Tony Terran obit

 

Tony Terran, Trumpet Player in Desi Arnaz’s Orchestra on ‘I Love Lucy,’ Dies at 90

He also performed with the legendary L.A. session players known as 'The Wrecking Crew.'

He was not on the list.

Trumpeter Tony Terran, the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz orchestra seen and heard on the fabled CBS sitcom I Love Lucy, has died. He was 90.

Terran, a renowned studio session player who also worked on Carol Burnett’s long-running variety show, died March 20 in Los Angeles, his son, Dave Terran, announced.

Tony Terran also played with “The Wrecking Crew,” the legendary group of L.A. session musicians (Glen Campbell was a member) that in their 1960s heyday backed the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sonny & Cher, The Mamas & The Papas, The Beach Boys and The Monkees.

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Terran auditioned for a job with Horace Heidt’s orchestra and immediately was hired. The next day, the 18-year-old was off on a national tour that would come to an end in Los Angeles in 1944.

“I had no money, so went to the musician’s union to look for a gig that paid so I could get back home to Buffalo. They hooked me up with Bob Hope,” he once recalled. Arnaz was the bandleader for Hope’s radio show, and they connected. When he wasn’t working for Hope, Terran played for the Cuban musician in ballrooms and theaters around the country.

On Arnaz and Lucille Ball’s I Love Lucy, which debuted in 1951, Terran was a member of The Ricky Ricardo Orchestra, the musicians that supported Arnaz’s character when he was the headline act at the Club Tropicana in New York.

Terran went on to collaborate with Ball on her subsequent TV shows and played on dozens of theme songs and film soundtracks.

The versatile Terran also performed or recorded with artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Linda Ronstadt, Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Ray Charles and Barbra Streisand and was a featured soloist for composers/arrangers like John Williams, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini and Nelson Riddle.

Terran released a solo album, The Song’s Been Sung, on Capitol Records in 1966.

In addition to his son Dave — who also plays the trumpet — survivors include his other children Mark, Eve and Jennifer and step-daughter Aprile.

Music department (109 credits)

 2013-2021 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (musician - 8 episodes)

- The Good Ones (2021) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Manhunter (2020) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Honeymoon (2019) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Big House Pt. 1 (2017) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Coral Palms, Part 2 (2016) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 2017 CHIPS (musician: trumpet player)

 2017 The Boss Baby (musician: trumpet player)

 2013-2017 Bates Motel (TV Series) (musician - 5 episodes)

- Dark Paradise (2017) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- A Danger to Himself and Others (2016) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- A Death in the Family (2015) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Gone But Not Forgotten (2014) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- First You Dream, Then You Die (2013) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 2016 The Big Bang Theory: 200 Big Ones (Short documentary) (musician)

 2014/I Annabelle (musician)

 2000-2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) (musician - 15 episodes)

- The CSI Effect (2014) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Devil and D.B. Russell (2013) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Karma to Burn (2012) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- 73 Seconds (2011) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Shock Waves (2010) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 2010/I The Bounty Hunter (musician) / (musician: trumpet player)

 2001-2005 The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) (musician - 5 episodes)

- Father Knows Best (2005) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Big Brother (2004) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Eye of the Tiger (2003) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Keep It on the Short Grass (2002) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Pilot (2001) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (musician)

 2002 Big Trouble (musician: trumpet player)

 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (musician)

 1999 American Beauty (musician)

 1999 Analyze This (musician)

 1999 Blast from the Past (musician)

 1989-1998 The Simpsons (TV Series) (musician - 10 episodes)

- Lard of the Dance (1998) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (1997) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- You Only Move Twice (1996) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two (1995) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- Bart of Darkness (1994) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

 1998 The Big Lebowski (musician)

 1997 Breaking Up (musician: trumpet player)

 1997 Contact (musician)

 1995 Casper (musician) / (musician: trumpet player)

 1971-1995 Columbo (TV Series) (musician - 15 episodes)

