Dennis Franchione obit

Former TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione dies at 75

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Dennis Franchione's head coaching career lasted from 1985 to 2015, he won the Iron Bowl and the Lone Star Showdown, but it was his three years at TCU that were his greatest contribution to the sport. The coach whose tenure gave birth to a new era of growth and prosperity for TCU, and the city of Fort Worth, died on Tuesday at the age of 75 in Austin after a decade with cancer. Family members confirmed the news this morning. He was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his kidney in 2016, and cleared that. In 2021, he was given a more dire cancer diagnosis, but after treatment was in full remission. According to family friends, the cancer returned earlier this year, and he was moved to hospice care in October. He most recently returned to TCU as a guest of coach Sonny Dykes to attend a spring football game in 2022, which unofficially ended any remaining bad feelings from members of the community toward Fran. For a long time, some members of TCU’s fanbase could not get over how he handled his exit from the school after the end of the 2000 regular season. Franchione said later in life that his greatest coaching years were those spent at TCU.

Dennis Franchione changed TCU Before he was hired by TCU after the 1997 season, Fran had successful runs at Pittsburg State, Southwest Texas State (now Texas State) and New Mexico. He arrived at TCU to replace coach Pat Sullivan, who in his final season with the school finished 1-10. The football team was bad, morale in the athletic department was terrible, and the school was in the first phase of a massive effort to catch up to the rest of higher education, and NCAA athletics.

After arriving, he made it a point to invite anybody who wanted to be around the football team, including booster Dick Lowe; a successful energy man, Lowe was a proud alum who loved TCU but whose involvement with the program helped lead to crippling NCAA sanctions in the ‘80s. Lowe’s return, and his considerable donations, helped make a variety of scenarios possible for the school. In Fran’s first season, TCU finished 7-5, which included a surprise trip to the Sun Bowl, and even more stunning win over USC in the game. “I can pick three or four games, but that was maybe the biggest win of my career,” Fran told the Star-Telegram in an interview in 2018. The next season, TCU finished 8-4, with a win in the Alabama Bowl. The season featured the full unveiling of a fullback-turned-running back, LaDainian Tomlinson. Against UTEP that season, Tomlinson ran for a then-FBS-record 406 yards with six touchdowns. Between Fran, the success of the team and LT, TCU was nationally relevant. By the middle of 2000, Fran was a target for bigger schools, LT was a candidate for the Heisman Trophy, and TCU was in the discussion as a “BCS Buster.” Fran wanted to win a national title, so when Alabama called, he accepted the job. TCU finished 10-2 that season, and ranked 21st in the final AP poll; it was the first time the team finished ranked in the final AP poll since 1959. TCU hired Fran’s defensive coordinator as the new head coach, Gary Patterson. Patterson’s era receives most of the credit for forming TCU into what it is today, but it started with Dennis Franchione.

Franchione’s time at Alabama and Texas A&M It is unfathomable to conceive that a coach would leave Alabama without being fired, but that’s what Fran did. Fran inherited a job at ‘Bama that was under investigation by the NCAA for various potential sanctions. He and his wife, Kim, didn’t love the scrutiny that came with being the head coach of the University of Alabama football team. He coached at ‘Bama for two years, which included a 10-3 record in 2002. Earlier that year, the team was hit hard by the NCAA for various penalties, at which point Franchione and Alabama had issues about his contract. Texas A&M called, and he left for College Station.

Despite the highest of hopes, Fran’s era at A&M turned out to be like so many others there. He took over a bad team, and in his first season the Aggies suffered a 77-0 loss at No. 1 Oklahoma, and it was as if the team never recovered. While Mack Brown had Texas rolling, Fran’s A&M team couldn’t catch up. Five years later, he was essentially run out after the infamous “Insider Newsletter” was leaked and used as a reason to fire him. His final regular-season game at Kyle Field, in November 2007, was a 38-30 upset win over No. 13 Texas. He had already accepted a buyout before the game to leave as coach. He returned to coaching in 2011 to take over Texas State, a program that was moving up in NCAA classifications; the Bobcats had one winning season in his five years in San Marcos. With no fanfare, Fran retired after the 2015 season. Dennis Franchione’s legacy At Franchione’s house in Horseshoe Bay, his office was full of mementos from a coaching career that spanned 40 years. A picture with the ESPN “College GameDay” crew when he was the head coach at Alabama.

And then there were grandchildren. Family photos. Of a life. At the time of his interview with the Star-Telegram in 2018, he had already gone through one bout with cancer. He watched a lot of college football, but he played a lot of golf and spent a lot of time with his family. His perspective about life, and his career, was full. He left Alabama to chase something that he wanted: A national title, a high point that ultimately he never came close to achieving. It was only until later that he realized how good he had it at TCU, a school that continues to benefit from his presence to this day.

 

Coaching career (HC unless noted)

1973–1974      Miller HS (MO)

1975    Mulvane HS (KS) (assistant)

1976–1977      Peabody-Burns HS (KS)

1978–1980      Kansas State (WR)

1981–1982      Southwestern (KS)

1983–1984      Tennessee Tech (OC)

1985–1989      Pittsburg State

1990–1991      Southwest Texas State

1992–1997      New Mexico

1998–2000      TCU

2001–2002      Alabama

2003–2007      Texas A&M

2011–2015      Texas State

Administrative career (AD unless noted)

1988–1989      Pittsburg State

Head coaching record

Overall            213–135–2

Bowls  4–3

Tournaments    5–4 (NAIA D-I playoffs)

1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)

Accomplishments and honors

Championships

1 KCAC (1982)

4 CIAC (1985–1988)

1 MIAA (1989)

2 WAC (1999–2000)

1 WAC Mountain Division (1997)

Awards

2× NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1986–1987)

2× AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1989–1990)

2× WAC Coach of the Year (1993, 1997)

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

Matt Howarth obit

Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72

Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Those Annoying Post Bros. Has Died, Aged 72 #RIP

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Matt Howarth, comic book creator and publisher, known for his dense, surreal science-fiction worlds, music-infused narratives, and pioneering independent comics, has died at the age of 72. The news was announced today by Eli Schwab of Cosmic Lion Productions, the publisher with whom Matt Howarth has most collaborated in recent years.

Matt Howarth co-founded Howski Studios in 1969 before beginning self-publishing in the mid-1970s, starting with the early graphic novel Afternoon in the Sun in 1976. His experimental serial Changes appeared in Heavy Metal magazine in 1980 alongside artists such as Moebius, Philippe Druillet, and Enki Bilal, creators he deeply admired. He later contributed the first review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Heavy Metal and provided early pin-up work for the TMNT comics.

 

His best-known ongoing series was Those Annoying Post Bros., launched in 1985 from Vortex Comics and later Rip Off Press and MU Press, following the regenerating, dimension-hopping brothers from the chaotic Bugtown. Then there was Savage Henry in 1987 that centred on an alternate-reality guitarist whose stories featured authorised cameos by The Residents, Hawkwind, Moby, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Foetus, Wire and Conrad Schnitzler. Other notable works included Keif Llama: Xeno-Tech, Bugtown, Star Crossed, Particle Dreams, with contributions to DC, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, Antarctic Press, and TMNT-related stories such as The Haunted Pizza, as well as extensive self-published digital comics, graphic novels, and prose via Bugtown Mall. In later years, he continued creating new material, produced over a hundred digital and print publications, including titles for Cosmic Lion Productions such as The Termite Mound and A Slice of Spy, with additional unpublished work planned for release.

He was also busy living his best life, working with musicians, telling me, "I've also been doing a selection of collaborations with musicians (a longtime ambition of mine) in which a comic strip by myself comes on the CD as a PDF file, while the band's music is a sort of loose soundtrack for the story. So far, I've done this with a variety of musicians (mostly from the electronic and alternative genres), like Klaus Schulze, Bill Nelson, Arthur Brown, Radio Massacre International, Quarkspace, Conrad Schnitzler, Hugh Hopper, Legendary Pink Dots, and more."

When I was self-publishing in the early nineties, DC Comics Sales VP Patty Jeres told me that my work reminded her of Matt's, something I took as a deep honour, even more when I discovered that Patty Jeres was Matt's editor at Vortex. Influenced by Philip K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft, Steve Ditko, Bernie Wrightson, Moebius, and Philippe Druillet, Howarth's intricate linework, interlocking multi-reality plots, and genre-blending approach made him a singular voice in independent comics for more than five decades. As he himself put it: "It may stop, but it never ends."

Michael Kearns obit

Michael Kearns, Actor, Activist and ‘Jerker’ Director, Dies at 76

The play about two gay men who fall in love over a phone-sex line was controversial in 1986. 

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Michael Kearns, an actor who appeared in Body Double, Cheers and Beverly Hills, 90210 and directed the world premiere of Robert Chesley’s Jerker, a play about two gay men that generated controversy in 1986, has died. He was 76.

Kearns died Monday, his friend Karen Ocamb reported. The cause of death was not immediately available.

Kearns came out as gay in the mid-1970s during an era of extreme homophobia, then went on NBC in 1991 to announce that he was HIV positive a week after Midnight Express actor Brad Davis died of AIDS — but had kept his health issues a secret so he could keep working.

