composer
movieThree Little Wolves
1936
Original Music Composer
movieCock o' the Walk
1935
Original Music Composer
movieThree Orphan Kittens
1935
Original Music Composer
movieOn Ice
1935
Music
movieWho Killed Cock Robin?
1935
Original Music Composer
movieFunny Little Bunnies
1934
Original Music Composer
movieCamping Out
1934
Music
movieLullaby Land
1933
Original Music Composer
movieOld King Cole
1933
Original Music Composer
movieYe Olden Days
1933
Original Music Composer
movieBirds in the Spring
1933
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bears and the Bees
1932
Original Music Composer
movieThe Musical Farmer
1932
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fox Hunt
1931
Original Music Composer
movieThe Spider and the Fly
1931
Original Music Composer
movieThe Clock Store
1931
Original Music Composer
movieThe Chain Gang
1930
Original Music Composer
Acting4
movieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
Frank Churchill (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994
Self (archive footage)
Crew1
movieSnow White Live
1981
Compositor