Born in New York City. Musical director and composer of stock music for over 300 pictures who entered American film at Melody Pictures with WITH LOVE AND KISSES in 1936. In 1938, he began composing for films (sometimes uncredited) at Monogram, later moving to Allied Artists. Notable composing credits include 3 "Mr. Wong" mysteries (1938), IRISH LUCK (1939), DRUMS OF THE DESERT (1940) KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941), KLONDIKE FURY (1942), SIX GUN GOSPEL (1943), LADY LET'S DANCE (1944), DOCKS OF NEW YORK, G.I. HONEYMOON and SUNBONNET SUE (all 1945), GENTLEMAN JOE PALOOKA (1946), VIOLENCE (1947), KIDNAPPED (1948), TUNA CLIPPER (1949), THE ADMIRAL WAS A LADY (1950), I WAS AN AMERICAN SPY and CASA MAÑANA (1951), THE STEEL FIST (1952), COW COUNTRY (1953), HIGHWAY DRAGNET (1954), NIGHT FREIGHT (1955), YAQUI DRUMS (1956), and JOHNNY ROCCO (1958).  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic Picture) 1941: KING OF THE ZOMBIES  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1942: KLONDIKE FURY  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: LADY LET'S DANCE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic Picture) 1945: G.I. HONEYMOON  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1945: SUNBONNET SUE 5 nominations