- Strange Bedfellows (1995) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Death Hits the Jackpot (1991) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Columbo Goes to College (1990) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Murder, a Self Portrait (1989) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1993 Addams Family Values (musician)

 1993 A Bronx Tale (musician)

 1993 Coneheads (musician)

 1982-1992 Cheers (TV Series) (musician - 11 episodes)

- The Little Match Girl (1992) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Baby Balk (1991) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Love Is a Really, Really Perfectly Okay Thing (1990) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Improbable Dream: Part 1 (1989) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- How to Recede in Business (1988) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1991 All I Want for Christmas (musician)

 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (musician)

 1990 Dick Tracy (musician: trumpet player)

 1990 I Love Lucy: The Very First Show (TV Short) (trumpet player - uncredited)

 1989 Born on the Fourth of July (musician: trumpet player)

 1988-1989 Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (musician - 2 episodes)

- The Golden Serpent: Part 1 (1989) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Killer (1988) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1986-1989 ALF (TV Series) (musician - 5 episodes)

- Baby, Come Back (1989) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Stop in the Name of Love (1988) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Working My Way Back to You (1987) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Original Unaired Pilot (1986) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- A.L.F. (1986) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1989 Chances Are (musician) / (musician: trumpet player)

 1988 Beaches (musician)

 1988 Cocoon: The Return (musician: trumpet player)

 1988 Big (musician)

 1987 *batteries not included (musician)

 1987 Broadcast News (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

 1981-1987 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (musician - 8 episodes)

- No Vacancy (1987) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Schedule One (1986) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- On the Street (1985) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Child Witness (1984) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Matinee (1984) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1987 Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (TV Movie) (musician)

 1986 The Boss' Wife (musician - uncredited)

 1986 Club Paradise (musician: trumpet player)

 1986 The Karate Kid Part II (musician: trumpet)

 1986 Back to School (musician)

 1986 Child's Cry (TV Movie) (musician: trumpet player)

 1979-1985 Benson (TV Series) (musician - 7 episodes)

- Benson the Hero (1985) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Scandal (1984) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Band of Gold (1983) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Death in a Funny Position (1982) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Benson's Appointment (1981) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1985/I After Hours (musician)

 1985 The Black Cauldron (musician)

 1976-1984 Alice (TV Series) (musician - 9 episodes)

- Romancing Mr. Stone (1984) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Mel Is Hogg-Tied (1983) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Sorry, Wrong Lips! (1982) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Bet a Million, Mel (1981) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Mel and the Green Machine (1980) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1984 Cannonball Run II (musician: trumpet player)

 1984 A Breed Apart (musician: trumpet player)

 1984 The Karate Kid (musician: trumpet)

 1983 Automan (TV Series) (musician - 1 episode)

- Automan (1983) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1983 Tiger Town (TV Movie) (musician: trumpet)

 1983 Class (musician: trumpet player)

 1977-1982 CHiPs (TV Series) (musician - 6 episodes)

- Meet the New Guy (1982) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Suicide Stunt (1981) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Go-Cart Terror (1980) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Roller Disco: Part 1 (1979) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Peaks and Valleys (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman (musician)

 1981/I Taps (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

 1981 Paternity (musician: trumpet - uncredited) / (musician: trumpet player)

 1981 Body Heat (musician)

 1979 The Black Hole (musician)

 1979 Chapter Two (musician: trumpet player)

 1979 Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (TV Movie) (musician: trumpet player)

 1979 The Great Santini (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

 1979 The Black Stallion (musician)

 1973-1979 Barnaby Jones (TV Series) (musician - 8 episodes)

- Man on Fire (1979) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Blind Jeopardy (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Death Beat (1977) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Blood Vengeance (1976) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 2 (1975) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1979 ...and Your Name Is Jonah (TV Movie) (musician)