“I’m doing this for all people with HIV,” he told Ocamb back then. “HIV is nothing to be ashamed of. For me to remain silent indicates shame or fear on some level.”

Kearns was set to appear on Sunday (National Coming Out Day) at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles to reprise selections from Jerker alongside friend and colleague Joe Gill.

A post on the theater’s Facebook page said, “We share the community’s sorrow in this loss and celebrate the incredible impact he has had on our mission and the HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ Rights movements. Thank you, Michael, for all you gave this world.”

Debuting during the initial AIDS crisis, Jerker centers on two gay men who fall in love over a phone-sex line. When excerpts from the Celebration Theatre play were broadcast on local radio station KPFK-FM, an evangelical minister heard it and complained to the FCC, which warned KPFK that it could lose its license for broadcasting “indecent” material.

“I was … infuriated and felt that clearly, if this had been a man and a woman having this conversation, having this theatricalized conversation over the radio, the issues would not have been the same,” Kearns told the Los Angeles Times in 1996.

“A lot of people, myself included, look on that as just the beginnings of what continues to rage on, which is censorship of queer work.”

Born in St. Louis on Jan. 8, 1950, Kearns attended the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and two years after graduation appeared on Broadway in 1974 in Tubstrip, a comedy set in a steam bath. He also made his onscreen debut that year on an episode of The Waltons.

Kearns also showed up on TV on The Fall Guy, Murder, She Wrote, And the Band Played On, Days of Our Lives, Making of a Male Model and Knots Landing and in such films as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) and Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984).

His theater credits included The Dirtiest Show in Town, Intimacies and More Intimacies — he portrayed culturally diverse people with HIV/AIDS in those — The Truth Is Bad Enough, Attachments and Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee?

Kearns also served as the artistic director at the Celebration Theatre from 1986-87 and at QueerWise, a spoken word collective that he founded in 2011; co-founded Artists Confronting AIDS in the ’80s; and wrote several books about acting.

Survivors include his adopted daughter, Katherine.

 

Actor

Nathan Mohebbi in I Am Seagull (2019)

I Am Seagull

Short

2019

 

XVWE (2017)

XVWE

6.7

Short

John

2017

 

David Pevsner, Leon Acord, Curt Bonnem, and Jeffrey Patrick Olson in Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011)

Old Dogs & New Tricks

6.8

TV Series

Bill Shannon

2013

1 episode

 

Absolution (2011)

Absolution

Short

Peter Lieb

2011

 

Behind the Red Motel Door (2011)

Behind the Red Motel Door

8.6

Horst

2011

 

Before Harvest

Short

Dad

2010

 

The Perfect Gentleman (2010)

The Perfect Gentleman

7.3

Short

Charles

2010

 

Michael Kearns in James Warwick (2009)

James Warwick

Short

Older James Warwick

2009

 

Carlslist.org

Short

David

2008

 

Dennis Christopher, Debra Wilson, Steve Callahan, and Eric Dean in Nine Lives (2004)

Nine Lives

5.4

Ronnie

2004

 

Richard Chamberlain, James Duval, and Michael Imperioli in River Made to Drown In (1997)

River Made to Drown In

5.5

Arthur

1997

 

Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

Beverly Hills, 90210

6.6

TV Series

Hal

1996

3 episodes

 

It's My Party (1996)

It's My Party

7.1

Party Guest

1996

 

A Mother's Prayer (1995)

A Mother's Prayer

6.6

TV Movie

Buddy

1995

 

And the Band Played On (1993)

And the Band Played On

7.8

TV Movie

Cleve

1993

 

Kellie Martin, Chris Burke, Patti LuPone, and Bill Smitrovich in Life Goes On (1989)

Life Goes On

7.2

TV Series

Resident

1992

1 episode

 

Dream Man (1991)

Dream Man

7.6

1991

 

William Devane, Nicollette Sheridan, Kevin Dobson, Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

7.0

TV Series

Stan

1991

1 episode

 

Street Asylum (1990)

Street Asylum

5.2

Additional Voices

1990

 

Days of Our Lives (1965)

Days of Our Lives

5.3

TV Series

Hank

1985

6 episodes

 

John Rubinstein and Jack Warden in Crazy Like a Fox (1984)

Crazy Like a Fox

7.0

TV Series

Pro

1985

1 episode

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.3

TV Series

Reporter

1985

1 episode

 

Rip Torn, Barbara Barrie, Loretta Swit, and Jessica Walter in The Execution (1985)

The Execution

5.7

TV Movie

1985

 

Lee Majors and Heather Thomas in The Fall Guy (1981)

The Fall Guy

7.1

TV Series

Jerry

1985

1 episode

 

A Touch of Scandal (1984)

A Touch of Scandal

5.6

TV Movie

Reporter #4

1984

 

Deborah Shelton in Body Double (1984)

Body Double

6.8

Male Porno Star

1984

 

Jon-Erik Hexum in Making of a Male Model (1983)

Making of a Male Model

6.1

TV Movie

Roddy

1983

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

Richard

1983

1 episode

 

Flush (1982)

Flush

4.6

1982

 

David Rostamo in Rimbaud in L.A. (1982)

Rimbaud in L.A.

Paul Verlaine

1982

 

Strawn Bovee and George LaFleur in Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place (1982)

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place

5.6

Jack Perkins

1982

 

L.A. Tool & Die

8.3

Jim

1979

 

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

The Kentucky Fried Movie

6.4

Man in Shower (segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble")

1977

 

Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Michael Learned, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons (1972)

The Waltons

7.6

TV Series

Shanks Hewlett

1974

1 episode

 

Writer

Dennis Christopher, Debra Wilson, Steve Callahan, and Eric Dean in Nine Lives (2004)

Nine Lives

5.4

screenplayadapted from the play "Complications" written by

2004

 

Mark Houghton obit

 

Mark Houghton, martial artist, actor, stuntman of ‘Drunken Master II’ and ‘Aces Go Places V’, passes away at 64

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Mark Houghton, the British born martial artist, actor, action director and longtime disciple of legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar Leung, has passed away at the age of 64 following heart related complications.

Born in England, Houghton traveled to Hong Kong on his own in the 1980s, driven by his love of Chinese martial arts. What began as a journey to study kung fu eventually became a lifelong connection to Hong Kong. He learned Cantonese, trained extensively in Hung Kuen and eventually became one of Lau Kar Leung’s trusted disciples.

Houghton went on to become a fifth generation successor of the Wong Fei Hung Hung Kuen tradition. A Hung Gar Grandmaster ranked 9th Duan by the Federation International Of Grandmasters Association, he played an important role in preserving and teaching the Lau family style of martial arts. He became highly respected within the international Hung Kuen community, teaching students around the world and helping pass the tradition on to a new generation.

Houghton was also active in Hong Kong’s film industry during the golden era of action cinema, where his genuine martial arts skills made him a memorable presence on screen. He appeared in a number of popular productions, including Drunken Master II, Aces Go Places V, Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon, Fight Back to School II and How to Meet the Lucky Stars. Often cast as a Western martial arts villain, Houghton became a familiar face to fans of Hong Kong action cinema and was known for bringing authentic martial arts ability to his fight scenes.

Outside of filmmaking, Houghton was known as a teacher, mentor and friend to countless martial artists. He was especially generous with his knowledge and remained dedicated to the teachings of Lau Kar Leung throughout his life.

Our heartfelt thoughts go out to Houghton’s family, friends and loved ones.

 

Actor

Jean-Claude Van Damme in Knock Off (1998)

Knock Off

4.9

Bear

1998

 

Leopard Hunting (1998)

Leopard Hunting

5.3

1998

 

Françoise Yip in How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)

How to Meet the Lucky Stars

5.3

Blonde Henchman

1996

 

Yukari Ôshima in Power Connection (1995)

Power Connection

3.8

1995

 

Love, Guns and Glass (1995)

Love, Guns and Glass

6.5

1995

 

Cynthia Khan and Waise Lee in Angel on Fire (1995)

Angel on Fire

4.9

Foreign Buyer's Bodyguard

1995

 

China Dragon (1995)

China Dragon

5.4

1995

 

Michelle Yeoh, Adam Cheng, Dicky Cheung, Shao-Wen Hao, Man-Tat Ng, Ashton Chen, Chuan-Chen Yeh, King-Tan Yuen, Wah Yuen, and Mark Houghton in Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple (1994)

Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple

6.0

1994

 

Nu hai xia do (1994)

Nu hai xia do

6.0

1994

 

Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II (1994)

Drunken Master II

7.5

Smith

1994

 

Sibelle Hu and Moon Lee in Angel's Project (1993)

Angel's Project

4.8

White Thug (as Hok-dun Mak)

1993

 

Mark Houghton in My Virgin (1993)

My Virgin

4.4

1993

 

Huan kan jin zhao

Video

Mark (as Mak Gou)

1992

 

Moon Lee and Yukari Ôshima in Mission of Justice (1992)

Mission of Justice

5.9

Blonde Gunman

1992

 

Mad Mad Ghost (1992)

Mad Mad Ghost

5.6

Criminal (as Mark)

1992

 

Donnie Yen in Cheetah on Fire (1992)

Cheetah on Fire

5.2

Mak

1992

 

