Ken Darby
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday13 May 1909
Died24 January 1992 (age 82)
Place of birthHebron, Nebraska, USA
Known credits46
Biography
Kenneth Lorin Darby (May 13, 1909 – January 24, 1992) was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized by the awarding of three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award. He provided vocals for the Munchkinland mayor in The Wizard of Oz (1939), who was portrayed in the film by Charlie Becker. Darby is also notable as the author of The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983), a biography of the home of Rex Stout's fictional detective. Ken Darby's choral group, The Ken Darby Singers, sang backup for Bing Crosby on the original 1942 Decca Records studio …
The Night Before Christmas
1968 · Original Music Composer
How the West Was Won
1962 · Vocals
How the West Was Won
1962 · Lyricist
Flower Drum Song
1961 · Assistant Music Supervisor
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Music Supervisor
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Original Music Composer
South Pacific
1958 · Other
Desk Set
1957 · Vocal Coach
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 · Vocal Coach
Bus Stop
1956 · Songs
Bus Stop
1956 · Vocal Coach
Carousel
1956 · Other
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Songs
River of No Return
1954 · Songs
Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities
1953 · Jack-o'lantern (voice)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Songs
The Girl Next Door
1953 · Vocal Coach
Call Me Madam
1953 · Vocal Coach
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Vocal Coach
Trick or Treat
1952 · Jack-O'lantern (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Songs
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Lyricist
The Brave Engineer
1950 · Himself
The Brave Engineer
1950 · Original Music Composer
Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · The Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · Singer (voice)
Donald's Dilemma
1947 · Donald Duck's Singing (voice) (uncredited)
Song of the South
1946 · Music Director
Song of the South
1946 · Songs
Margie
1946 · Off-Screen Singer (voice) (uncredited)
The Martins and the Coys
1946 · The King's Men
Make Mine Music
1946 · The King's Men / Choral Director (Ken Darby Chorus) (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Kansan
1943 · Member - The King's Men
We've Never Been Licked
1943 · Vocals
For Me and My Gal
1942 · The King's Men Member (uncredited)
Two-Faced Woman
1941 · Member - The King's Men (uncredited)
Stagecoach War
1940 · Outlaw
The Showdown
1940 · Rider
Law of the Pampas
1939 · The King's Men Member
The Wizard of Oz
1939 · Music Arranger
Renegade Trail
1939 · Rider
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Singers - 'High Flyin' Number (uncredited)
Honolulu
1939 · Groucho 1 (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
1933 · Member - The King's Men
The Organ Grinder
1933 · Singing Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited)
The Queen Was in the Parlor
1932 · King (voice) (uncredited)
Red-Headed Baby
1931 · Spider
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
1931 · Uncle Tom (uncredited)
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