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Buddy G. DeSylva

Birth Name:George Gard DeSylva

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Producer, Writer, Music department

book

1 Credit
The Best of Broadway

writer

161 Credits
Omnibus
Wonder Man
Euphoria
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Blue Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
Duino
Your Lucky Day
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Werewolf by Night
The Power of the Dog
Infinitum: Subject Unknown
Mank
Lovecraft Country
Rose Matafeo: Horndog
Perry Mason
The High Note
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dolemite Is My Name
A Rainy Day in New York
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Gotti
Tea With the Dames
La Bolduc
Wonder Wheel
Molly's Game
The Leisure Seeker
West of Eden
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Strictly Come Dancing
Race
Mozart in the Jungle
Gotham
House of Cards
Father Brown
Altman
Magic in the Moonlight
The Little Death
Bunker 6
Parental Guidance
Vegas
Water for Elephants
Mildred Pierce
The Rite
California's Gold
Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin'
Lennon Naked
Marmaduke
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
the boys: the sherman brothers' story
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Star Stories
American Masters
The O.C.
The Good Life
These Foolish Things
The White Countess
The Aviator
Independent Lens
Melinda and Melinda
Carnivàle
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
The Saddest Music in the World
Alex & Emma
Northfork
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
The Cat's Meow
When Brendan Met Trudy
Loser
The End of the Affair
Sweet and Lowdown
Dogma
Buena Vista Social Club
Man of the Century
L.A. Confidential
Everyone Says I Love You
Jack
Jack & Sarah
Baseball
Twenty Bucks
Perfect Strangers
White Men Can't Jump
Jacob's Ladder
Cheers
Roger & Me
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Brave Little Toaster
MacGyver
Mother and Son
Hannah and Her Sisters
It's a Living
The Sure Thing
Swing Shift
The Terence Davies Trilogy
Death and Transfiguration
M*A*S*H
Fantasy Island
Bring 'em Back Alive
Arthur
The Waltons
Something Short of Paradise
Taxi
Supertrain
All in the Family
Happy Days
Donny and Marie
Seven Nights in Japan
Upstairs, Downstairs
Father Brown
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Ozzie's Girls
The Ruling Class
Summer of '42
Engelbert Humperdinck
The Monkees: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
The Mothers-in-Law
A Little of What You Fancy
The Beverly Hillbillies
Star!
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Danny Kaye Show
At Last the 1948 Show
The Andy Williams Show
The Silencers
Swingers' Paradise
Susan Slade
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Studio One
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
I Love Lucy
The Jazz Singer
Our Miss Brooks
Hunt the Man Down
George White's Scandals
Diamond Horseshoe
The Affairs of Susan
Follow the Boys
The Sullivans
Penny Serenade
Meet John Doe
Mexican Spitfire
Reno
These Glamour Girls
Rose of Washington Square
Swift Vengeance
Love Affair
Mad About Money
The Goldwyn Follies
The Kid Comes Back
Bring on the Girls
After the Thin Man
Love on a Bet
March of the Movies
Advice to the Lovelorn
Melody Cruise
The Cisco Kid
Queen High
Rain or Shine
The Cock-Eyed World
Blackmail

book and lyrics

1 Credit
Musical Comedy Time

play

5 Credits
Good News
Du Barry Was a Lady
Follow Thru
Big Boy
Hold Everything

screenplay

2 Credits
The Stork Club
Bottoms Up

based on the play by

1 Credit
Panama Hattie

short story

1 Credit
Louisiana Purchase

contract writer

1 Credit
Danger---Love at Work

from a story by

1 Credit
Born to Dance

story

1 Credit
Have a Heart

musical comedy

1 Credit
Take a Chance

dialogue

1 Credit
My Weakness

contributing writer

1 Credit
Stepping Sisters

book and lyrics by

1 Credit
Flying High

scenario

1 Credit
Indiscreet

story & dialogue

1 Credit
Just Imagine

musical play "Queen High"

1 Credit
Queen High

based on a musical comedy by

1 Credit
Good News

play "Manhattan Mary"

1 Credit
Follow the Leader

story and dialogue

1 Credit
Sunny Side Up

executive producer

34 Credits
Two Years Before the Mast
Road to Utopia
Incendiary Blonde
Practically Yours
Frenchman's Creek
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
The Great Moment
Hail the Conquering Hero
Ministry of Fear
Going My Way
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Double Indemnity
The Uninvited
Lady in the Dark
True to Life
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Riding High
So Proudly We Hail!
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Dixie
Five Graves to Cairo
Happy Go Lucky
Star Spangled Rhythm
Road to Morocco
I Married a Witch
The Glass Key
Wake Island
This Gun for Hire
My Favorite Blonde
Reap the Wild Wind
Louisiana Purchase
Sullivan's Travels
The Great Man's Lady
Nothing but the Truth

