George Gard DeSylva Net Worth

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George Gard DeSylva Net Worth is
$500,000

George Gard DeSylva Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Prolific songwriter ("April Showers", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Look for the Silver Lining", "California, Here I Come"), composer, producer, publisher and author, educated at USC. He wrote songs for the Broadway musicals "Sinbad", "Sally", "The Perfect Fool", "The French Doll", and the 1918 and 1921 editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1925, he ...

Date Of BirthJanuary 27, 1895
Place Of BirthNew York, USA
ProfessionSoundtrack, Producer, Writer
Star SignAquarius
#Fact
1Uncle of Brooke Evans.
2Survived by his widow, the former Marie Wallace of the Ziegfeld Follies; they were married in 1925.
3Legally acknowledged paternity of Stephen Ballentine, his son by his former secretary Marie Ballentine, when the boy was four years old.
4He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
5Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
6Co-founded Capitol Records with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs. He and Mercer also founded Cowboy Records (Philadelphia, PA) the same year. [1942]
7Son of actor Hal De Forest.
8One-third of the songwriting team of Henderson-DeSylva-Brown (with Ray Henderson and Lew Brown).

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowTV Series writer - 1 episode, 1956 lyrics - 1 episode, 1950
General Electric Theater1956TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra1955Short lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues"
Pete Kelly's Blues1955lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited
Love Me or Leave Me1955lyrics: "It All Depends On You" - uncredited
Name That Tune1954TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
A Star Is Born1954lyrics: "Black Bottom" - uncredited
Little Boy Boo1954Short music: "Just a Cottage Small" - uncredited
The Eddie Cantor Story1953lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited
Mister Peepers1953TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show1953TV Movie lyrics: "Eadie Was a Lady"
All Star Revue1953TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Jazz Singer1952writer: "The Birth of the Blues"
Our Miss Brooks1952TV Series writer - 1 episode
Somebody Loves Me1952lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited
With a Song in My Heart1952lyrics: "CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME", "ALABAMY BOUND"
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue1952TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Colgate Comedy Hour1952TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Audrey the Rainmaker1951Short lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine1951lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
An American in Paris1951lyrics: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" 1922 - uncredited
Kreisler Bandstand1951TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lullaby of Broadway1951lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited
Hunt the Man Down1950writer: "WISHING WILL MAKE IT SO" - uncredited
The Frank Sinatra Show1950TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Bushy Hare1950Short lyrics: "California Here I Come" - uncredited
I'll Get By1950lyrics: "Yankee Doodle Blues"
Chain Lightning1950lyrics: "California, Here I Come"
Always Leave Them Laughing1949lyrics: "April Showers" 1921 - uncredited
The Windblown Hare1949Short music: "Just a Cottage Small" - uncredited
Jolson Sings Again1949lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "April Showers", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
You're My Everything1949lyrics: "The Varsity Drag", "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Look for the Silver Lining1949lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining", "A Kiss in the Dark" - uncredited
Curtain Razor1949Short lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
A Kiss in the Dark1949lyrics: "A Kiss in the Dark" - uncredited
Texaco Star Theatre1949TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
When My Baby Smiles at Me1948lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues"
Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 61948Short lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me"
Nothing But the Tooth1948Short lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Bill and Coo1948lyrics: "Tweet-Tweet"
April Showers1948lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
If You Knew Susie1948lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" 1925 - as B.G. DeSylva
Good News1947lyrics: "Good News", "Tait Song", "Be a Ladies' Man", "Lucky in Love", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Just Imagine", "Varsity Drag" - uncredited
Community Sing 9652: April Showers1947Short lyrics: "April Showers"
The Long Night1947music: "Wishing Will Make It So" - uncredited
Till the Clouds Roll By1946lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited
Margie1946lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat" / writer: "APRIL SHOWERS", "Avalon"
The Jolson Story1946lyrics: "April Showers", "California, Here I Come", "Avalon" - uncredited
Okay for Sound1946Documentary short lyrics: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
