Cyril J. Mockridge

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the English composer Cyril J. Mockridge moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s and went on to write and arrange scores for more than a hundred pictures. Among the titles he helped shape are the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, the western adventure River of No Return, and the classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. While serving as a staff compo… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources