Roy Webb (3 October 1888 – 10 December 1982) was an American film music composer. Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures.

Webb orchestrated and conducted for the Broadway stage, before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures. He remained at RKO until 1955, then worked freelance for several years, including scoring several episodes of Wagon Train. Webb is credited as composer or arranger on more than 200 films, and received Academy Award nominations for Quality Street (1937), My Favorite Wife (1940), I Married a Witch (1942), Joan of Paris (1942), The Fallen Sparrow (1943), The Fighting Seabees (1944), and The Enchanted Cottage (1945).

Filmography edit

(as per AFI's database)[1]

Year Title Role Production Co.
1920 The Devil's Garden Art director Whitman Bennett Productions
1920 The Truth About Husbands Art director Whitman Bennett Productions
1920 The Fear Market Assistant director Realart Pictures
1920 The Stolen Kiss Assistant director Realart Pictures
1921 Salvation Nell Art director Whitman Bennett Productions
1933 Professional Sweetheart Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1934 Kentucky Kernels Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1934 Lightning Strikes Twice Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1934 West of the Pecos Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Becky Sharp Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Old Man Rhythm Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Another Face Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 The Arizonian Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Captain Hurricane Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 We're Only Human Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Alice Adams Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 The Nitwits Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 The Rainmakers Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Enchanted April Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 In Person Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Laddie Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Strangers All Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1935 Sylvia Scarlett Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 The Last of the Mohicans Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Silly Billies Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Muss 'Em Up Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 A Woman Rebels Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 The Bride Walks Out Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 The Witness Chair Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 The Lady Consents Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Mummy's Boys Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Murder on a Bridle Path Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Bunker Bean Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Special Investigator Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Forty Naughty Girls Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 The Plough and the Stars Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Quality Street Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Sea Devils Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 New Faces of 1937 Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 On Again-Off Again Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Racing Lady Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat Music supervisor RKO Radio Pictures
1937 The Life of the Party Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 High Flyers Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Meet the Missus Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 Stage Door Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1937 The Woman I Love Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 The Renegade Ranger Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Night Spot Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 The Mad Miss Manton Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Having Wonderful Time Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Vivacious Lady Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Go Chase Yourself Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Border G-Man Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Crime Ring Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Gun Law Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 I'm From the City Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 The Affairs of Annabel Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Condemned Women Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 The Law West of Tombstone Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Painted Desert Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Sky Giant Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Blond Cheat Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Next Time I Marry Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Lawless Valley Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Bringing Up Baby Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 Room Service Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1938 A Man to Remember Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Fighting Gringo Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Girl from Mexico Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Bad Lands Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Great Man Votes Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Rookie Cop Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Conspiracy Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 They Made Her a Spy Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Twelve Crowded Hours Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 5th Avenue Girl Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Full Confession Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Panama Lady Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Beauty for the Asking Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Five Came Back Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 In Name Only Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Bachelor Mother Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Love Affair Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Sorority House Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Arizona Legion Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Fixer Dugan Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Flying Irishman Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Racketeers of the Range Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Reno Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Three Sons Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Sued for Libel Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Two Thoroughbreds Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Saint Strikes Back Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 The Girl and the Gambler Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Timber Stampede Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1939 Trouble in Sundown Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Anne of Windy Poplars Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Stranger on the Third Floor Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 The Marines Fly High Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Curtain Call Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Kitty Foyle Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 My Favorite Wife Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Millionaires in Prison Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Cross-Country Romance Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Laddie Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 I'm Still Alive Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 You'll Find Out Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 The Saint Takes Over Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 The Saint's Double Trouble Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1940 A Bill of Divorcement Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1940 Little Men Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1941 The Devil and Miss Jones Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Father Takes a Wife Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1941 A Girl, a Guy and a Gob Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Look Who's Laughing Music RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Parachute Battalion Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Playmates Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1941 The Saint in Palm Springs Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Week-End for Three Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Tom, Dick and Harry Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Let's Make Music Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Army Surgeon Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 The Big Street Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Cat People Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 The Falcon's Brother Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Here We Go Again Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Highways by Night Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 I Married a Witch Musical score Paramount Pictures
