Own Executioner My and abroad. Joined MGM, composer -conductor, 1942- Man About the House, Mine for Brother Johnathan, The Glass Mountain, They Were 46; Univ. Internat'l. 1947; returned to MGM Easter Sisters Wanted for Murder, The Franchise Affair, Parade (Acad. Award, scoring of musical); Warner Angels One Five, There Was a Young Lady, A Man 1948-49. Inspector General (Golden Globe Award 1949, Could Get Killed. best score of year). Apptd. gen. music dir. and exec- Art and in-chg-of-music MGM 1949; produced shorts series TV: Milestones, The Will, Crime Passionel, short Opportunity, Fish in the Family, The Governess What MGM Concert Hall (Acad. Award, beat one real the Public Wants, Lesson in Love, The Happy 1953); Acad. Award, best scoring of musical, American McBaines, Winter Cruise, The Letter, Tribute to in Paris 1951 composed score Raintree County (Acad. Maugham, Virtue, Beautiful Forever, East Lynne, Nom. 1957): left MGM to freelance 1958. Prod. Deailu Unexpectedly Vacant, The Importance of Being Ear- 1958-59. Comp many original scores. V.p., Academy nest, This Is Your Life, Crown Court, Making Faces. M.P. Arts and Sciences, 1953-55; chmn. Music Br. sev- eral terms: Acad. Life Member; prod. Acad.'s first GRAY GORDON: Broadcast Management Consultant. b. Award Show TV, 1953. Acad. Award, best scoring of Albert Lea, Minn., Nov. 16, 1905; e. U. of Missouri. musical, West Side Story, 1961, nominated for Acad. Entered broadcasting ind. 1932, gen. mgr., Central Award, 14 times. Other films incl. High Society, Bye States Broadcasting Co., v.p. WIP Philadelphia; Good Bye Birdie, The Great Caruso, etc. Music dir. film, Will Stations in Detroit, Cleveland, Los Angeles, exec. Oliver, won Acad. Award, 1968. Assoc. prod. They v.p. and gen. mggrr WOR-TV. dir. RKO Teleradio Pic- Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Acad. Award nomination, tures, Inc.; WKT\, Utica, KAUZ -TV, Wichita Falls, best music score). Pres. Screen Comp. Assoc., U.S.A. Texas, Central N.Y. Cable Co., Utica, N.Y. 1966-1972; Member Bd of Governors Performing Arts GRAY, VERNON: Actor b. Saskatoon, Canada, e. Elk Council L.A. Music Center, 1965-1971; Chmn. bd. Point. Early career engineering plant; repertory Emeritus, Young Musicians Foundation since 1965. Canada and America; studied Irving School of the Pres., Young Musicians Foundation since 1973; Since more repertory; London stage, 1949, guest conductor, many U.S. orchestras; 1975- Theatre; in Britain for music Stalag 17; screen debut: A Day to Remember. 25th season Hollywood Bowl; co-chairman, PICTURES INCLUDE: To Paris With Love, Now branch and v.p., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and and Forever, Berretta of Wimpole Street. Sciences, 1973-74. GRAYSON, KATHRYN: Actress. r.n. Zelma Hedrick; b. GREEN, JOSEPH: Executive. b. Warsaw, Poland, Apr. Winston-Salem, N.C. Feb. 9, 1923. e. St. Louis 23, 1905. e. high school, prep school. Industry, legiti- schools. Singer. Screen debut; Andy Hardy's Private mate theatre prod. Foreign film dist. since 1933; Secretary, 1940; The Vanishing Virginian, Rio Rita, headed Green Film Co. Warsaw, Poland head of Seven Sweethearts, Thousands Cheer; achieved star- Sphinx Film Dist. Co., N.Y., until 1940. Co-owner, dom in Anchors Aweigh, 1945. Art Theatre Circuit, N.Y., 1940-52; pres., Globe Diet. PICTURES INCLUDE: Ziegfeld Follies of 1946, Co. of Foreign Films; formed President Films, Inc., Two Sisters from Boston, Showboat, That Midnight 1954, now Globe Pictures, Inc. 1975: formed Natl. Kiss, Grounds For Marriage, The Toast of New Computer Film Dist. as pres. Orleans, The Kissing Bandit, Lovely To Look At, GREEN, MICHAEL L.: Executive. Ent. m.p. ind. United Desert Song, So This Is Love, Kiss Me Kate, Va- Artists 1934 terminating 1948, as Sales sup. con. gabond King. Europe and Near East. Jnt. man. dir. Michael Green TV: GE Theatre, Emmy Nomination, 1960; Die Enterprises Ltd., Blackwater Film Productions Ltd., Fledermaus, ABC, '66. Variety Film Distributors Ltd. STAGE: Debut in N.Y. and tour, Camelot, 1963; Rosalinda, Merry Widow, Kiss Me Kate, Showboat, GREEN, NATHANIEL CHARLES.: Exec. b. Spokane, (N.Y. and U.S. tour). Wash. Feb. 16, 1903. e. Pleasant Prairie School until 14 yrs. of age; ent. banking bus., Spokane & Eastern GREEN, ADOLPH: Writer, b. New York, N.Y., Dec. 2. Trust Co., until 1921; came to Calif., became as- Wrote book, sketches & lyrics for many Broadway sociated Bank