Pan Pan Yeung in Angel Terminators (1992)

Angel Terminators

6.2

(as Mark)

1992

 

China Heat (1992)

China Heat

4.8

Man Guard Fighter

1992

 

The Vengeance (1992)

The Vengeance

4.2

Police Detective

1992

 

Wizard's Curse (1992)

Wizard's Curse

6.1

Police Superintendent

1992

 

Fight Back to School II (1992)

Fight Back to School II

6.6

Terrorist

1992

 

A Fate of Love (1991)

A Fate of Love

Video

1991

 

Action in Border (1991)

Action in Border

1991

 

Moon Lee in Dreaming the Reality (1991)

Dreaming the Reality

6.4

Kick-Boxer

1991

 

Feud Within the Truth (1991)

Feud Within the Truth

Video

1991

 

Kent Cheng and Ray Lui in Legend of the Brothers (1991)

Legend of the Brothers

6.9

1991

 

Emily Chu in Bloody Hero (1991)

Bloody Hero

5.6

1991

 

Thunder Ninja Kids: The Hunt for the Devil Boxer (1991)

Thunder Ninja Kids: The Hunt for the Devil Boxer

4.6

1991

 

Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Crystal Kwok, and Michael Wong in Will of Iron (1991)

Will of Iron

5.8

Mark

1991

 

Red Fists (1991)

Red Fists

5.7

Blonde Thug

1991

 

The Real Me (1991)

The Real Me

5.7

1991

 

Ching-Ying Lam, Sandra Ng, Man-Tat Ng, Jing Wong, and Chingmy Yau in Money Maker (1991)

Money Maker

5.9

Guy Fighting with Fan

1991

 

Fury in Red (1991)

Fury in Red

5.3

Jack - FBI Agent

1991

 

Kickboxer from Hell (1990)

Kickboxer from Hell

3.9

1990

 

Point of No Return (1990)

Point of No Return

5.6

Blond Thug

1990

 

Fire Phoenix (1990)

Fire Phoenix

6.2

1990

 

Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon (1990)

Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon

6.6

Killer

1990

 

Joyce Godenzi in She Shoots Straight (1990)

She Shoots Straight

6.8

Hit Man

1990

 

Frankie Chan, Mok Siu-Chung, Tao Chiang, Michael Miu, Michiko Nishiwaki, and Yukari Ôshima in Outlaw Brothers (1990)

Outlaw Brothers

6.7

Thug

1990

 

Tiger on the Beat 2 (1990)

Tiger on the Beat 2

5.9

Mark

1990

 

Sibelle Hu and Carrie Ng in The Dragon Fighter (1990)

The Dragon Fighter

5.3

Drug Dealer

1990

 

Naked Revenge (1989)

Naked Revenge

3.9

1989

 

Cynthia Rothrock and Kent Tong in Miao tan shuang long (1989)

Miao tan shuang long

5.2

Macquarton

1989

 

Moon Lee and Pan Pan Yeung in Princess Madam (1989)

Princess Madam

6.1

Blond Thug

1989

 

Michael Miu and Simon Yam in Final Run (1989)

Final Run

5.4

Caucasian Thug

1989

 

Moon Lee in Killer Angels (1989)

Killer Angels

6.1

Oto

1989

 

Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit (1989)

Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit

5.5

Boss's thug

1989

 

Pan Pan Yeung in Angel Enforcers (1989)

Angel Enforcers

5.6

Villain

1989

 

Stunts

Mahirap patayin, masamang buhayin

fight director

1997

 

Mark Houghton in My Virgin (1993)

My Virgin

4.4

action choreographer

1993

 

Hero's Blood (1991)

Hero's Blood

3.5

stunt coordinator

1991

 

Jean-Claude Van Damme in Double Impact (1991)

Double Impact

5.7

stunt performer (uncredited)

1991

 

The Turbulent Affair

stunt coordinator

1991

 

Producer

Mark Houghton in I Am the White Tiger (2018)

I Am the White Tiger

7.0

producer

2018

 

Additional Crew

Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II (1994)

Drunken Master II

7.5

assistant martial arts choreographer (uncredited)

1994

 

Self

Mark Houghton in I Am the White Tiger (2018)

I Am the White Tiger

7.0

Self

2018

 

Sam McDowell obit

Guardians’ ‘Sudden’ 6-time All-Star dies at 84

The 15-year MLB veteran also pitched for the Yankees, Giants and Pirates.

 He was not on the list.

“Sudden” Sam McDowell — a six-time All-Star pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, now the Guardians, who finished his career with the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates — has died. He was 84.

Bob Pompeani of KDKA in Pittsburgh reported that McDowell died Monday, Oct. 5.

In a 15-year MLB career, McDowell struck out 2,453 batters — eighth on baseball’s career list when he retired, and No. 46 all-time today. He led the American League in strikeouts five times.

McDowell retired with a 141-134 record and a 3.17 ERA.

A Pittsburgh native, McDowell debuted at 18 in September 1961. Four years later, he led the AL in ERA (2.18), struck out a career-high 325 batters and made his first American League All-Star team.

McDowell helped athletes struggling with substance abuse.

However, his career was derailed by alcohol abuse, a vice he chronicled in depth in his 2025 memoir, “The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell.” He pitched his final game for the Pirates as a 32-year-old in 1975.

After retiring as a player, McDowell counseled athletes who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse — not only in MLB but in the NFL and NHL as well.

“I remember when I got out of rehab, I must have called that man every day, at every hour of the night, for four straight months,” former big league pitcher Mike York told the Los Angeles Times. “I mean, I was calling him at 5 in the morning, midnight, it didn’t matter. He was always there when I needed him.”

McDowell was the Baseball Assistance Team’s addiction and recovery consultant from 1987-2016.

McDowell had two children, Debbie and Tim.

The character of Sam Malone, the alcoholic ex-Red Sox pitcher portrayed by Ted Danson in the television program Cheers, was based on the baseball life of McDowell. In a 2011 interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, McDowell joked "I would say I'm better with women than [Sam Malone] was.

During the 1960 season, as a high school graduate, McDowell signed with the Indians for a $75,000 bonus. McDowell made the signing announcement at the conclusion of his appearance in the third segment of To Tell the Truth aired on June 16, 1960. He spent the 1960 season with the Class D Lakeland Indians, where he had a 5–6 record, with a 3.35 earned run average (ERA). He struck out 100 batters in 1042⁄3 innings pitched, but also had 80 bases on balls. He picked off 43 base runners, modeling his technique on Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn, who had given McDowell pickoff tips when he was in Pittsburgh.

In 1961, McDowell was promoted to the Triple-A Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League. He finished the year there with a record of 13–10 and a 4.42 ERA. He had 156 strikeouts and 152 bases on balls in 175 innings pitched; averaging 8 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9), but also 7.8 bases on balls per nine innings (BB/9). This was enough to earn him a promotion to the majors in September, and one week before his 19th birthday he made his MLB debut for the Indians. Starting against the Minnesota Twins, McDowell pitched 61⁄3 scoreless innings, giving up just three hits. He had to leave the game because he broke two ribs throwing a pitch.

Teams

Cleveland Indians (1961–1971)

San Francisco Giants (1972–1973)

New York Yankees (1973–1974)

Pittsburgh Pirates (1975)

Career highlights and awards

6× All-Star (1965, 1966, 1968–1971)

AL ERA leader (1965)

5× AL strikeout leader (1965, 1966, 1968–1970)

Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame

Lena Martell obit

Scottish singer Lena Martell dies as tributes paid

 She was not on the list.

Scottish singer Lena Martell has died, as tributes have been paid to the former Broadway star.

Martell was born in Possilpark, Glasgow, and became a success on Broadway and in London's West End.

Her stage name came from an unusual source. Born Helen Thomson, she became "Lena" because her father nicknamed her that, and "Martell" came from the brandy of the same name.

She had a number-one single in 1979, sang alongside Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra, among others, and went on to sell almost 20 million records.

Martell received her first recording contract at 16 and left the UK to appear on Broadway, working alongside superstars Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli; she understudied Streisand in Broadway's Funny Girl.

She was reported to be "homesick" and returned to Glasgow, where she landed her own prime-time Saturday night BBC show in 1971, which ran for 10 years and attracted more than 11 million viewers. At one time, she was one of the country's biggest light entertainment stars of the '70s.

Her number one hit, One Day At A Time, sold 2.5 million copies, a record for any British female singer, and was the first Scottish woman to reach No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart as a solo artist. It won her an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1979 when it stayed in the charts for 36 weeks and spent five weeks at No. 1 in four countries.

Musician Dougie Stevenson toured with Martell and worked with her as Scot Disc's managing director. He said she will be "sadly missed".

Speaking with The Herald, Stevenson said: "Lena really was a great personality and great to work with, both on and off the music.

"We started working with her around 1983/84 and have such great memories of the music and videos we made together.

"I toured with her and was in her band, and there are so many gig memories. She was so full of humour and had ideas all the time for not just music, but plays and sitcoms.

"She'll be sadly missed, especially down at the Barras. She would always be down there with dark glasses, incognito. She really loved Glasgow."

Stevenson said Martell was always proud to have begun singing as a child with her elder brother's band and later performed with the Billy McGregor and Gaybirds the at the Barrowland Ballroom as a singer.

