Harvey Brooks |
born:
17 February 1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
died:
17 June 1968 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 70) |
Black American jazz pianist and composer, once a member of Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders (and that group's predecessor, the Quality Four). His scoring of Mae West's 1933 film "I'm No Angel" marked the first time a Black American wrote the complete score for a major motion picture. Some sources give a birth year of 1899. |
Real name: Harvey Oliver Brooks Height: 5'10½" |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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