Al Goodman

Al Goodman was born on Aug 12, 1890 in Ukraine]. Al Goodman's big-screen debut came with The Talk of Hollywood directed by Mark Sandrich in 1929, strarring Al Goodman-Orchestra Leader (uncredited). Al Goodman is known for The Colgate Comedy Hour directed by Fred Hamilton, Dean Martin stars as Self - Host and Jerry Lewis as Self - Host. The upcoming new tvshow Al Goodman plays is The Colgate Comedy Hour - Season 4 which will be released on Sep 10, 1950.

Composer, songwriter, conductor, pianist and arranger, educated at the Peabody Conservatory (on scholarship). He was a pianist in early film theatres, and later a choral director and music director for the Aborne Opera Company. He conducted and arranged for Al Jolson, and conducted the Broadway musicals "Blossom Time", "My Dream Girl", "Good News", "The Band Wagon", "The New Moon", "Ziegfeld Follies", and "George White's Scandals". His Broadway stage scores include "Linger Longer Lettie", "Cinderella on Broadway", "The Whirl of New York", "The Passing Show of 1922", "The Lady in Ermine", "Dew Drop Inn", "Artists and Models of 1925", and "Gay Paree". He became a radio conductor in 1932, and conducted for television beginning in 1949, and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his chief musical collaborators included Edgar Smith, Cyrus Wood, and Clifford Grey. His popular-song compositions include "When Hearts Are Young", "Love Has Found My Heart", "I Came, I Saw, I Fell", "Call of Love", "Twilight", "The Lady in Ermine", and "Who Knows Why".