George White's Scandals1945writer: "Wishing Will Make It So" - uncredited
Anchors Aweigh1945lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" 1925 - uncredited
Rhapsody in Blue1945lyrics: "Blue Monday Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", " I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", "Has One of You Seen Joe?", "I'm Gonna See My Mother", "The Yankee Doodle Blues", "Do It Again" - uncredited
Blonde from Brooklyn1945lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" - uncredited
Diamond Horseshoe1945writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight Want Some Seafood, Mama" - uncredited
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016writer: "You're The Cream In My Coffee"
The Affairs of Susan1945writer: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited
Strictly Come Dancing2014-2016TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Eadie Was a Lady1945lyrics: "EADIE WAS A LADY"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
The Very Thought of You1944lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Race2016/Iwriter: "A Kiss in the Dark" - as Buddy DeSylva
Gildersleeve's Ghost1944lyrics: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited / music: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited
Mozart in the Jungle2015TV Series writer - 1 episode
Show Business1944lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" 1924 - uncredited
Gotham2015TV Series writer - 1 episode
Follow the Boys1944writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight Want Some Seafood, Mama" 1938 - uncredited
Altman2014Documentary writer: "Lucky Day" - as B.G. De Sylva
The Sullivans1944writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight Want Some Seafood, Mama" - uncredited
Magic in the Moonlight2014writer: "It All Depends On You" - as B.G. DeSylva
Broadway Rhythm1944lyrics: "Somebody Loves Me"
The Little Death2014writer: "Do I Again" - as Buddy DeSylva
Cairo1942lyrics: "Avalon" 1920 - uncredited
Mad Men2014TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Broadway1942lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" - uncredited
Downton Abbey2011-2013TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes
Roxie Hart1942lyrics: " Here Am I Broken Hearted", "Black Bottom"
Parental Guidance2012writer: "Button Up Your Overcoat" - as B. G. DeSylva
Minnie the Mermaid1942Short writer: "Minnie the Mermaid" - as Bud De Sylva
Vegas2012TV Series writer - 1 episode
Babes on Broadway1941lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" 1925 - uncredited
Magic City2012TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Unholy Partners1941lyrics: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited
Boardwalk EmpireTV Series lyrics - 3 episodes, 2010 - 2011 writer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2011 music - 1 episode, 2011
Birth of the Blues1941lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Water for Elephants2011writer: "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me" - as BG De Sylva
Unexpected Uncle1941lyrics: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited / music: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited
Mildred Pierce2011TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Minstrel Days1941Short lyrics: "Sonny Boy", "California, Here I Come", "April Showers" - uncredited
The Rite2011writer: "Sonny Boy" - as B.G. DeSylva
The Great American Broadcast1941lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" - uncredited
California's Gold2010TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
Penny Serenade1941writer: "Just a Memory" - uncredited
Mafia II2010Video Game writer: "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE" - as De Sylva
Meet John Doe1941writer: "California, Here I Come" 1921 - uncredited
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2010TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra1941Short lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin'2010Documentary writer: "California Here I Come"
Lucky Partners1940music: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited
Lennon Naked2010TV Movie writer: "Sonny Boy" - as Buddy DeSylva
Millionaires in Prison1940lyrics: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 / music: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939
Marmaduke2010writer: "California" - as B.G. DeSylva
King of the Lumberjacks1940lyrics: "Avalon" 1920
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010writer: "My Sin" - as B.G. DeSylva
Africa Squeaks1940Short lyrics: "California, Here I Come"
Nanny McPhee Returns2010as B.G. DeSylva, "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
Mexican Spitfire1940writer: "Wishing Will Make It So"
Busman's Holiday2009Short lyrics: "April Showers" 1921
The Great Victor Herbert1939lyrics: "A Kiss in the Dark"
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009Documentary writer: "Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow"
Reno1939writer: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing2009Video documentary lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited
These Glamour Girls1939writer: "If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie" 1925 - uncredited
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure2008TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited
