Biography

Harry DeCosta(1885-1964)

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Composer, songwriter (Hold That Tiger"), author and pianist who accompanied Jones & Hare, and a writer of special material for vaudeville. He was a pianist for music publishers and a radio script writer and composer. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his other popular-song compositions include "Little Gray Mother", "Ragamuffin Romeo", "That Soothing Serenade", "Slappin' the Bass", "Mary Dear", "Love Me a Little Little", "My Mammy Knows", and "Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me".

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Known for

Double Jeopardy

6.5

Movie

Soundtrack("Tiger Rag")

1999

Memoirs of a Geisha

7.3

Movie

Soundtrack("Tiger Rag" (1918))

2005

Leatherheads

6.0

Movie

Soundtrack("Tiger Rag")

2008

The Big Broadcast

6.6

Movie

Soundtrack("Tiger Rag")

1932

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The Song of Sway Lake
6.1
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 2018
Boardwalk Empire
8.6
TV Series
- writer: "The Dumber They Come The Better I Like Them" (uncredited)
- 2010
Leatherheads
6.0
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
8.1
Video
- writer: "The Dumber They Come, the Better I Like 'em" (uncredited)
- 2008
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.3
- lyrics: "Tiger Rag" (1918)
- 2005
Double Jeopardy
6.5
- Soundtrack ("Tiger Rag")
- 1999
Earthly Possessions
6.1
TV Movie
- arranger: "Hold That Tiger"
- 1999
Degenerate Art
7.5
TV Movie
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 1993
Loverboy
6.1
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 1989
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
6.9
- Soundtrack ("Tiger Rag")
- 1988
The Muppet Show
8.4
TV Series
- writer: "Hold That Tiger" (uncredited)
- 1980
The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War
6.8
- music: "Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be?"
- 1975
Here's Lucy
6.9
TV Series
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 1972
The Danny Kaye Show
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "The Balloonists"
- 1964
The Lively Ones
TV Series
- writer: "Tiger Rag"
- 1963