Away from the spotlight, Martell endured significant personal challenges, including cancer, caring for her mother through dementia and major heart surgery, including a triple bypass operation in 2008. She later described herself as living "one day at a time", echoing the title of her most famous song.

It's understood that Martell died peacefully at a care home after a short illness.

Fred Claire obit

Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire Dies at 91

The longtime Dodgers executive helped build the 1988 World Series champions during a three-decade career with the organization.

 He was not on the list.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Former Los Angeles Dodgers public relations executive and general manager Fred Claire died at his home Monday night, the team announced Tuesday. He turned 91 on Monday.

Claire spent three decades with the Dodgers and served as general manager from 1987 through 1998, helping construct the club that won the 1988 World Series.

“The Dodgers are grieving the passing of Fred Claire, a longtime key fixture of our organization,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement.

“Fred brought many victories and Dodger legends to our franchise, as well as a 1988 World Series title, and we are forever grateful for his leadership during such a memorable era. Our hearts go out to his wife Sheryl and his family.”

Longtime Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter first announced Claire’s death Monday night in a Facebook post, writing that Claire died on his birthday after an 11-year battle with cancer.

“I lost a close friend today. The world lost a good man,” Porter wrote.

Fred Claire helped build the 1988 World Series champions

A native of Jamestown, Ohio, Claire moved with his family to Torrance when he was 15. He graduated from Torrance High School and earned a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University before working as a sportswriter during the late 1950s and 1960s.

Claire’s Dodgers career began in 1969, when the Long Beach Press-Telegram assigned him to cover Spring Training in Vero Beach, Florida. He joined the club’s public relations staff that summer, became vice president of the department in 1975 and was elevated to general manager in 1987.

His most enduring baseball legacy came almost immediately. Claire reshaped a Dodgers club that had lost 89 games in 1987 and assembled the roster that won the 1988 World Series.

Claire signed National League MVP Kirk Gibson and added several other important pieces, including Mickey Hatcher, Rick Dempsey and Mike Davis. He also helped acquire Alfredo Griffin and relievers Jay Howell and Jesse Orosco, strengthening the defense and bullpen around a pitching staff led by Orel Hershiser.

The Dodgers defeated the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in five games. Claire was named The Sporting News’ Major League Executive of the Year for his work building the championship club.

Claire later told MLB.com that the unity and character of the 1988 roster were central to its success. His role in constructing that team remained a defining part of his Dodgers legacy.

A Dodgers executive and cancer advocate

Claire remained the Dodgers’ general manager through June 1998. His tenure also included five consecutive National League Rookie of the Year winners from 1992 through 1996: Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raúl Mondesi, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hollandsworth.

After his baseball career, Claire became a prominent advocate and fundraiser for City of Hope following his diagnosis with jaw and neck cancer. Porter wrote that Claire credited the medical center with extending his life and referred to those additional years as “extra innings.”

Porter also remembered Claire as the executive who helped begin his 28-year Dodgers broadcasting career and as a loyal friend to his family.

Claire is survived by his wife, Sheryl, and their three children, Jeff, Jennifer and Kim. Funeral services are pending.

Jim Bakker obit

Jim Bakker, Televangelist and PTL Founder, Dies at 86, Wife Lori Bakker Announces

 

He was not on the list.

Televangelist Jim Bakker, a longtime Christian broadcaster and founder of the PTL television ministry, has died at 86, according to an announcement from his wife, Lori Bakker.

The Jim Bakker Show announced his death Monday evening, sharing a statement from Lori Bakker about her husband’s passing.

It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening.

For 66 years, Jim gave his life to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and ministry.

Jim loved people deeply. He loved this ministry, and he loved the friends and partners who stood with him throughout the years. Even in his final days, his heart was still for the work of God and for the Gospel to continue reaching the world.

Our family is grieving and we ask for your prayers and privacy during this time.

Jim finished his race with faith. His voice, his vision, and his legacy will never be forgotten.

— Lori Bakker

Bakker became one of the most recognizable figures in Christian television through “The PTL Club,” which he launched with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, in the 1970s.

Bakker would go on to host “The Jim Bakker Show” alongside Lori, where he continued discussing faith, biblical prophecy and current events.

In her statement, Lori Bakker said her husband remained focused on ministry and spreading the Gospel even in his final days.

The family is asking for prayer and privacy as they grieve.

Additional details surrounding Bakker’s death were not immediately announced.

Bakker, the televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar evangelical broadcasting empire before a sex scandal and fraud conviction led to his public downfall, died on Oct. 5. He was 86.

His wife, Lori Bakker, announced his death on his official Instagram account. She did not elaborate on where he died or disclose a cause of death.

Jim Bakker rose to national prominence as a pioneer of Christian television and, alongside his then-wife Tammy Faye, built a vast ministry that attracted millions of viewers and supporters.

After meeting at North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Jim Bakker married Tammy Faye in 1961. They gained national exposure in 1965 when they developed a puppet show for evangelist Pat Robertson's television program, Reuters previously reported.

Jim Bakker founded the PTL organization, also known as "Praise The Lord" or "People That Love," in 1974. Through PTL and its television programs, the couple became household names and among the most recognizable figures in evangelical media.

But Jim Bakker's career unraveled amid scandal. The televangelist, who pursued an opulent lifestyle while leading his evangelical empire, was disgraced by a sex scandal, a fraud conviction, and his subsequent divorce from Faye.

His South Carolina-based Christian theme park, Heritage USA, closed in 1989 in the wake of a scandal that triggered the collapse of his Praise the Lord Ministries and its "PTL" television show. In 1987, allegations became public that Jim Bakker had raped his former New York church secretary Jessica Hahn. He said the encounter was consensual.

Not long afterward, Jim Bakker was dismissed from the Assemblies of God denomination for what church officials described as "conduct unbecoming to a minister," according to previous reporting from the Springfield News-Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Two years later, he was convicted on 24 federal counts of fraud and conspiracy related to his ministry's fundraising practices. His original 45-year sentence was vacated in 1991, and Jim Bakker ultimately served nearly five years in prison.

While Jim Bakker was in prison, Tammy Faye divorced him and later married his former friend Roe Messner. Tammy Faye died in 2007 after a long battle with cancer. She was 65.

In announcing his death, Lori Bakker highlighted his decades of religious work and his role in the growth of Christian television.

"For 66 years, Jim gave his life to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ," she wrote. "He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and ministry.”

She said Jim Bakker remained committed to his ministry until the end of his life.

"Even in his final days, his heart was still for the work of God and for the Gospel to continue reaching the world," she wrote.

Lori Bakker said the family was grieving and asked for prayers and privacy.

"Jim finished his race with faith,” she wrote. “His voice, his vision, and his legacy will never be forgotten.”

After being divorced by Tammy Faye in 1992, Bakker married Lori Beth Graham in 1998, and together they adopted five children. Early in his career, Bakker worked at Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, helping to grow the network and hosting shows including The 700 Club and a children’s program. He later co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with Paul and Jan Crouch, but left after a short partnership due to disagreements, eventually establishing his own ministry, PTL (Praise The Lord), and the PTL Satellite Network.

Bakker later remarried and returned to televangelism, founding Morningside Church in Blue Eye, Missouri, and reestablishing the PTL ministry.

Bakker sold colloidal silver supplements that he advertised as a panacea. In March 2020, the office of the Attorney General of New York ordered Bakker to cease making false medicinal claims about his supplements' alleged ability to cure the 2019–2020 strains of coronavirus, and the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration also sent a warning letter to Bakker about his claims regarding the supplements and coronavirus.

Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt and Arkansas attorney general Leslie Rutledge filed lawsuits against Bakker for allegedly pushing the supplements as a treatment for the virus.

 In the state lawsuit against him, Bakker was represented by former Missouri governor Jay Nixon, who argued for the suit to be dismissed. Nixon said that the allegations made in the lawsuit are false, stating: "Bakker is being unfairly targeted by those who want to crush his ministry and force his Christian television program off the air."

In April 2020, prohibited from receiving credit card transactions, Bakker disclosed to his viewers that his ministry was on the brink of filing for bankruptcy and urgently petitioned them for donations.

The following month, GEB America and World Harvest Television dropped Bakker's program from their networks after DirecTV owner AT&T asked channels to reconsider airing the show. AT&T made the request of its channels in response to a deplatforming campaign from the liberal Christian group Faithful America.

After a 16-month federal grand jury probe, Bakker was indicted in 1988 on eight counts of mail fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy. In 1989, after a five-week trial which began on August 28 in Charlotte, North Carolina, a jury found him guilty on all 24 counts. Judge Robert Daniel Potter sentenced Bakker to 45 years in federal prison and imposed a $500,000 fine. At the Federal Medical Center, Rochester in Rochester, Minnesota, he shared a cell with activist Lyndon LaRouche and skydiver Roger Nelson.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Bakker's conviction on the fraud and conspiracy charges, voided Bakker's 45-year sentence and $500,000 fine and ordered a new sentencing hearing in February 1991. The court ruled that Potter's sentencing statement about Bakker, that "those of us who do have a religion are sick of being saps for money-grubbing preachers and priests", was evidence that the judge had injected his religious beliefs into Bakker's sentence.