Indianapolis Speedway1939lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical2008Video documentary lyrics: "Sonny Boy", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Come to Me", "If You Haven't Got Love", "You're the Cream in My Coffee" - uncredited
Wardrobe Girl1939Short lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Ballet Shoes2007TV Movie lyrics: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited
Believe It or Else1939Short lyrics: "Yoo Hoo"
The Water Horse2007writer: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You" - as Buddy DeSylva
Panama Lady1939lyrics: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited / music: "Wishing Will Make It So" 1939 - uncredited
American Masters2007TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Rose of Washington Square1939writer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
The Good Life2007writer: "Do It Again" - as Buddy DeSylva
The Rookie Cop1939writer: "Wishing Will Make it So"
The Beales of Grey Gardens2006Documentary lyrics: "Should I Be Sweet?"
Love Affair1939writer: "Wishing" 1939 - as B.G. De Sylva
Click2006lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - as B.G. DeSylva
Jerry Livingston and His Talk of the Town Music1939Short lyrics: "Avalon" - uncredited
7th Heaven2006TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Sweethearts1938music: "California Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
These Foolish Things2005writer: "Rise n Shine" - as Buddy DeSylva
Stardust1938/IShort writer: "Memory Lane" - uncredited
Fun with Dick and Jane2005lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - as B.G. DeSylva
Hard to Get1938lyrics: "Sonny Boy" 1928 - uncredited
The White Countess2005writer: "Avalon" 1920 - as B.G. Desylva
You're an Education1938Short lyrics: "Avalon"
The Clan2005lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues"
Torchy Blane in Panama1938lyrics: "California, Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Dean Martin: Encore2004Video lyrics: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited
The Kid Comes Back1938writer: "California Here I Come" 1921 - uncredited
The Aviator2004lyrics: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" 1922, "Avalon" 1920 - as Buddy DeSylva / music: "Avalon" 1920 - as Buddy DeSylva
The Goldwyn Follies1938writer: "California Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Independent Lens2004TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Hollywood Hotel1937lyrics: "Sonny Boy" 1928 - uncredited
Melinda and Melinda2004lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - as B.G. DeSylva
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry1937music: "California, Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Carnivàle2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
There Goes the Groom1937lyrics: "California Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection2003Video documentary lyrics: "Birth of the Blues"
Community Sing: Series 2, No. 11937Short writer: "California, Here I Come"
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina2003Documentary writer: "Avalon" 1920 - as De Sylva
Bring on the Girls1937Short writer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
The Saddest Music in the World2003writer: "California Here I Come" 1924 - as Buddy De Sylva
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention1937Documentary short writer: "California, Here I Come"
Alex & Emma2003writer: "It All Depends on You" - as BG De Sylvia
After the Thin Man1936writer: "California Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Northfork2003writer: "It All Depends on You" 1926 - as BG De Sylva
The Singing Kid1936lyrics: "California, Here I Come", "April Showers" - uncredited / writer: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show2003TV Movie documentary lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" / writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
The Great Ziegfeld1936lyrics: "If You Knew Susie" 1925, "Look for the Silver Lining" 1921 - uncredited
Sinatra: The Classic Duets2002TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Love on a Bet1936writer: "California Here I Come" - uncredited
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song2001Documentary lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee"
King of Burlesque1936lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" 1925 - uncredited
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special2001TV Movie documentary writer: "California, Here I Come"
The Littlest Rebel1935lyrics: "Polly Wolly Doodle" 1880 - uncredited
Invincible2001lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" 1928 - as B.G. de Sylva
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle1935Short lyrics: "Avalon" - uncredited
The Cat's Meow2001lyrics: "Avalon" 1920, "Somebody Loves Me" 1924 - as B.G. DeSylva / writer: "April Showers" 1921, "California Here I Come" 1924 - as B.G. DeSylva
By Request1935Short lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
When Brendan Met Trudy2000writer: "Sonny Boy" - as Buddy de Sylva
Music Is Magic1935lyrics: "California, Here I Come" / music: "California, Here I Come"
Loser2000writer: "The Best Things in Life are Free", "The Best Things in Life Are Free" - as B.G. DeSylva