producer

26 Credits
The Stork Club
The Hitler Gang
The Crystal Ball
The Palm Beach Story
Birth of the Blues
Aloma of the South Seas
Caught in the Draft
The Lady Eve
Christmas in July
The Great McGinty
Bachelor Mother
The Rage of Paris
You're a Sweetheart
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
Stowaway
Welcome Home
Doubting Thomas
Under the Pampas Moon
The Little Colonel
Bottoms Up
My Weakness
Indiscreet
Just Imagine
Sunny Side Up
Du Barry Was a Lady
Panama Hattie

associate producer

5 Credits
Ladies in Love
Sing, Baby, Sing
Poor Little Rich Girl
Captain January
The Littlest Rebel

lyrics

196 Credits
Lyvia's House
The White Lotus
Great Performances
Happy!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
The Sea of Trees
Mad Men
Downton Abbey
Boardwalk Empire
Magic City
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
An Englishman in New York
Ballet Shoes
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Click
7th Heaven
Fun With Dick and Jane
The Clan
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Invincible
Enigma
The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries
Zacharia
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures From The 20th Century Fox Vaults
Barbra Streisand: The Concert
That's Entertainment! III
Manhattan Murder Mystery
MGM: When the Lion Roars
The House of Eliott
Missing Persons
I Want to Go Home
Torch Song Trilogy
Webster
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Love Boat
Phar Lap
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Zelig
It Came from Hollywood
Pennies From Heaven
American Pop
Big Blonde
The Muppet Show
Charlie's Angels
Archie Bunker's Place
Just a Gigolo
The Bob Hope Show
A Matter of Time
The Ritz
That's Entertainment, Part 2
Sykes
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Graham Kennedy Show
Z Cars
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
California Split
That's Entertainment
The Dean Martin Show
Paper Moon
The Ed Sullivan Show
Loving Memory
This Is Tom Jones
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
In Melbourne Tonight
The Lucy Show
The Cool Ones
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Shindig
The Lawrence Welk Show
The Jack Benny Show
The Jerry Lewis Show
The Judy Garland Show
The Avengers
Son of Flubber
Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Untouchables
Hawaiian Eye
Surfside 6
Wet Hare
A Majority of One
Glenn Miller Time
The Roaring '20s
The Perry Como Show
Make Room for Granddaddy
The Revlon Revue
The Eddie Fisher Show
Senior Prom
The Helen Morgan Story
The Nat King Cole Show
Home
Hey, Jeannie!
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom
The Best Things in Life Are Free
He Laughed Last
General Electric Theater
Pete Kelly's Blues
Love Me or Leave Me
A Star Is Born
The Eddie Cantor Story
Mr. Peepers
Four Star Revue
Somebody Loves Me
With a Song in My Heart
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
An American in Paris
Lullaby of Broadway
The Frank Sinatra Show
Bushy Hare
I'll Get By
Chain Lightning
Always Leave Them Laughing
Jolson Sings Again
You're My Everything
Look for the Silver Lining
A Kiss in the Dark
The Milton Berle Show
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Nothing But the Tooth
Bill and Coo
April Showers
If You Knew Susie
Good News
It's a Wonderful Life
Till the Clouds Roll By
Margie
The Jolson Story
Okay for Sound
Anchors Aweigh
Rhapsody in Blue
Blonde from Brooklyn
Eadie Was a Lady
The Very Thought of You
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Show Business
Broadway Rhythm
Lady in the Dark
Cairo
Broadway
Roxie Hart
Babes on Broadway
Unholy Partners
Birth of the Blues
Unexpected Uncle
The Great American Broadcast
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Millionaires in Prison
King of the Lumberjacks
Africa Squeaks
The Great Victor Herbert
Indianapolis Speedway
Believe It or Else
Panama Lady
You're an Education
Hard to Get
Torchy Blane in Panama
Hollywood Hotel
There Goes the Groom
The Singing Kid
The Great Ziegfeld
King of Burlesque
The Littlest Rebel
Music Is Magic
The Payoff
Under the Pampas Moon
George White's 1935 Scandals
Take a Chance
My Weakness
Grand Slam
Romantic Melodies
You Try Somebody Else
Two Seconds
The Mouthpiece
The Champ
One More Time
A Holy Terror
Indiscreet
Just Imagine
Follow Thru
Good News
The Big Pond
Follow the Leader
Sally
Sunny Side Up
Say It with Songs
The Hollywood Revue
Thunderbolt
Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
Lucky Boy
In Old Arizona
The Singing Fool
Our Dancing Daughters
The Revelers
April Showers

Soundtrack

6 Credits
Wax
Nanny McPhee Returns
Shadows and Fog
September
The Front Page
Hold Everything

music

9 Credits
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
What's Up, Doc?
Dad's Army
Peter Gunn
The Windblown Hare
The Long Night
Lucky Partners
Sweethearts
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

presenter

1 Credit
The Stork Club

composer

1 Credit
The O.C.

as Buddy de Sylva

1 Credit
Rhapsody in Blue

songs by

1 Credit
Just Imagine

words and music by

1 Credit
Good News