Bakker's sentence was reduced to eight years at a hearing on November 16, 1992. In August 1993, he was transferred to a minimum-security federal prison in Jesup, Georgia. Bakker was paroled in July 1994, after serving almost five years of his sentence. His son Jay spearheaded a letter-writing campaign to the parole board advocating leniency. Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz acted as Bakker's parole attorney, having said that he "would guarantee that Mr. Bakker would never again engage in the blend of religion and commerce that led to his conviction." Bakker was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody on December 1, 1994, owing $6 million to the IRS.

Freddie Jackson obit

Freddie Jackson Dies: R&B Hitmaker Behind “Rock Me Tonight”, “You Are My Lady” & Many More Was 70

 

He was not on the list.

Freddie Jackson, the soulful, Grammy-nominated singer who racked up 10 No. 1 R&B hits including “Rock Me Tonight” and “You Are My Lady” and had eight other Top 10s in just six years, died October 5, days after his 70th birthday.

The news was announced Tuesday on Jackson’s social media accounts, but no cause of death was listed.

After recording three albums with the Los Angeles band Mystic Merlin, Jackson went solo and returned to his native New York. With his emotive crooning style, he became a dominant force on R&B radio from his 1985 debut into the early 1990s, scoring back-to-back No. 1 hits right off the bat with “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady.” Both also made the Top 20 on Billboard’s pop singles chart.

That success earned Jackson a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist — he lost to “Smooth Operator” group Sade — and another, Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, for “You Are My Lady.”

The hits would keep comin’. Jackson topped the R&B chart eight more times with such ’80s songs as “Tasty Love,” “Jam Tonight,” “Hey Lover,” “Nice ‘N’ Slow” and the Melba Moore duet “A Little Bit Moore.” He also had a pair of No. 1s in the early 1990s with “Love Me Down” and “Do It Again.” Three others reached No. 2. “Nice ‘N’ Slow” won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single in 1988.

Moore remembered Jackson in a statement released Tuesday. “My heart is broken over the loss of a great singer and even a greater friend, Freddie Jackson,” the multi-Grammy nominee and Tony winner wrote.

“When we worked together on songs such as our hit, ‘A Little Bit More’, his sense of humor had me laughing during the sessions. We had such a special relationship. I will forever miss my dear friend. Rest peacefully, Freddie.”

Born on October 2, 1956, in Harlem, Jackson released more than a dozen solo albums from 1985-2018, with his first two — Rock Me Tonight (1985) and Just Like the First Time (1987) — going platinum and his debut making the pop Top 10. They began a string of four consecutive No. 1s on Billboard‘s R&B albums chart, followed by 1988’s Don’t Let Love Slip Away and 1990’s Do Me Again, both of which went gold.

His fifth album, Time for Love, would be Jackson’s last for Capitol Records, his label since the start of his solo career. It peaked at No. 7 on the R&B LPs chart, becoming his final Top 10 record. Switching to RCA as R&B radio tastes evolved, his 1994 album Here It Is would be Jackson’s last big commercial success, reaching No. 11 and spawning the No. 2 R&B hit “I Could Use a Little Love (Right Now).” He continued to record for various labels through 2018, reaching the Top 50 on the R&B chart with most of them.

Jackson’s songs have been featured in dozens of films and TV shows over the decades, ranging from One Life to Live, The Golden Girls and All Dogs Go to Heaven to Family Matters, Ally McBeal, Love & Basketball and most recently the Chris Rock-directed Top Five. He performed three times on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and made more than a half-dozen appearances on Soul Train.

After being off the road for a while, Jackson returned to touring in 2014 and again in 2017. He received the Legend Award at the 2019 Black Music Honors ceremony.

Information on survivors or a memorial service was not immediately available.

George Fenton obit

George Fenton Dies: ‘Gandhi’, ‘Cry Freedom’ & ‘The Blue Planet’ Composer Was 76

 He was not on the list.

George Fenton, the UK composer and musician known for his original scores for Gandhi and David Attenborough’s The Blue Planet, died October 5, He was 76.

His family announced in a statement that Fenton had died “unexpectedly” on October 5, without giving any cause of death.

He is survived by his loving wife Amanda, ex-wife Jane, children Gemma, Grace and Bridget, and grandchildren Lola, Audrey, Alfred, George, Frank and Beatrice, and a life of music,” read the statement.

Fenton was Oscar-nominated five times across his career for Gandhi (1983), Cry Freedom (1988), Dangerous Liaisons (1989) and The Fisher King (1992).

More recently, he won acclaim for his sweeping score for The Blue Planet which won a Bafta, Primetime Emmy and Ivor Novello, and the recent Bergerac reboot.

His more than 160 film and TV credits also included nearly all of Ken Loach’s features including I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You as well as Land and Freedom, as well as Accidental Hero, Groundhog Day, Shadowlands and Bewitched.

Fenton was born George Howe in the town of Bromley in southeast England in 1949. His father was a mechanical engineer, while his mother had been a dancer before entering nursing in the war.

Music was in the household with his father playing the drums and his mother, the piano, while he took up the electric guitar, receiving his first lessons from a man called Brian Rudd who connected with family as their chimney sweep.

Fenton initially wanted to forge a career in acting, getting his first big break in 1968 in Alan Bennett’s first West End play Forty Years On.

Bennett and Fenton remained lifelong friends, with the director encouraging his friend to ditch acting for composing. He secured his first film composer credit with the 1971 romantic drama Private Road.

Talking on the BBC’s Today program on Tuesday, director Nicholas Hytner recalled Fenton with affection. The pair first collaborated on the 1994 drama The Madness of King George, based on Bennett’s stage play.

“He was an astonishing musician and the breadth of the styles that he could work in, the collaborators he had, all of whom became his friends, he as much as a talent for friendship as he had for music,” said Hynter.

“Much of his music, even if people don’t know who’s written it, has absolutely lodged itself in the public consciousness and the work he did with David Attenborough, I think most of all,” he continued. “He was irreplaceable. I know his friends are reeling at the moment because this was out of the blue and all of sudden. The work he leaves behind him is truly magnificent and astonishing.”

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Antonio Banderas, Dante Spinotti, Colleen Atwood, Eva Birthistle, Camille Griffin, Janine Modder, Trudie Styler, Anita Sumner, Shirin Hartmann, Piers Tempest, Eden Hamilton, Ellie Parker-Franklin, Georgie Mullock, Celine Rattray, Lauren Cox, Jordan Nash, Úrsula Corberó, and Arinzé Kene in Up Against It (2026)

Up Against It

6.9

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2026

 

Damien Molony in Bergerac (2025)

Bergerac

6.8

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original theme music by

2026

6 episodes

 

Don Johnson, Jack Huston, and Isabelle Fuhrman in Unit 234 (2024)

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5.4

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2024

 

Ebla Mari and Dave Turner in The Old Oak (2023)

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7.1

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2023

 

Wild Isles (2023)

Wild Isles

8.6

TV Mini Series

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2023

5 episodes

 

Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, Jesse Akele, and Bally Gill in Allelujah (2022)

Allelujah

6.0

music by

2022

 

Queen Elizabeth II in Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) (2022)

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)

5.9

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2022

 

Beat the Devil (2021)

Beat the Devil

7.2

TV Movie

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2021

 

The United Way (2021)

The United Way

7.2

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2021

 

The Earth Orchestra (2021)

The Earth Orchestra

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2021

 

Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent in The Duke (2020)

The Duke

6.9

music by

2020

 

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

8.0

TV Series

music composed by

2020

1 episode

 

Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas in The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

The Secret: Dare to Dream

6.6

Composer

2020

 

Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor, and Kris Hitchen in Sorry We Missed You (2019)

Sorry We Missed You

7.6

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2019

 

Liam Neeson in Cold Pursuit (2019)

Cold Pursuit

6.2

music by

2019

 

Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson in Red Joan (2018)

Red Joan

6.4

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2018

 

Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)

Woman Walks Ahead

6.7

Composer

2017

 

Incredible Predators (2017)

Incredible Predators

Short

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2017

 

Walk on the Wild Side (2016)

Walk on the Wild Side

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2016

 

China: Between Clouds and Dreams (2016)

China: Between Clouds and Dreams

9.4

TV Series

music

2016

5 episodes

 

Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange in Wild Oats (2016)

Wild Oats

5.7

Composer

2016

 

Dave Johns in I, Daniel Blake (2016)

I, Daniel Blake

7.8

Composer

2016

 

Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings in The Lady in the Van (2015)

The Lady in the Van

6.7

Composer

2015

 

Robin Williams, Kate Beckinsale, Simon Pegg, and Mojo in Absolutely Anything (2015)

Absolutely Anything

6.0

Composer

2015

 

Jimmy's Hall (2014)

Jimmy's Hall

6.7

Composer

2014

 

Bears (2014)

Bears

7.3

music by

2014

 

Christoph Waltz in The Zero Theorem (2013)

The Zero Theorem

6.0

Composer

2013

 

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

6.7

Composer

2013

 

National Theatre Live: People (2013)

National Theatre Live: People

7.2

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2013

 

The Spirit of '45 (2013)

The Spirit of '45

7.1

score composer

2013

 

The Angels' Share (2012)

The Angels' Share

7.0

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2012

 

Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest (2012)

Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest

8.5

Composer

2012

 

Frozen Planet (2011)

Frozen Planet

9.0

TV Mini Series

Composer

2011

7 episodes

 

One Life (2011)

One Life

7.9

composed by

2011

 

Mark Womack and John Bishop in Route Irish (2010)

Route Irish

6.4

Composer

2010

 

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter (2010)

The Bounty Hunter

5.6

music by

2010

 

Life (2009)

Life

9.1

TV Mini Series

Composer

2009

10 episodes

 

Éric Cantona and Steve Evets in Looking for Eric (2009)

Looking for Eric

7.1

Composer

2009

 

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in Fool's Gold (2008)

Fool's Gold

5.8

music by

2008

 

Love and Death in Shanghai (2007)

Love and Death in Shanghai

7.3

TV Movie

Composer

2007

 

It's a Free World... (2007)

It's a Free World...