 1978 California Suite (musician: trumpet player)

 1978 Black Beauty (TV Movie) (musician: trumpet player)

 1978 The Big Fix (musician)

 1978 The Cat from Outer Space (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

  The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) (musician - 273 episodes, 1967 - 1978) (musical director - 1 episode, 1973)

- A Special Evening with Carol Burnett (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Episode #11.23 (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- George Carlin/Ken Barry (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Steve Martin/Betty White (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Episode #11.20 (1978) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1978 Casey's Shadow (musician: trumpet player)

 1978 The Betsy (musician)

 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (musician: trumpet soloist - uncredited)

 1972-1977 The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) (musician - 6 episodes)

- Bob's Change of Life (1977) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Enter Mrs. Peeper (1976) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Longest Good Bye (1975) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Big Brother Is Watching (1974) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Last TV Show (1973) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1976-1977 The Bionic Woman (TV Series) (musician - 3 episodes)

- The Bionic Dog (1977) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- The Return of Bigfoot: Part 2 (1976) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

- Welcome Home, Jaime: Part 1 (1976) ... (musician: trumpet player - uncredited)

 1977 The Car (musician: trumpet - uncredited) / (musician: trumpet player)

 1976 Bound for Glory (musician - uncredited)

 1976 The Big Bus (musician)

 1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

 1976 All the President's Men (musician)

 1975 Bite the Bullet (musician)

 1968-1975 Adam-12 (TV Series) (musician - 26 episodes)

- Pot Shot (1975) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Sweet Smell (1974) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- O'Brien's Stand (1973) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Citizens All (1972) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Log 175: The Con Artists (1971) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (musician: trumpet player)

 1974 Act of Vengeance (musician)

 1974 Blazing Saddles (musician)

 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull (musician: trumpet player)

 1972-1973 Banacek (TV Series) (musician - 2 episodes)

- No Stone Unturned (1973) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Detour to Nowhere (1972) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1973 Charley Varrick (musician: trumpet player)

 1969-1973 The Brady Bunch (TV Series) (musician - 6 episodes)

- Adios, Johnny Bravo (1973) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Hawaii Bound (1972) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Ghost Town, U.S.A. (1971) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Dropout (1970) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Honeymoon (1969) ... (musician - uncredited) / (musician: trumpet player)

 1973 Enter the Dragon (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

  Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (musician - 33 episodes, 1966 - 1972) (uncredited - 1 episode, 1966)

- Break! (1972) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Blind (1971) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Killer (1970) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Code (1969) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Heir Apparent (1968) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1972 The Candidate (musician: trumpet player)

 1972 Jeremiah Johnson (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

 1971 Believe in Me (musician: trumpet player)

 1964-1971 Bewitched (TV Series) (musician - 8 episodes)

- How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 1 (1971) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- To Go or Not to Go, That Is the Question (1970) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Sam and the Beanstalk (1969) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Samantha's Wedding Present (1968) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Long Live the Queen (1967) ... (musician: trumpet player)

 1970 Bloody Mama (musician)

 1969 Change of Habit (musician: trumpet player)

 1968 Arizona Bushwhackers (musician)

 1967 The Ambushers (musician)

 1967 The Big Mouth (musician)

 1967 The Born Losers (musician)

 1967 Chuka (musician: trumpet player)

 1967 The Busy Body (musician: trumpet player)

 1964 The Carpetbaggers (musician: trumpet player)

 1963 Fun in Acapulco (musician)

 1957-1960 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV Series) (musician - 13 episodes)

- Lucy Meets the Mustache (1960) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- The Ricardos Go to Japan (1959) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Milton Berle Hides at the Ricardos (1959) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Lucy's Summer Vacation (1959) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Lucy Wants a Career (1959) ... (musician: trumpet player)

1951-1957 I Love Lucy (TV Series) (musician - 178 episodes)

- The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue (1957) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Lucy Raises Tulips (1957) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Country Club Dance (1957) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Building a Bar-B-Q (1957) ... (musician: trumpet player)

- Housewarming (1957) ... (musician: trumpet player)