The Payoff1935lyrics: "California, Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
The End of the Affair1999writer: "Wishing Will Make It So" - as Buddy DeSylva
Buddy Steps Out1935Short lyrics: "Avalon" - uncredited
Great Performances1999TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Under the Pampas Moon1935lyrics: "The Gaucho"
Sweet and Lowdown1999lyrics: "When Day Is Done" 1926 - as Buddy DeSylva / writer: "Avalon" 1920 - as Buddy DeSylva
George White's 1935 Scandals1935lyrics: "Black Bottom" 1926 - uncredited
Dogma1999writer: "Alabamy Bound" - as B.G. DeSylva
March of the Movies1933writer: "Sonny Boy"
Buena Vista Social Club1999Documentary writer: "Black Bottom"
Advice to the Lovelorn1933writer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Man of the Century1999writer: "Look for the Silver Lining" - as Bud DeSylva
Take a Chance1933lyrics: "So Do I", "Rise 'n' Shine", "Should I Be Sweet or Hot?", "Eadie Was a Lady" - uncredited
Skinnamarink TV1999TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
My Weakness1933lyrics: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?" / music: "Gather Lip Rouge While You May", "Be Careful", "How Do I Look?"
Zacharia Farted1998lyrics: "HOLD TIGHT WANT SOME SEAFOOD MAMA" - as Joseph Miller / music: "HOLD TIGHT WANT SOME SEAFOOD MAMA" - as Joseph Miller
Melody Cruise1933writer: "California Here I Come" 1924 - uncredited
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults1997TV Movie documentary lyrics: "April Showers", "Avalon"
Grand Slam1933lyrics: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
L.A. Confidential1997lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" 1920 - as Bud DeSylva
Romantic Melodies1932Short lyrics: "Here Am I - Broken Hearted" - uncredited
Everyone Says I Love You1996writer: "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" 1929 - as B.G. DeSylva
You Try Somebody Else1932Short lyrics: "You Try Somebody Else" - as B.G. De Sylva
Jack1996lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat"
Two Seconds1932lyrics: "Lucky Day" - uncredited
Jack & Sarah1995writer: "Look for the Silver Lining"
The Mouthpiece1932lyrics: "Just a Cottage Small By a Waterfall" - uncredited
Barbra: The Concert1995TV Special documentary lyrics: "It All Depends On You" 1926 - uncredited
The Champ1931/Ilyrics: "Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me" 1930 - uncredited
Baseball1994TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Cisco Kid1931writer: "My Tonia"
Manhattan Murder Mystery1993lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - as B.G. DeSylva
One More Time1931Short lyrics: "One More Time" - uncredited
Twenty Bucks1993writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
A Holy Terror1931lyrics: "I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All?", "I Am the Words You Are the Music" - uncredited
White Men Can't Jump1992writer: "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE" - as B.G. DeSylva
Indiscreet1931lyrics: "If You Haven't Got Love", "Come to Me" - uncredited
MGM: When the Lion Roars1992TV Mini-Series documentary lyrics - 1 episode
One Good Turn1930Short "Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me"
Shadows and Fog1991as B.G. DeSylva, "When Day Is Done" 1926
Follow the Leader1930lyrics: "Broadway The Heart of the World" - uncredited
Missing Persons1990TV Movie lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited
Just Imagine1930lyrics: "There's Something About An Old-Fashioned Girl" 1930, "Mothers Ought to Tell Their Daughters" 1930, " I Am the Words You Are the Melody" 1930, "The Drinking Song" 1930, "Never Swat a Fly" 1930, "The Romance of Elmer Stremingway" 1930 - uncredited
Jacob's Ladder1990/Iwriter: "SONNY BOY" - as B.G. de Silva
Follow Thru1930lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?", "I Want to Be Bad"
Cheers1990TV Series writer - 1 episode
Barnacle Bill1930Short writer: "Minnie the Mermaid" - as Bud De Sylva, uncredited
Roger & Me1989Documentary writer: "California, Here I Come"
Good News1930lyrics: "Good News" 1927, "The Varsity Drag" 1927, "Tait Song" 1927, "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927, "He's a Ladies' Man" 1927, "Students Are We" 1927 - uncredited
Mystery Science Theater 30001989TV Series writer - 1 episode
Queen High1930writer: "Everything Will Happen for the Best"
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event1989TV Special documentary lyrics: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Rain or Shine1930writer: "Sunny Side Up" - uncredited
E.M.U. TV1989TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Big Pond1930lyrics: "Lucky Day"
September1987as B.G. De Sylva, "When Day is Done"
Hold Everything1930"You're The Cream In My Coffee", "To Know You Is To Love You", "Don't Hold Everything"
In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern1987TV Movie writer: "Look for the Silver Lining"
Sunnyside Up1929lyrics: " I'M A DREAMER AREN'T WE ALL?", "YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE", "YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES", "SUNNY SIDE UP", "TURN ON THE HEAT", "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU", "IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED"
The Brave Little Toaster1987writer: "April Showers"
Sally1929lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining" 1920 - uncredited
