Johnny Mercer(1909-1976)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Writer
Johnny Mercer started his career as singer and songwriter for Paul Whiteman.
He started writing songs for Hollywood in 1935, where he also had a few
small parts in musicals. Among his famous songs is the inoffical anthem
of Hollywood, "Hooray For Hollywood" that he wrote for the movie
"Hollywood Hotel". He also had radio programs and made records, some
with Bing Crosby.
- Won 4 Oscars
- 14 wins & 23 nominations total
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TV Series
- Soundtrack("In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "Too Marvelous for Words" (uncredited), "That Old Black Magic" (uncredited), "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (uncredited), "Come Rain or Come Shine" (uncredited), "One for My Baby" (uncredited), "Tangerine" (uncredited), "Lazybones" (uncredited), "Moon River" (uncredited), "Blues in the Night" (uncredited), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (uncredited), "And the Angels Sing" (uncredited), "Autumn Leaves" (Les Feuilles Mortes), "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (uncredited), "I'm Old Fashioned" (uncredited), "Days of Wine and Roses" (uncredited), "Goody Goody" (uncredited), "Day In - Day Out" (uncredited), "Hooray for Hollywood" (uncredited), "Laura" (uncredited), "From Monday On" (uncredited), "Too Marvelous for Words" (uncredited), "That Old Black Magic" (uncredited), "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (uncredited), "Come Rain or Come Shine" (uncredited), "One for My Baby" (uncredited), "Tangerine" (uncredited), "Lazybones" (uncredited), "Moon River" (uncredited), "Blues in the Night" (uncredited), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (uncredited), "And the Angels Sing" (uncredited), "Autumn Leaves" (Les Feuilles Mortes), "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (uncredited), "I'm Old Fashioned" (uncredited), "Days of Wine and Roses" (uncredited), "Dream" (uncredited), "Goody Goody" (uncredited), "Day In - Day Out" (uncredited), "Hooray for Hollywood" (uncredited), "Laura" (uncredited), "Something's Gotta Give" (uncredited), "Dream", "Something's Gotta Give", uncredited, "The Days of Wine and Roses", "Day In, Day Out")
Music Department
- 2020
- 2010
- The Best of Vecírek
- music
- 1992
- Paesano: A Voice in the Night
- lyricist
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1970
- 1967
- 1959
- 1958
- 1955
- 1954
- 1946
- 1943
- 1943
Actor
Writer
- Alternative name
- John Mercer
- Born
- Died
- June 25, 1976
- Los Angeles, California, USA(brain cancer)
- Spouse
- Ginger MehanJune 8, 1931 - June 25, 1976 (his death, 2 children)
- Other worksStage: Appeared (as "Sam Robbins, Orphaned Grandson"; credited as John Mercer; Broadway debut) in "Hero Worship" on Broadway. Written by Frances Hargis. Frolic Theatre: 11 May 1928 (1 performance). Cast: Ole Burroughs (as "Robby Robbins, a Civil War Veteran"), Augusta Lynah (as "Sally Mitchell, Daughter"), Lucy McIntire (as "Mrs. Robbins"). Produced by Walter Hartwig and The Manhattan Little Theatre Club Inc.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaHe had an on-off affair with Judy Garland.
- Quotes[on Tin Pan Alley from the 'twenties forward] Cole Porter is definitive of an era. He IS those years, you know? He is the style of all those shows, all that period. He represents it better than anybody else, better even than Kern or Berlin. Porter's so...thirties!
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