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Marvin Hatley
actor, composer, music_department
- Birth name:
- Thomas Marvin Hatley
- Born:
- 1905-04-03, Reed, Oklahoma, USA
- Died:
- 1986-08-23, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, composer, music_department
Biography
Composer, conductor and author, educated at UCLA, a staff pianist for KFWB in Hollywood for four years, then to vaudeville for one year. Two years after joining the Hal Roach Studios, he took over its music department, which he directed for ten years. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his most-popular composition is the Laurel and Hardy theme, "Dance of The Cuckoos," which Hatley always spelled "Ku-Ku".
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