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Date of Death:
1 November 2005, New Milford, Connecticut, USA more
Mini Biography:
Composer, conductor, band leader, arranger, pianist, jazz expert and ... more
Trivia:
Musical director for ABC Radio's "I Deal in Crime" (1946-1947). more
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Composer, Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department, Self
Soundtrack:
  1. "The Steve Allen Show" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #2.11 (1956) TV episode ("Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", "Taking a Chance on Love")
  2. Murder in A-Flat (1952) ("Love Me or Leave Me", "Cling To Me", "A Little Bit Independent")
    ... aka Movietone Melodies: Murder in A-Flat (USA: series title)

  3. Thrills of Music: Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra (1948) ("Ignatz in the Side Pocket", "It's a Good Day", "The Gypsy")
  4. On Our Merry Way (1948) (writer: "Baby Made a Change in Me" (uncredited))
    ... aka A Miracle Can Happen (USA: longer version)
Actor:
  1. "Faye and Skitch" (1953) TV series
  2. Murder in A-Flat (1952) .... 'Skitch' Henderson - Gossip Columnist/Piano Player
    ... aka Movietone Melodies: Murder in A-Flat (USA: series title)
  3. "Wonderful Town, U.S.A." (1951) TV series
    ... aka Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town
  4. "Your Show of Shows" (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 5 May 1951 (1951) TV episode
Music Department:
  1. "Tonight!" (1953) TV series (musical director) (unknown episodes, 1954-1957)
    ... aka Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
    ... aka The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka Tonight (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)

  2. On Our Merry Way (1948) (music supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka A Miracle Can Happen (USA: longer version)

  3. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (musician: piano) (uncredited)
Self:
  1. Great Love Songs (1995) (TV) .... Himself

  2. Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971) .... Himself
    ... aka Barney
  3. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1968-1971)
        - Episode dated 15 July 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 9 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself

  4. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - Episode dated 31 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Himself - Pianist (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode #4.15 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - Pianist
  6. "Hullabaloo" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode dated 14 February 1966 (1966) TV episode
  7. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself - Bandleader (7 episodes, 1962-1966)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 9 November 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Bandleader
        - Episode dated 21 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself - Bandleader
        - Episode dated 15 December 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Bandleader
        - Episode dated 4 December 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Bandleader
        - Episode dated 3 December 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Bandleader
          (2 more)
  8. "The Match Game" .... Team Captain (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes (1963) TV episode .... Team Captain
        - Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson (1962) TV episode .... Team Captain
  9. "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" (1957) TV series .... Himself (Bandleader) (unknown episodes, 1962)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Show (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Tonight Show (USA: new title)
  10. "The Tonight Show" (1962) TV series .... Himself (Bandleader) (unknown episodes)

  11. "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself - Conductor / ... (101 episodes, 1956-1959)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #4.35 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #4.14 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #4.13 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #4.12 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #4.11 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
          (96 more)
  12. "Tonight!" .... Himself - Conductor (52 episodes, 1953-1957)
    ... aka Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
    ... aka The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka Tonight (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
        - Finale (1957) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #5.68 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Kovacs (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #5.29 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
        - Episode #5.25 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Conductor
          (47 more)
  13. "Where Was I?" (1952) TV series .... Himself/panelist (1953)
  14. Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra (1950) .... Himself - Orchestra Leader

  15. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (1 episode, 1949)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #2.20 (1949) TV episode .... Himself
  16. Thrills of Music: Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra (1948) .... Himself - Bandleader

Additional Details

Other Works:
He conducted the 1963 Leontyne Price-William Warfield studio recording of excerpts from "Porgy and Bess". Price and Warfield had performed it together in Dallas, Texas and in the 1952 world tour, but Henderson did not conduct that production. more
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1 Portrayal | 3 Articles more
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