Daar gaat de bruid1986TV Movie writer: "Callifornia Here I Come" - uncredited
The Cock-Eyed World1929writer: "You're The Cream In My Coffee" - uncredited
Mother and Son1985-1986TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Prince of Wails1929Short lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
Hannah and Her Sisters1986writer: "Avalon" - as B.G. De Sylva
Say It with Songs1929lyrics: "I'm in Seventh Heaven", "Little Pal", "Used to You" - uncredited / writer: "Why Can't You" - uncredited
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show1986TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Blackmail1929"Sonny Boy" 1928, uncredited / writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - uncredited
WebsterTV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1985 music - 1 episode, 1985
The Hollywood Revue of 19291929lyrics: "Sonny Boy" 1928 - uncredited
The Purple Rose of Cairo1985lyrics: "Alabamy Bound" 1925 - as B.G. De Sylva
Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid1929Short lyrics: "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
The Sure Thing1985writer: "Button Up Your Overcoat" - as DeSylva
In Old Arizona1928lyrics: "My Tonia" - as DeSylva / music: "My Tonia" - as DeSylva
Phar Lap1983lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Song Impressions1928Short lyrics: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited
Zelig1983lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" 1929 - as B.G. Desylva / music: "Sunny Side Up" 1929 - as B.G. Desylva
The Singing Fool1928lyrics: "It All Depends on You", "Keep Smiling at Trouble", "Sonny Boy" - uncredited
The 37th Annual Tony Awards1983TV Special lyrics: "Kicking the Clouds Away" - as B.G. DeSylva / lyrics: "Stairway to Paradise", "Somebody Loves Me"
Dorothy Whitmore1928Short lyrics: "For Old Time's Sake", "Mammy Is Gone"
M*A*S*HTV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1979 - 1983 lyrics - 1 episode, 1978
Our Dancing Daughters1928lyrics: " Here Am I Broken Hearted" - uncredited
Death and Transfiguration1983Short writer: "It All Depends on You"
The Ham What Am1928Short lyrics: "Magnolia" - uncredited
It Came from Hollywood1982Documentary lyrics: "Turn on the Heat" - uncredited
Down South1928Short lyrics: "Together" - uncredited
Toto1982lyrics: "Sonny Boy" / writer: "Sonny Boy"
Abe Lyman and His Orchestra1928/IIShort lyrics: "Varsity Drag"
Pennies from Heaven1981lyrics: "I Want to Be Bad" 1929, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" 1931
Lucky Boy1928lyrics: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
George Burns' Early, Early, Early Christmas Special1981TV Special writer: "It All Depends on You" - uncredited
Melodious Moments1928Short lyrics: "Blue Grass" - uncredited
Sapphire & Steel1981TV Series writer - 1 episode
Broadway's Queen of Jazz1927Short "Oh Baby, Don't We Get Along ?"
Arthur1981writer: "If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie" - uncredited
The Revelers1927Short lyrics: "Mine" - uncredited
The 35th Annual Tony Awards1981TV Special writer: "If You Knew Susie"
What Price Piano1927Short lyrics: "Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow" - uncredited
American Pop1981lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining", "Somebody Loves Me" - as B.G. De Sylva
A Plantation Act1926Short lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
Big Blonde1980TV Movie lyrics: "Look for the Silver Lining"
April Showers1923lyrics: "April Showers" - as B. G.De Sylva
Archie Bunker's Place1979TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Something Short of Paradise1979writer: "You Try Somebody Else" - as B. G. DeSylva
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards1979TV Special writer: "Lucky Day"
The Muppet ShowTV Series lyrics - 3 episodes, 1977 - 1979 writer - 1 episode, 1977
De Mike Burstyn show1978TV Series writer - 1 episode
Just a Gigolo1978lyrics: "Black Bottom"
All in the Family1978TV Series writer - 1 episode
Happy Days1978TV Series writer - 1 episode
The George Burns Special1976TV Special writer: "April Showers"
A Matter of Time1976lyrics: "Do It Again" - as B.G. DeSilva / music: "Do It Again" - as B.G. DeSilva
The Ritz1976lyrics: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited
Seven Nights in Japan1976writer: "If You Knew Susie" - uncredited
Philadelphia, Here I Come1975writer: "California, Here I Come" - uncredited
Upstairs, Downstairs1975TV Series writer - 1 episode
Brother Can You Spare a Dime1975Documentary lyrics: "California, Here I Come" 1924 - as Desylva
The Graham Kennedy Show1972-1975TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Front Page1974as B.G. DeSylva, "Button Up Your Overcoat"
The Waltons1972-1974TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Ernie Sigley Show1974TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mary Tyler Moore1974TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Father Brown1974TV Series writer - 1 episode
California Split1974lyrics: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited
That's Entertainment!1974lyrics: "The Varsity Drag" 1927 - uncredited
Paper Moon1973lyrics: "Sunnyside Up" 1929 - uncredited
An Evening with Marlene Dietrich1973Documentary lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee"
Ozzie's Girls1973TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Ruling Class1972writer: "The Varsity Drag" - uncredited