of America. Br. bank mgr., 26 yrs. of shows including: On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, age, youngest in the U.S. at the time; became vice- Two on the Aisle, Wonderful Town, Peter Pan (Mary pres., 1941; Jan. 1960 became v. -p., and senior pub. Martin) Bells Are Ringing, Applause (Tony Award). rel. officer between bank and m.p. and TV industry. PIC'T'URES INCLUDE: Good News, On the Town, Barkleys of Broadway, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, GREEN, PHILIP: Composer, musical dir. Singin' in the Rain, Band Wagon, It's Always Fair PICTURE SCORES INCLUDE: March Hare, John Weather, Auntie Mame; all in collab. with Betty and Julie, Rooney, Innocent Sinners, Violent Play- Comden. ground, Alive and Kicking, Sea Fury, Operation Amsterdam, Sapphire, Friends and Neighbours, And GREEN, GUY: Director. b. Somerset, Eng. 1913. Joined the Same to You, Shakedown, Witness in the Dark, Film Advertising Co. as projectionist & camera asat. Desert Mice, Your Money or Your Wife, Follow a Star, 1933; camera asst., Elstree Studios (BIP)1935 started Make Mine Mink, A Touch of Larceny, The League of as camera operator on films including One of Our Air- Gentlemen, Man in the Moon, The Bulldog Breed, The craft Is Missing, In Which We Serve, This Happy Singer Not the Song, Flame In The Streets, Victim, In Breed. 1944: Director of Photography; Dir. of Allied The Doghouse All Night Long, A Stitch in Time, Joey Film Makers Ltd. Boy The Intelligence Man. PICTURES INCLUDE: The Way Ahead, Great TV: Also composed scores numerous TV series in- Expectations, Oliver Twist, Captain Horatio cluding Glencannon, African Patrol, Jungle Boy, White Hornblower, I Am A Camera, River Beat, Tears For Hunter, Ghost Squad, Sergeant Cork, series. Simon, House of Secrets, Sea of Sand, The Angry Si- lence, The Mark, Light In The Piazza, Diamond Head, GREENBERG, BERRY: Executive. b. Shanghai, China, A Patch of Blue, Pretty, Polly, A Matter of Innocence, June 1, 1912. e. Shanghai Public School, London The Magus, A Walk in the Spring Rain, Luther, Once Chamber of Commerce. MGM International Dept., Is Not Enough. Gen. Mgr. 15 yrs. from 1933, in Far East Branches. Joint rep. and dir. for Far East sales for Walt Disney GREEN, JANET: Actress, screen writer. b. Hertford- Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Prods. Warner Bros. shire, England, 1914. Early career as actress; Wrote Pictures Intl, div. sales mgr. for Far East, Australia first play, 1945; Ent. m.p. ind. 1947, wrote s.p., The and New Zealand, theatrical and TV. Vice pres. in chg. Clouded Yellow; further orig. s.p. incl. The Good Be- of all foreign TV sales and admin. and supervisor ginning, Lost Eye Witness, The Long Arm (in coll.), theatrical sales Australia and New Zealand, Warner The Fever Tree, Sapphire, Cast a Dark Shadow, Mid- Bros. Int'l Corp. (Sunset Int'l). Vice pres. foreign TV night Lace, Gathering of Eagles Ashenden, Victim, admin. and sales, Warner Bros -7 Arts. Vice pres. Life for Ruth, Christobel; Show Me A Murderer, Walk International sales and admin., Warner Bros. Televi- in the Shadow, Seven Women, The Golden Keel, It sion Dept., 1970 to date. Happened in Havana, My Turn Now, Gutsy, Rape!- She Says. GREENE, DAVID: Director, Writer. Early career as actor. To U.S. with Shakespeare company early 1960's; GREEN, JOHN: Music director -conductor-composer - remained direct TV in Canada, New York and Hol- pianist. b. New York City, Oct. 10, 1908; e. Horace lywood. Mann School, Harvard U., 1928, A.B. Entered m.p. TV: The Defenders, The People Next Door. Emmy industry as rehearsal pianist. Paramount Astoria, Awd. Best Dir. 1970. Rich Man, Poor Man. N.Y.; composer -conductor 1930-32. Conductor, Para- PICTURES INCLUDE: The Shuttered Room, mount-Publix Theatres, 1930-33. Name band leader, Sebastian, The Strange Affair, I Start Counting, 1933-40. Made numerous shorts, appeared on many TC Madame Sin, Godapell, Count of Monte Cristo. commercial radio programs. Composer of songs: Coquette, I'm Yours, Out of Nowhere, I Cover the GREENE, LORNE: Actor. b. Ottawa, Can., Feb. 12 Waterfront, Song of Raintree County, Body and Soul, 1915. e. Queen's University, where began acting and Easy Come, Easy Go. I Wanna Be Loved etc.; also directing plays. Entered radio and became chief an- symphonic works performed by major orchestra U.S. nouncer for Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and chief 109