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Murray Spivack(1903-1994)

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Murray Spivack was born on 6 September 1903 in Russia. He is known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and West Side Story (1961). He died on 8 May 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 6, 1903
DiedMay 8, 1994(90)
BornSeptember 6, 1903
DiedMay 8, 1994(90)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Sound Department
  • 1970
Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Hello, Dolly!
7.0
  • Sound Department(uncredited)
  • 1969
"West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
West Side Story
7.6
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1961
King Kong (1933)
King Kong
7.9
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1933

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Music Department

  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    The Sand Pebbles
    7.5
    • music engineer (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Peter O'Toole, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C. Scott, Ulla Bergryd, and Michael Parks in The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)
    The Bible in the Beginning...
    6.2
    • music recorded by
    • 1966
  • Billy Graham in Man in the 5th Dimension (1964)
    Man in the 5th Dimension
    6.8
    Short
    • music recordist (as Murray Spivak)
    • 1964
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent
    7.7
    • music recordist
    • 1962
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • music engineer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • John Wayne, Richard Widmark, and Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)
    The Alamo
    6.8
    • music recordist
    • 1960
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
    South Pacific
    6.8
    • music recordist
    • 1958
  • Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones (1954)
    Carmen Jones
    6.8
    • music recordist
    • 1954
  • The Desert Rats (1953)
    The Desert Rats
    6.7
    • musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, and Dan Dailey in What Price Glory (1952)
    What Price Glory
    6.1
    • musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
    Fixed Bayonets!
    6.9
    • musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Betty Grable and Dick Haymes in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
    6.4
    • music mixer (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Jeanne Crain in Margie (1946)
    Margie
    7.1
    • music mixer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Celeste Holm, Vivian Blaine, and June Haver in Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
    Three Little Girls in Blue
    6.4
    • music mixer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Constance Bennett, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, William Eythe, Dorothy Gish, and Cornel Wilde in Centennial Summer (1946)
    Centennial Summer
    6.0
    • music mixer (uncredited)
    • 1946

Sound Department

  • Legend of the Northwest (1978)
    Legend of the Northwest
    6.2
    • sound
    • 1978
  • Tom Sawyer (1973)
    Tom Sawyer
    6.4
    • sound re-recording supervisor
    • 1973
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    7.5
    • sound recordist
    • 1970
  • Patton (1970)
    Patton
    7.9
    • sound: rerecording
    • 1970
  • Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
    Hello, Dolly!
    7.0
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Star! (1968)
    Star!
    6.4
    • sound
    • 1968
  • Doctor Dolittle (1967)
    Doctor Dolittle
    6.2
    • sound supervisor
    • 1967
  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    The Sand Pebbles
    7.5
    • sound
    • 1966
  • Peter O'Toole, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C. Scott, Ulla Bergryd, and Michael Parks in The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)
    The Bible in the Beginning...
    6.2
    • sound recorded by
    • 1966
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    The Sound of Music
    8.1
    • sound
    • 1965
  • My Fair Lady (1964)
    My Fair Lady
    7.7
    • sound
    • 1964
  • Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963)
    Cleopatra
    7.0
    • sound recordist
    • 1963
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • sound
    • 1961
  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)
    Spartacus
    7.9
    • sound
    • 1960
  • Holiday in Spain (1960)
    Holiday in Spain
    5.5
    • re-recording mixer (uncredited)
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Murray Spivak
  • Born
    • September 6, 1903
    • Russia
  • Died
    • May 8, 1994
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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  • Trivia
    Was one of the great drum teachers and taught such legendary drummers as Louie Bellson, Dave Garibaldi,, Joe Morello and Remo Belli.

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