| LC control no. | n 86140071 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Merrick, Mahlon, 1900-1969 |
| See also | Alternate identity: LeGrande, Gene, 1900-1969 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | California Washington (State) |
| Birth date | 1900-01-28 |
| Death date | 1969-08-07 |
| Place of birth | Farmington (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Music Radio programs Education Television broadcasting |
| Affiliation | Chicago Conservatory of Music State College of Washington |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Conductors (Music) Actors Teachers Saxophonists |
| Found in | The Jack Benny program. Don breaks leg [MP] 1964-02-04: credits (music scored and conducted by Mahlon Merrick) Light and easy [SR] p2011: insert (Mahlon Merrick and his orchestra; American composer and conductor; 1900-1969; studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music; went to work in radio in California in 1927; associated with comedian Jack Benny for around 30 years) IMDb, Nov. 27, 2015: (Mahlon Merrick; born on January 28, 1900, in Farmington, Iowa; died on August 7, 1969, in Hollywood, California; composer, actor; alternate names: Gene Le Grande) Archives West (website), viewed May 24, 2024: Mahlon Merrick Papers, 1953-1967 (Hailing from Centralia, Washington, Mahlon Merrick graduated from Washington State University in 1923 with bachelors' degrees in both education and music. After a brief teaching experience in schools in the Redmond, Washington, Merrick devoted himself to a career in music. Beginning as a saxophonist at the Old Italian Gardens in Spokane's Davenport Hotel, Merrick's career led him to Hollywood where he was associated with a number of popular television series including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and The Bob Cummings Show. For thirty years he remained the musical director for comedian Jack Benny. A versatile composer, a number of his works appear under the pseudonym, "Gene LaGrande." In 1965, Mr. Merrick retired to Palm Springs, California. In September of the following year, however, he made a guest appearance at Washington State University for the first performance of the Cougar Marching Song which he had composed for his alma mater. On August 7, 1969, at the age of 69 years, Mr. Merrick succumbed to cancer.) <https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35570> IMDB, viewed May 24, 2024: Mahlon Merrick (1900-1969) (Music Department, Composer, Actor. Born: January 28, 1900, Farmington, Iowa, USA. Died: August 7, 1969, Hollywood, California, USA (cancer). Mahlon Merrick was born on January 28, 1900 in Farmington, Iowa, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Hurricane (1999), Sensations of 1945 (1944) and Red Planet Mars (1952). He died on August 7, 1969 in Hollywood, California, USA.) <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581220/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm> IMDB, viewed May 24, 2024 (Mahlon Merrick, Credits (text only)) <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581220/fullcredits> OCLC, viewed May 17, 2024 (access points: Merrick, Mahlon, 1900-1969; Merrick, Mahlon; usage: Mahlon Merrick) IMDB, viewed May 24, 2024 Gene LeGrande (Gene LeGrande is known for The Bob Cummings Show (1955).) <https://m.imdb.com/name/nm12582892/bio/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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