7.0

Composer

2007

 

Earth (2007)

Earth

7.9

Composer

2007

 

The Making of 'Deep Blue'

8.0

Video

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2006

 

Planet Earth (2006)

Planet Earth

9.4

TV Mini Series

Composer

2006

11 episodes

 

Planet Earth: The Future (2006)

Planet Earth: The Future

8.0

TV Mini Series

Composer

2006

3 episodes

 

James Corden, Sacha Dhawan, Richard Griffiths, Andrew Knott, Russell Tovey, Dominic Cooper, Samuel Barnett, Samuel Anderson, and Jamie Parker in The History Boys (2006)

The History Boys

6.8

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2006

 

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

7.5

Composer

2006

 

Last Holiday (2006)

Last Holiday

6.6

Composer

2006

 

Bewitched: Star Shots (2005)

Bewitched: Star Shots

6.2

Video

Composer

2005

 

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

5.5

Video

Composer

2005

 

Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005)

Why I Love 'Bewitched'

5.2

Video

Composer

2005

 

Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, and Kelly Reilly in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

Mrs. Henderson Presents

7.0

Composer

2005

 

Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell in Bewitched (2005)

Bewitched

4.9

Composer

2005

 

Tickets (2005)

Tickets

6.9

Composer

2005

 

Will Smith in Hitch (2005)

Hitch

6.6

Composer

2005

 

Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Pip Torrens, Buckley Collum, and Sharon Horgan in Valiant (2005)

Valiant

5.5

Composer

2005

 

Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, and Rupert Graves in Pride (2004)

Pride

6.2

TV Movie

Composer

2004

 

Claire Danes and Billy Crudup in Stage Beauty (2004)

Stage Beauty

7.1

Composer

2004

 

Eva Birthistle and Atta Yaqub in A Fond Kiss (2004)

A Fond Kiss

7.1

Composer

2004

 

Deep Blue (2003)

Deep Blue

7.4

Composer

2003

 

Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson in Imagining Argentina (2003)

Imagining Argentina

6.1

Composer

2003

 

A French Affair (2003)

A French Affair

9.2

TV Movie

Composer

2003

 

Too Close to the Bone

Short

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2002

 

Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

Sweet Home Alabama

6.2

Composer

2002

 

Sweet Sixteen (2002)

Sweet Sixteen

7.4

Composer

2002

 

The Blue Planet (2001)

The Blue Planet

9.0

TV Mini Series

Composermusic composed by

2001

8 episodes

 

The Navigators (2001)

The Navigators

7.0

Composer

2001

 

Jessica Biel and Freddie Prinze Jr. in Summer Catch (2001)

Summer Catch

5.1

Composer

2001

 

John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow in Lucky Numbers (2000)

Lucky Numbers

5.1

Composer

2000

 

Center Stage (2000)

Center Stage

6.7

Composer

2000

 

Bread and Roses (2000)

Bread and Roses

7.0

Composer

2000

 

Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King

6.7

Composer

1999

 

Pierce Brosnan and Annie Galipeau in Grey Owl (1999)

Grey Owl

6.0

Composer

1999

 

Entropy (1999)

Entropy

6.2

Composer

1999

 

Shanghai Vice (1999)

Shanghai Vice

8.5

TV Mini Series

Composer

1999

 

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (1998)

You've Got Mail

6.8

Composer

1998

 

Alan Bennett in Talking Heads 2 (1998)

Talking Heads 2

8.6

TV Mini Series

Composer

1998

2 episodes

 

Living Out Loud (1998)

Living Out Loud

6.5

Composer

1998

 

Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story

7.1

Composer

1998

 

Louise Goodall and Peter Mullan in My Name Is Joe (1998)

My Name Is Joe

7.4

Composer

1998

 

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in The Object of My Affection (1998)

The Object of My Affection

6.0

Composer

1998

 

Catherine McCormack in Dangerous Beauty (1998)

Dangerous Beauty

7.1

Composer

1998

 

Wildlife Specials (1995)

Wildlife Specials

8.5

TV Series

Composer

1997

1 episode

 

Emily Woof in The Woodlanders (1997)

The Woodlanders

6.2

Composer

1997

 

Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell in In Love and War (1996)

In Love and War

6.0

Composer

1996

 

Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)

The Crucible

6.8

Composer

1996

 

Carla's Song (1996)

Carla's Song

6.8

Composer

1996

 

Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell in Multiplicity (1996)

Multiplicity

6.2

Composer

1996

 

Teri Hatcher, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Kelly Lynch in Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

Heaven's Prisoners

5.8

Composer

1996

 

Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly (1996)

Mary Reilly

5.8

music by

1996

 

Land and Freedom (1995)

Land and Freedom

7.5

Composer

1995

 

Steve Martin, Juliette Lewis, Liev Schreiber, Adam Sandler, Madeline Kahn, Anthony LaPaglia, and Rita Wilson in Mixed Nuts (1994)

Mixed Nuts

5.4

Composer

1994

 

Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George (1994)

The Madness of King George

7.2

Composer

1994

 

China: Beyond the Clouds (1994)

China: Beyond the Clouds

8.7

TV Movie

Composer

1994

 

Crissy Rock in Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

Ladybird Ladybird

7.4

Composer

1994

 

Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe in China Moon (1994)

China Moon

6.3

Composer

1994

 

Life in the Freezer (1993)

Life in the Freezer

8.6

TV Mini Series

music

1993

6 episodes

 

Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger in Shadowlands (1993)

Shadowlands

7.3

Composer

1993

 

Born Yesterday (1993)

Born Yesterday

5.2

Composer

1993

 

Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day (1993)

Groundhog Day

8.0

Composer

1993

 

Geena Davis, Dustin Hoffman, and Andy Garcia in Hero (1992)

Hero

6.5

music by

1992

 

Kim Basinger and Richard Gere in Final Analysis (1992)

Final Analysis

5.9

Composer

1992

 

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King (1991)

The Fisher King

7.5

Composer

1991

 

The Trials of Life (1990)

The Trials of Life

8.9

TV Mini Series

music composed by

1990

12 episodes

 

Susan Sarandon and James Spader in White Palace (1990)

White Palace

6.5

Composer

1990

 

Sissy Spacek in The Long Walk Home (1990)

The Long Walk Home

7.3

Composer

1990

 

Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Harry Connick Jr., Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Courtney Gains, and Neil Giuntoli in Memphis Belle (1990)

Memphis Belle

6.9

Composer

1990

 

Robert De Niro and Sean Penn in We're No Angels (1989)

We're No Angels

6.1

Composer

1989

 

London Plus (1984)

London Plus

7.9

TV Series

Composer

1989

1 episode

 

Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, and John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Dangerous Liaisons

7.5

Composer

1988

 

Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, and Peter O'Toole in High Spirits (1988)

High Spirits

5.8

Composer

1988

 

The Dressmaker (1988)

The Dressmaker

6.3

Composer

1988

 

Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, and James Wilby in A Handful of Dust (1988)

A Handful of Dust

6.5

Composer

1988

 

Talking Heads (1988)

Talking Heads

8.6

TV Mini Series

Composer

1988

3 episodes

 

Greta Scacchi and Charles Dance in White Mischief (1987)

White Mischief

6.4

Composer

1987

 

Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom (1987)

Cry Freedom

7.4

Composer

1987

 

Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft in 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

84 Charing Cross Road

7.4

Composer

1987

 

Screen Two (1984)

Screen Two

6.7

TV Series

Composermusic

1985–1987

3 episodes

 

Alfred Molina and Robert Hardy in Sunday Premiere (1986)

Sunday Premiere

6.3

TV Series

Composer

1986

4 episodes

 

Steve Bisley, David Bamber, Dermot Crowley, and Dulice Liecier in Call Me Mister (1986)

Call Me Mister

6.9

TV Series

Composer

1986

 

John Cleese in Clockwise (1986)

Clockwise

6.6

Composer

1986

 

Alun Armstrong and Phil Daniels in Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

5.6

Composer

1985

 

Denholm Elliott, Connie Booth, and Emlyn Williams in Past Caring (1985)

Past Caring

7.4

TV Movie

Composer

1985

 

Micha Bergese in The Company of Wolves (1984)

The Company of Wolves

6.6

Composer

1984

 