Our American Musical Heritage1971TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Loving Memory1971lyrics: "Button Up Your Overcoat" - uncredited
Summer of '421971writer: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight Want Some Seafood, Mama" - uncredited
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV Series lyrics - 4 episodes, 1960 - 1971 writer - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1968
The Dean Martin Show1966-1970TV Series lyrics - 6 episodes
The Bob Hope Show1970TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Dad's Army1970TV Series music - 1 episode
This Is Tom Jones1969TV Series documentary lyrics - 1 episode
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" 1927 - uncredited
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee1969TV Movie writer: "California Here It Comes" End Titles - as Bud De Sylva
In Melbourne Tonight1969TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Little of What You Fancy1968Documentary writer: "Somebody Loves Me"
Star!1968writer: "'N' Everything"
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers1968TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Magic of Marlene1968TV Movie lyrics: "You're The Cream In My Coffee"
The Lucy Show1967TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Reflections in a Golden Eye1967writer: "Avalon" - uncredited
The Cool Ones1967lyrics: "Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Stimulantia1967writer: "Sunny Side Up" segment "Upptäckten" - uncredited
Thoroughly Modern Millie1967lyrics: "Do It Again" - uncredited
The Danny Kaye ShowTV Series writer - 1 episode, 1967 lyrics - 1 episode, 1963
The Silencers1966writer: "If You Knew Susie"
Shindig!TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes, 1964 - 1965 music - 1 episode, 1964
The Lawrence Welk ShowTV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1965 writer - 1 episode, 1965
The Jack Benny Program1962-1964TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes
Swingers' Paradise1964writer: "If I Had A Talking Picture of You"
Judy Garland in Concert1964Documentary lyrics: "Lucky Day"
The Jerry Lewis Show1963TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Judy Garland Show1963TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard - Die Geschichte einer unglaublichen Erfindung1963lyrics: "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
The Avengers1963TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV Series lyrics - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1962 writer - 1 episode, 1957
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall1962TV Special documentary writer: "History of Musical Comedy
Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody1962TV Movie lyrics: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You" - uncredited
Wet Hare1962Short lyrics: "April Showers" - uncredited
A Majority of One1961lyrics: "Yoo-Hoo" - uncredited
Susan Slade1961writer: "California Here I Come" - uncredited
Glenn Miller Time1961TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Tennessee Ernie Ford ShowTV Series lyrics - 3 episodes, 1957 - 1960 writer - 1 episode, 1961
Playboy's Penthouse1961TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Roaring 20's1960TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Hawaiian Eye1960TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1958-1960TV Series lyrics - 4 episodes
Make Room for DaddyTV Series lyrics - 9 episodes, 1953 - 1960 writer - 3 episodes, 1953 - 1958
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show1960TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond1960writer: "Avalon" - uncredited
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes1959TV Special lyrics: "You're an Old Smoothie" - uncredited / writer: "Together" - uncredited
Senior Prom1958lyrics: "Torna a Sorriento"
The Eddie Fisher Show1958TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Jazz Party1958TV Series writer - 1 episode
Peter Gunn1958TV Series music: "Somebody Loves Me"
Universal Special: The Wildest1958Short lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues"
The Lux Show1957TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Edsel Show1957TV Special lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", "It All Depends on You" - uncredited
The Helen Morgan Story1957lyrics: "Avalon", "Somebody Loves Me" - uncredited
The Nat King Cole Show1956-1957TV Series lyrics - 4 episodes
Home1957TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Rosemary Clooney Show1956-1957TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes
Hey, Jeannie!1956TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Wideo Wabbit1956Short lyrics: "Lucky Day" - uncredited
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!1956lyrics: "Save Your Sorrow"
The Best Things in Life Are Free1956lyrics: "Lucky Day", "If I Had a Talking Picture of You", "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Lucky in Love", "Black Bottom", "Birth of the Blues", "Sonny Boy", "Follow Thru", "One More Time", "Thank Your Father", "Together", "It All Depends on You", "You Try Somebody Else We'll Be Back Together Again", "Without Love"
He Laughed Last1956lyrics: "Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow" / writer: "Strike me Pink"
La joie de vivre1956TV Series lyrics - 1 episode