1942 Joan of Paris Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons Additional music RKO Radio Pictures
1942 My Favorite Spy Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 The Navy Comes Through Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Obliging Young Lady Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Powder Town Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1942 Seven Miles from Alcatraz Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Falcon in Danger Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Falcon Strikes Back Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Fallen Sparrow Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Flight for Freedom Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Gangway for Tomorrow Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Ghost Ship Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Hitler's Children Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 I Walked With a Zombie Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Iron Major Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Ladies' Day Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 A Lady Takes a Chance Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Leopard Man Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Mr. Lucky Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Petticoat Larceny Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Seventh Victim Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Bombardier Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Behind the Rising Sun Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 Journey Into Fear Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1943 The Nazis Strike Original music compositions U.S. War Department
1944 The Falcon Out West Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Experiment Perilous Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 The Curse of the Cat People Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Marine Raiders Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 The Master Race Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Murder, My Sweet Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Passport to Destiny Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Rainbow Island Musical score Paramount Pictures
1944 The Seventh Cross Musical score Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1944 Tall in the Saddle Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Action in Arabia Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1944 Bride by Mistake Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Back to Bataan Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Betrayal from the East Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 The Body Snatcher Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Cornered Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Dick Tracy Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 The Enchanted Cottage Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye Musical score Republic Pictures
1945 Those Endearing Young Charms Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Two O'Clock Courage Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1945 Zombies on Broadway Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 Badman's Territory Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 Bedlam Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 The Locket Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 Notorious Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 The Spiral Staircase Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 The Well Groomed Bride Musical score Paramount Pictures
1946 Without Reservations Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1946 Hollywood Bound Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Crossfire Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go Musical score Paramount Pictures
1947 Magic Town Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Out of the Past Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Riffraff Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Sinbad the Sailor Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1947 They Won't Believe Me Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1948 Blood on the Moon Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1948 Cass Timberlane Musical score Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1948 Fighting Father Dunne Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1948 I Remember Mama Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1948 Race Street Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1948 Rachel and the Stranger Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1949 Bad Men of Tombstone Musical score Allied Artists
1949 Easy Living Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1949 Holiday Affair Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1949 Mighty Joe Young Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1949 My Friend Irma Musical score Wallis-Hazen, Inc.
1949 Roughshod Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1949 The Window Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1950 The Secret Fury Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1950 Vendetta Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1950 Where Danger Lives Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1950 The White Tower Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1950 Branded Musical score Paramount Pictures
1950 Gambling House Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1951 Fixed Bayonets! Musical score Twentieth Century-Fox
1951 Flying Leathernecks Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1951 Sealed Cargo Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1952 At Sword's Point Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1952 Clash by Night Musical score RKO Radio Pictures / Wald/Krasna Productions
1952 A Girl in Every Port Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1952 The Lusty Men Musical score RKO Radio Pictures / Wald/Krasna Productions
1952 Operation Secret Musical score Warner Bros.
1953 Affair with a Stranger Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1953 Houdini Musical score Paramount Pictures
1953 Second Chance Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1953 Split Second Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1954 The Raid Music Panoramic Productions / Twentieth Century-Fox
1954 She Couldn't Say No Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1954 Track of the Cat Musical score Wayne-Fellows Productions
1954 Dangerous Mission Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1955 The Americano Musical score RKO Radio Pictures / Robert Stillman Productions
1955 Bengazi Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1955 Blood Alley Music director Batjac Productions
1955 The Sea Chase Music director Warner Bros.
1955 Underwater! Musical score RKO Radio Pictures
1955 Marty Music director Hecht-Lancaster Productions
1956 The First Texan Musical score Allied Artists
1956 The Girl He Left Behind Music director Warner Bros.
1956 Our Miss Brooks Music director Lute Productions
1956 The River Changes Music director RKO Radio Pictures
1957 Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend Music director Warner Bros.
1957 Top Secret Affair Music director Warner Bros.
1958 Teacher's Pet Musical score Perlsea Co.

References edit

  1. ^ "Roy Webb". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.