Geraldine James, Art Malik, and Tim Pigott-Smith in The Jewel in the Crown (1984)

The Jewel in the Crown

8.4

TV Mini Series

Composer

1984

9 episodes

 

American Playhouse (1980)

American Playhouse

7.3

TV Series

Composer

1984

1 episode

 

An Englishman Abroad (1983)

An Englishman Abroad

7.3

TV Movie

Composer

1983

 

Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)

Saigon: Year of the Cat

5.7

TV Movie

Composer

1983

 

The Ghost Writer (1983)

The Ghost Writer

4.6

TV Movie

composer

1983

 

James Fox in Runners (1983)

Runners

5.7

Composer

1983

 

Walter & June (1983)

Walter & June

7.2

TV Movie

Composer

1983

 

Marks (1982)

Objects of Affection

8.3

TV Series

Composer

1982

3 episodes

 

Gandhi (1982)

Gandhi

8.0

original score (uncredited)

1982

 

Walter (1982)

Walter

7.3

TV Movie

Composer

1982

 

Play for Tomorrow (1982)

Play for Tomorrow

6.3

TV Series

Composermusic composed and conducted by (uncredited)

1982

6 episodes

 

Lori Cardille, James Naughton, and Mark Soper in Parole (1982)

Parole

5.3

TV Movie

Composer

1982

 

Trevor Howard in No Country for Old Men (1981)

No Country for Old Men

7.5

TV Movie

Composer

1981

 

BBC2 Playhouse (1973)

BBC2 Playhouse

6.7

TV Series

Composer

1981

1 episode

 

Antony Sher in The History Man (1981)

The History Man

8.0

TV Mini Series

Composer

1981

4 episodes

 

Dead End (1980)

Dead End

5.9

Short

Composer

1980

 

The Tumour Principle

Short

Composer

1980

 

Donald Pleasence, Shelagh McLeod, and Ewan Stewart in Blade on the Feather (1980)

Rain on the Roof

6.6

TV Movie

Composer

1980

 

Trevor Eve in Shoestring (1979)

Shoestring

7.5

TV Series

Composer

1979–1980

12 episodes

 

Eamon Boland, Bernard Hill, Larry Lamb, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Vaughan, and Ray Winstone in Fox (1980)

Fox

8.0

TV Series

Composer

1980

13 episodes

 

Helen Mirren in Hussy (1980)

Hussy

5.1

Composer

1980

 

Bloody Kids (1980)

Bloody Kids

6.1

TV Movie

Composer

1980

 

Alan Bennett in The Old Crowd (1979)

All Day on the Sands

7.0

TV Movie

Composer

1979

 

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

BBC Play of the Month

7.1

TV Series

Composer

1979

1 episode

 

Afternoon Off (1979)

Afternoon Off

7.0

TV Movie

Composer

1979

 

Alan Bennett in The Old Crowd (1979)

The Old Crowd

6.2

TV Movie

Composer

1979

 

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978)

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap

8.1

Short

Composer

1978

 

Patricia Routledge in Doris and Doreen (1978)

Doris and Doreen

6.9

TV Movie

Composer

1978

 

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

7.6

TV Movie

Composer

1978

 

Tom Bell in Out (1978)

Out

7.7

TV Series

Composer

1978

6 episodes

 

Reginald Barratt, Alfie Bass, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bill Fraser, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)

ITV Playhouse

7.1

TV Series

Composer

1977–1978

2 episodes

 

BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

BBC2 Play of the Week

6.8

TV Series

Composer

1978

1 episode

 

Play for Today (1970)

Play for Today

7.8

TV Series

Composer

1978

1 episode

 

A Lustful Lady

Short

Composer

1977

 

Plays for Britain (1976)

Plays for Britain

6.4

TV Series

Composer

1976

1 episode

 

Susan Penhaligon and Bruce Robinson in Private Road (1971)

Private Road

6.3

Composer

1971

 

Music Department

Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, and Alun Armstrong in The Choral (2025)

The Choral

6.4

adapted by: musicarranged by: "A Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid"arranged by: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton, as Fenton) ...

2025

 

Innes Lloyd in Innes Lloyd: The Producer (2025)

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

5.8

Video

archive music

2025

 

Damien Molony in Bergerac (2025)

Bergerac

6.8

TV Series

original theme music

2025

6 episodes

 

Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, Jesse Akele, and Bally Gill in Allelujah (2022)

Allelujah

6.0

conducted by

2022

 

Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent in The Duke (2020)

The Duke

6.9

orchestrator

2020

 

Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas in The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

The Secret: Dare to Dream

6.6

music conducted by

2020

 

Liam Neeson in Cold Pursuit (2019)

Cold Pursuit

6.2

music conducted bymusician: synthesizer

2019

 

Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange in Wild Oats (2016)

Wild Oats

5.7

conductor

2016

 

Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings in The Lady in the Van (2015)

The Lady in the Van

6.7

conductor

2015

 

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

6.7

score orchestrated and conducted by

2013

 

Ben Barton in Initial Prospect (2009)

Initial Prospect

Short

musician

2009

 

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in Fool's Gold (2008)

Fool's Gold

5.8

conductor (uncredited)

2008

 

Earth (2007)

Earth

7.9

conductor

2007

 

Last Holiday (2006)

Last Holiday

6.6

music conducted by

2006

 

Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Pip Torrens, Buckley Collum, and Sharon Horgan in Valiant (2005)

Valiant

5.5

conductor

2005

 

Sweet Sixteen (2002)

Sweet Sixteen

7.4

music producer

2002

 

John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow in Lucky Numbers (2000)

Lucky Numbers

5.1

conductor

2000

 

Center Stage (2000)

Center Stage

6.7

conductor

2000

 

Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King

6.7

conductor

1999

 

Pierce Brosnan and Annie Galipeau in Grey Owl (1999)

Grey Owl

6.0

conductor

1999

 

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (1998)

You've Got Mail

6.8

conductormusic producer (uncredited, uncredited)

1998

 

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in The Object of My Affection (1998)

The Object of My Affection

6.0

conductor: score

1998

 

Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Crucible (1996)

The Crucible

6.8

conductor

1996

 

Teri Hatcher, Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Kelly Lynch in Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

Heaven's Prisoners

5.8

music producer

1996

 

Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly (1996)

Mary Reilly

5.8

conductor

1996

 

Anthony Hopkins in August (1996)

August

5.8

conducted byorchestration

1996

 

Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George (1994)

The Madness of King George

7.2

music adapted by: from the works of G F Handelorchestrations

1994

 

Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

7.5

music supervisorcomposer: unused music (uncredited)

1994

 

Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe in China Moon (1994)

China Moon

6.3

orchestrator

1994

 

Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger in Shadowlands (1993)

Shadowlands

7.3

conductor

1993

 

Born Yesterday (1993)

Born Yesterday

5.2

orchestrator

1993

 

John Nettles in Bergerac (1981)

Bergerac

6.9

TV Series

composer: title musiccomposer: theme musiccomposer: Bergerac theme ...

1981–1991

87 episodes

 

Noel Edmonds in Telly Addicts (1985)

Telly Addicts

6.3

TV Series

title music

1991

1 episode

 

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King (1991)

The Fisher King

7.5

conductororchestrator (uncredited, uncredited)

1991

 

Screen Two (1984)

Screen Two

6.7

TV Series

conductormusic adaptor

1990

1 episode

 

Sissy Spacek in The Long Walk Home (1990)

The Long Walk Home

7.3

conductororchestrator (uncredited, uncredited)

1990

 

Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Harry Connick Jr., Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Courtney Gains, and Neil Giuntoli in Memphis Belle (1990)

Memphis Belle

6.9

orchestratorconductor (uncredited)

1990

 

Robert De Niro and Sean Penn in We're No Angels (1989)

We're No Angels

6.1

music conductororchestrator

1989

 

Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, and Peter O'Toole in High Spirits (1988)

High Spirits

5.8

conductororchestrator

1988

 

Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, and James Wilby in A Handful of Dust (1988)

A Handful of Dust

6.5

conductororchestrator (uncredited)

1988

 

Greta Scacchi and Charles Dance in White Mischief (1987)

White Mischief

6.4

conductororchestrator

1987

 

Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom (1987)

Cry Freedom

7.4

conductormusic arranger: score

1987

 

White of the Eye (1987)

White of the Eye

6.1

music supervisor

1987

 

Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft in 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

84 Charing Cross Road

7.4

conductor

1987

 

Alun Armstrong and Phil Daniels in Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

5.6

musical directorpiano

1985

 

The Triumph of the West (1985)

The Triumph of the West

7.1

TV Series

title music

1985

13 episodes

 

Geraldine James, Art Malik, and Tim Pigott-Smith in The Jewel in the Crown (1984)

The Jewel in the Crown

8.4

TV Mini Series

additional music arranger

1984

1 episode

 

James Fox in Runners (1983)

Runners

5.7

conductor

1983

 

Gandhi (1982)

Gandhi

8.0

composer: additional musicmusic conductororchestral score

1982

 

Trevor Eve in Shoestring (1979)

Shoestring

7.5

TV Series

composer: theme music

1980

9 episodes

 

Eamon Boland, Bernard Hill, Larry Lamb, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Vaughan, and Ray Winstone in Fox (1980)

Fox

8.0

TV Series

conductor

1980

13 episodes

 

Helen Mirren in Hussy (1980)

Hussy

5.1

conductor

1980

 

Alan Bennett in The Old Crowd (1979)

One Fine Day

7.6

TV Movie

music adviser

1979

 

The Lively Arts (1969)

The Lively Arts

4.8

TV Series

guitarist

1977

1 episode

 

Peter Marinker and Deborah Norton in Adult Fun (1972)

Adult Fun

7.6

music coordinator

1972

 

What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)

What Became of Jack and Jill?