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Two Years Before the Mast1946executive producer - uncredited
The Stork Club1945producer - uncredited
Road to Utopia1945executive producer - uncredited
Incendiary Blonde1945executive producer - uncredited
Practically Yours1944executive producer - uncredited
Ministry of Fear1944executive producer - uncredited
Frenchman's Creek1944executive producer - uncredited
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay1944executive producer - uncredited
The Great Moment1944executive producer - uncredited
Hail the Conquering Hero1944executive producer - uncredited
Going My Way1944executive producer - uncredited
The Story of Dr. Wassell1944executive producer - uncredited
The Hitler Gang1944producer
Double Indemnity1944executive producer - uncredited
The Uninvited1944executive producer - uncredited
Lady in the Dark1944executive producer
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944executive producer - uncredited
True to Life1943executive producer - uncredited
Riding High1943executive producer - uncredited
So Proudly We Hail!1943executive producer - uncredited
For Whom the Bell Tolls1943executive producer - uncredited
Dixie1943executive producer - uncredited
Five Graves to Cairo1943executive producer - uncredited
The Crystal Ball1943producer - uncredited
Happy Go Lucky1943executive producer - uncredited
Road to Morocco1942executive producer - uncredited
The Palm Beach Story1942producer - uncredited
I Married a Witch1942executive producer - uncredited
The Glass Key1942executive producer - uncredited
Wake Island1942executive producer - uncredited
This Gun for Hire1942executive producer - uncredited
My Favorite Blonde1942executive producer - uncredited
Reap the Wild Wind1942executive producer - uncredited
Star Spangled Rhythm1942executive producer - uncredited
The Great Man's Lady1942executive producer - uncredited
Louisiana Purchase1941executive producer - uncredited
Sullivan's Travels1941executive producer - uncredited
Birth of the Blues1941producer - uncredited
Nothing But the Truth1941executive producer - uncredited
Aloma of the South Seas1941producer
Caught in the Draft1941producer - as B.G. DeSylva
The Lady Eve1941producer - uncredited
Christmas in July1940producer - uncredited
The Great McGinty1940producer - uncredited
Bachelor Mother1939producer - as B.G. DeSylva
The Rage of Paris1938producer - as B.G. DeSylva
You're a Sweetheart1937producer - as B.G. DeSylva
Merry-Go-Round of 19381937producer
Stowaway1936producer - uncredited
Ladies in Love1936associate producer - as B.G. De Sylva
Poor Little Rich Girl1936associate producer - as B.G. De Sylva
Captain January1936associate producer - as B.G. De Sylva
The Littlest Rebel1935associate producer - as B.G. DeSylva
Welcome Home1935producer - as B.G. DeSylva
Doubting Thomas1935producer
Under the Pampas Moon1935producer
The Little Colonel1935producer - uncredited
Bottoms Up1934producer - as B.G. DeSylva
My Weakness1933producer
Indiscreet1931producer - as DeSylva
Just Imagine1930producer - uncredited
Nertz1929Short producer
Sunnyside Up1929producer

