Richard Hageman

Richard Hageman was born on Jul 09, 1882 in Netherlands. Richard Hageman's big-screen debut came with Men with Wings directed by William A. Wellman in 1938. Richard Hageman is known for Wagon Master directed by John Ford, Ben Johnson stars as Travis Blue and Joanne Dru as Denver. Richard Hageman has got 1 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Richard Hageman achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Richard Hageman plays is Stolen Identity which will be released on Sep 15, 1958.

Composer, songwriter, conductor and pianist, educated at the Brussels Conservatory (Mus. D.) and the Royal Conservatory of Amsterdam, on scholarships. He was a concert pianist at six and accompanist for the Royal Opera Company in Amsterdam, assuming the conductorship in 1899. Coming to the USA with Yvette Guilbert, he became a US citizen in 1906 and assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in 1908, and conductor between 1914 and 1932, conducting the Sunday Night concerts for eight years. He went on to head the opera department at Curtis Institute for four years, then the music directorship at the Chicago Civic Opera and the Ravinia Park Opera for seven years. He conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra summer concerts for four years, and guest-conducted symphony orchestras across the USA. Coming to Hollywood in 1938, he conducted the Hollywood Bowl for six seasons. He joined ASCAP in 1950.