5.5

composer: songs (as George Howe)

1972

 

Actor

Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, and Alun Armstrong in The Choral (2025)

The Choral

6.4

Chauffeur

2025

 

Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings in The Lady in the Van (2015)

The Lady in the Van

6.7

Conductor

2015

 

Emmerdale Farm (1972)

Emmerdale Farm

4.9

TV Series

Martin Gimbel

1975–1976

28 episodes

 

Cheri

7.5

TV Series

M. Roland

1973

1 episode

 

David Waller in A Day Out (1972)

A Day Out

7.0

TV Movie

Brothers

1972

 

Susan Penhaligon and Bruce Robinson in Private Road (1971)

Private Road

6.3

Henry

1971

 

The Waiters (1969)

The Waiters

6.4

Short

Guest

1969

 

Soundtrack

Hedda Stiernstedt in One More Time (2023)

One More Time

5.8

Soundtrackperformer: "A new day" (as Fenton, "A new day")

2023

 

Bill Fagerbakke in The Patrick Star Show (2021)

The Patrick Star Show

3.6

TV Series

music: "Darkroom 1"music: "Romantic Man 3" (uncredited, uncredited)

2021–2022

3 episodes

 

Sabrina Carpenter, Donald Elise Watkins, RJ Cyler, and Sebastian Chacon in Emergency (2022)

Emergency

6.2

writer: "Bruuuh - Remix"

2022

 

Panorama (1953)

Panorama

7.0

TV Series

performer: "Bergerac theme" (uncredited)

2017

1 episode

 

Nora Ephron in Everything Is Copy (2015)

Everything Is Copy

7.5

writer: "Lucky Numbers (Part 2)"

2015

 

Music Movies (2011)

Music Movies

8.1

TV Series

music: "Valse Moderne" (uncredited)

2012

1 episode

 

Will Ferrell and Genesis Rodriguez in Casa de mi Padre (2012)

Casa de mi Padre

5.5

writer: "Fish Eye"

2012

 

The Illusionist (2010)

The Illusionist

7.4

writer: "Les Follies"

2010

 

Ben Barton in Initial Prospect (2009)

Initial Prospect

Short

producer: "Chester"

2009

 

Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig in Cairo Time (2009)

Cairo Time

6.6

writer: "Arabian Scene No. 3"

2009

 

BBC Proms (2007)

BBC Proms

TV Series

Soundtrack ("Theme from Shadowlands (1993)")

2007

1 episode

 

Last Holiday (2006)

Last Holiday

6.6

producer: "Isn't It Romantic", "The Nearness of You", "Auld Lang Syne"

2006

 

Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, and Kelly Reilly in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

Mrs. Henderson Presents

7.0

arranger: "La Marseillaise"music: "Inspiration", "The Grecian Frieze", "Sails of the Windmill", "Babies of the Blitz"

2005

 

Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg in Dirty Love (2005)

Dirty Love

3.6

performer: "Lindos"writer: "Lindos"

2005

 

Seabiscuit (2003)

Seabiscuit

7.3

arranger: "Learning to Be Nicer"performer: "Learning to Be Nicer"writer: "Learning to Be Nicer"

2003

 

HBO First Look (1992)

HBO First Look

6.3

TV Series

lyrics: "How Can I Not Love You"music: "How Can I Not Love You"

1999

1 episode

 

Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King

6.7

music: "How Can I Not Love You"

1999

 

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

Fight Club

8.8

writer: "Tzigany Waltz"

1999

 

Living Out Loud (1998)

Living Out Loud

6.5

performer: "Low Key Lightly"

1998

 

Louise Goodall and Peter Mullan in My Name Is Joe (1998)

My Name Is Joe

7.4

Soundtrack ("Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61")

1998

 

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in The Object of My Affection (1998)

The Object of My Affection

6.0

arranger: "You Were Meant for Me"producer: "You Were Meant for Me"

1998

 

The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)

The Chambermaid on the Titanic

6.6

writer: "Tzigany Waltz", "Gypsy Csardas"

1997

 

Billy West in The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)

The Ren & Stimpy Show

7.5

TV Series

music: "Bonhomie", "Temple Dance"music: "Hidden Treasures"music: "Chinese Link 2" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited) ...

1991–1996

11 episodes

 

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

The Portrait of a Lady

6.2

writer: "Hidden Treasures"

1996

 

Carlos Alazraqui in Rocko's Modern Life (1993)

Rocko's Modern Life

7.9

TV Series

music: "Valse Moderne" (uncredited)

1995

1 episode

 

Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in Seven (1995)

Seven

8.6

writer: "Gypsy Csardas", "The Fourth Man"

1995

 

Steve Martin, Juliette Lewis, Liev Schreiber, Adam Sandler, Madeline Kahn, Anthony LaPaglia, and Rita Wilson in Mixed Nuts (1994)

Mixed Nuts

5.4

producer: "Mixed Nuts"

1994

 

Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

7.5

Soundtrack ("Terpsichore and Harp Concerto in B Flat", "Sonata in F Sharp", "Sonata in E Flat Adagio E Cantabile")

1994

 

Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day (1993)

Groundhog Day

8.0

producer: "Weatherman", "Take Me Round Again"writer: "Weatherman", "Take Me Round Again", "Quartet No. 1 in D - The Ground Hog" (uncredited)

1993

 

Jet Li in The Master (1992)

The Master

5.7

writer: "Datalink"

1992

 

High Heels (1991)

High Heels

7.0

writer: "Beyond My Control", "A Final Request"

1991

 

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King (1991)

The Fisher King

7.5

producer: "How About You?"

1991

 

Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, and Peter O'Toole in High Spirits (1988)

High Spirits

5.8

arranger: "She Is Far From The Land" (uncredited)

1988

 

The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988)

The 60th Annual Academy Awards

5.7

TV Special

performer: "Cry Freedom"writer: "Cry Freedom"

1988

 

Greta Scacchi and Charles Dance in White Mischief (1987)

White Mischief

6.4

writer: "The Alphabet Song"

1987

 

Ghoulies II (1987)

Ghoulies II

4.7

writer: "Bazaar"

1987

 

A Thousand Million Million Ants (1985)

A Thousand Million Million Ants

TV Series

performer: "Electronic Kites", "Buzby's Band"writer: "Electronic Kites", "Buzby's Band"

1985

 

Martin's Day (1985)

Martin's Day

6.0

writer: "Sweet Southern Comfort" (uncredited)

1985

 

Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)

Prisoner

8.2

TV Series

performer: "Computer Crime"writer: "Computer Crime" (uncredited, uncredited)

1982–1983

2 episodes

 

Lori Cardille, James Naughton, and Mark Soper in Parole (1982)

Parole

5.3

TV Movie

arranger: "Largo Blues" (uncredited)

1982

 

Apocalipsis sexual

4.5

music: "Computer Man", "Galactic Man", "Morse Man" (uncredited)

1982

 

Bloody Kids (1980)

Bloody Kids

6.1

TV Movie

performer: "Boogie Nights of Love"writer: "Boogie Nights of Love"

1980

 

Heja Sverige! (1979)

Heja Sverige!

4.5

music: "Chinese Link" (uncredited)

1979

 

Going Steady (1979)

Going Steady

5.7

lyrics: "My Little One"music: "My Little One"

1979

 

Clint Eastwood in Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Every Which Way But Loose

6.3

writer: "Ain't Love Good Tonight"

1978

 

Lemon Popsicle (1978)

Lemon Popsicle

6.4

lyrics: "My Little One"music: "My Little One"

1978

 

Producer

Walk on the Wild Side (2016)

Walk on the Wild Side

associate producer

2016

 

Sound Department

Ben Barton in Initial Prospect (2009)

Initial Prospect

Short

sound editor

2009

 

Self

Neil Brand's Sound of TV (2020)

Neil Brand's Sound of TV

6.6

TV Series

Self - Composer

2020

1 episode

 

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman (2016)

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

5.3

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2019

1 episode

 

Darektors Cut (2017)

Darektors Cut

7.7

Podcast Series

Self

2019

1 episode

 

The Making of 'Deep Blue'

8.0

Video

Self

2006

 

Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)

This Is Your Life

6.4

TV Series

Self

2003

1 episode

 

Music Behind the Scenes

7.0

TV Mini Series

Self

2001–2014

1 episode

 

Pebble Mill at One (1972)

Pebble Mill at One

6.2

TV Series

Self

1994

1 episode

 

The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988)

The 60th Annual Academy Awards

5.7

TV Special

Self - Nominee & Performer

1988

 

The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards

TV Special

Self - Winner

1987

 

The British Academy Awards

TV Special

Self - Winner

1984