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Best of Broadway1954TV Series book - 1 episode
Omnibus1953TV Series writer - 1 episode
Musical Comedy TimeTV Series book and lyrics - 1 episode, 1951 short story - 1 episode, 1951
Good News1947play - as B.G. DeSylva
The Stork Club1945screenplay - as B.G. DeSylva
Du Barry Was a Lady1943play - as B.G. DeSylva
Panama Hattie1942based on the play by - as B.G. DeSylva
Louisiana Purchase1941short story - as B.G. DeSylva
Danger - Love at Work1937contract writer - uncredited
Born to Dance1936from a story by - as B.G. DeSylva
Have a Heart1934story - as B.G. De Sylva
Bottoms Up1934screenplay - as B.G. DeSylva / story - as B.G. DeSylva
Take a Chance1933screenplay - as B.G. DeSylva / story - as B.G. DeSylva
My Weakness1933dialogue / story
Stepping Sisters1932contributing writer - uncredited
Flying High1931book and lyrics by - as George G. De Sylva
Indiscreet1931scenario - as DeSylva / story "Obey That Impulse"
Follow the Leader1930play "Manhattan Mary" - as B.G. DeSylva
Just Imagine1930story & dialogue - as De Sylva
Follow Thru1930play - as De Sylva
Big Boy1930play - uncredited
Good News1930based on a musical comedy by - as B.G. DeSylva
Queen High1930musical play "Queen High"
Hold Everything1930play
Sunnyside Up1929story and dialogue - as DeSylva

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Stork Club1945presenter - as B.G. DeSylva
Du Barry Was a Lady1943producer: stage play - as B.G. DeSylva
Panama Hattie1942producer: stage play - as B.G. DeSylva

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Just Imagine1930songs by - as De Sylva
Good News1930words and music by - as DeSylva

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Nertz1929ShortFather

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
That's Entertainment! III1994Documentary grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists - as B.G. De Sylva
That's Entertainment, Part II1976Documentary acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by - as B.G. De Sylva
That's Entertainment!1974acknowledgment: composer of the words and music - as B.G. De Sylva

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue1950TV SeriesHimself - Composer
20th Century Fox Promotional Film1936Documentary shortHimself (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1992Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameRecordingAwarded on June 4, 1992 at 1750 N. Vine Street

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1940OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original SongLove Affair (1939)

Known for movies

Soundtrack

The Aviator (2004)
as Soundtrack

Soundtrack

L.A. Confidential (1997)
as Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Zelig (1983)
as Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Click (2006)
as Soundtrack

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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