Sammy Timberg
Film music contributor
1903 – 1992
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Who was Sammy Timberg?
Sammy Timberg was an American musician and composer who was perhaps most famous for the music he wrote for the cartoons of the Fleischer Studios, such as Popeye, Betty Boop, and Superman. He also composed early shorts for Famous Studios, serving as the studio's musical director until Winston Sharples officially succeeded him in 1946.
He was the brother of vaudevillian Herman Timberg. He was the father of writer and journalist Robert Timberg, Patricia Timberg and Rosemarie Eisenberg Shaw.
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- Born
- May 21, 1903
New York City - Also known as
- Samuel Timberg
- Sam Timberg
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Rose Marie Sinnott
(1938/07/08 - )
- Rose Marie Sinnott
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 26, 1992
Scranton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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