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Tommy Reilly(1919-2000)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Actor
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Tommy Reilly was born on 21 August 1919 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He was a composer and actor, known for Patrol Car (1954), The Navy Lark (1959) and Suspense (1946). He died on 25 September 2000 in Frensham, Surrey, England, UK.
BornAugust 21, 1919
DiedSeptember 25, 2000(81)
BornAugust 21, 1919
DiedSeptember 25, 2000(81)
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Known for

Patrol Car (1954)
Patrol Car
7.3
TV Series
  • Music Department(solo harmonica)
Elvi Hale, Cecil Parker, and Ronald Shiner in The Navy Lark (1959)
The Navy Lark
6.0
  • Composer
  • 1959
Suspense (1946)
Suspense
6.5
  • Soundtrack("East Side Boogie")
  • 1946
Bruce Seton in Fabian of the Yard (1954)
Fabian of the Yard
7.2
  • Music Department(harmonica)
  • 1954

Credits

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Music Department

  • Screen One (1985)
    Screen One
    6.8
    TV Series
    • musician: harmonica
    • 1993
  • Lorraine Ashbourne, Angela Walsh, and Dean Williams in Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
    Distant Voices, Still Lives
    7.4
    • musician: harmonica
    • 1988
  • The Kitchen Toto (1987)
    The Kitchen Toto
    6.2
    • musician: harmonica
    • 1987
  • C.A.B. (1986)
    C.A.B.
    7.8
    TV Series
    • harmonica
    • 1986
  • Polar (1984)
    Polar
    6.0
    • harmonica
    • 1984
  • Blake's 7 (1978)
    Blake's 7
    8.0
    TV Series
    • musician: harmonica (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Tarka the Otter (1979)
    Tarka the Otter
    6.7
    • musician: harmonica solo
    • 1979
  • Callan (1974)
    Callan
    6.8
    • musician: harmonica
    • 1974
  • Poul Bundgaard, Morten Grunwald, Preben Kaas, Ove Sprogøe, and Kirsten Walther in The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973)
    The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
    7.0
    • soloist (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker in Love Thy Neighbour (1972)
    Love Thy Neighbour
    7.0
    TV Series
    • harmonica played by
    • 1973
  • Tanker
    Short
    • music performer
    • 1971
  • Arthur Jensen, Poul Reichhardt, Bodil Udsen, Helle Virkner, and Kirsten Walther in Our Home Is Our Castle (1971)
    Our Home Is Our Castle
    6.5
    • soloist
    • 1971
  • Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, and Patricia Neal in The Night Digger (1971)
    The Night Digger
    6.3
    • musician: solo harmonica
    • 1971
  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
    Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
    6.4
    • musician: harmonica soloist (as Tommy Riley)
    • 1970
  • Wonderwall (1968)
    Wonderwall
    5.6
    • musician: harmonica
    • 1968

Composer

  • Tanker
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Barbara Cavan, Norma West, and Henley Thomas in Out of Town Theatre (1966)
    Out of Town Theatre
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer (music)
    • 1966
  • Pamela Ann Davy in Pity About the Abbey (1965)
    Londoners
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • John Gregson in First Night (1963)
    First Night
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • Bucknell's House (1962)
    Bucknell's House
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • Dirk Bogarde and Maria Perschy in The Password Is Courage (1962)
    The Password Is Courage
    6.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Home in Time
    TV Series
    • Composer (arranger)
    • 1960
  • Busman's Holiday (1959)
    Busman's Holiday
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1959
  • Elvi Hale, Cecil Parker, and Ronald Shiner in The Navy Lark (1959)
    The Navy Lark
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1959
  • Death to the First Lady
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1956

Actor

  • Nom-de-Plume
    TV Series
    • Harmonica Player
    • 1956
  • Alfred Marks Time
    6.6
    TV Series
    • 1956
  • Eddie Bartell, Beverly Lloyd, Emory Parnell, Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, and Joan Woodbury in Here Comes Trouble (1948)
    Here Comes Trouble
    5.4
    • Barney (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    The Gangster
    6.5
    • Piano Player (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Louise Arthur, Jennifer Holt, Jack Rivers, Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith, Jimmy Wakely, Woody Woodel, and Woody Woodel and His Riding Rangers in Moon Over Montana (1946)
    Moon Over Montana
    6.0
    • Beesmeyer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Connee Boswell, Curly Howard, Louis Jordan, Will Osborne, Phil Regan, Gale Storm, The Three Stooges, and Will Osborne's Orchestra in Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
    Swing Parade of 1946
    5.3
    • Sam (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ann Sheridan in It All Came True (1940)
    It All Came True
    6.6
    • Tommy Reilly
    • 1940
  • Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jack Mower, and Maxie Rosenbloom in Slapsie Maxie's (1939)
    Slapsie Maxie's
    6.2
    Short
    • Pianist
    • 1939

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Dwight Barker
  • Born
    • August 21, 1919
    • Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  • Died
    • September 25, 2000
    • Frensham, Surrey, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • ?(1 child)
  • Relatives
    • Georgina Reilly(Grandchild)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

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    Father of David T. Reilly.

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