Frank Churchill
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily
Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho".
Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
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Films (58)
Blanche Neige
2025 · Music, Songs
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Frank Churchill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Everybody Loves Mickey
2001 · Music
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
1981 · Compositor
Sky Trooper
1942 · Original Music Composer
Bambi
1942 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Dumbo
1941 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Original Music Composer
Bone Trouble
1940 · Original Music Composer
Pinocchio
1940 · Music
The Practical Pig
1939 · Music
How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made
1939 · self
Hollywood Bowl
1938 · Original Music Composer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
1937
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
1937 · Music
More Kittens
1936 · Original Music Composer
Donald and Pluto
1936 · Original Music Composer
Toby Tortoise Returns
1936 · Music
Thru the Mirror
1936 · Music
Three Little Wolves
1936 · Original Music Composer
Cock o' the Walk
1935 · Original Music Composer
Three Orphan Kittens
1935 · Original Music Composer
On Ice
1935 · Music
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935 · Original Music Composer
The Robber Kitten
1935 · Music
The Golden Touch
1935 · Music
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935 · Music
Orphan's Benefit
1934 · Music
Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 · Music
Gulliver Mickey
1934 · Music
The Big Bad Wolf
1934 · Music
Funny Little Bunnies
1934 · Original Music Composer
Playful Pluto
1934 · Music
Camping Out
1934 · Music
Terra das Canções de Ninar
1933 · Original Music Composer
Old King Cole
1933 · Original Music Composer
Mickey's Gala Premiere
1933 · Music
Three Little Pigs
1933 · Music
Ye Olden Days
1933 · Original Music Composer
Birds in the Spring
1933 · Original Music Composer
Building a Building
1933 · Music
Santa's Workshop
1932 · Music
Flowers and Trees
1932 · Music
The Bears and the Bees
1932 · Original Music Composer
The Musical Farmer
1932 · Original Music Composer
Barnyard Olympics
1932 · Music
The Ugly Duckling
1931 · Music
The Fox Hunt
1931 · Original Music Composer
The Spider and the Fly
1931 · Original Music Composer
The Clock Store
1931 · Original Music Composer
Egyptian Melodies
1931 · Music
The Cat's Out
1931 · Music
The Busy Beavers
1931 · Music
The China Plate
1931 · Music
Mother Goose Melodies
1931 · Music
The Chain Gang
1930 · Original Music Composer
