Robert E. Dolan | |
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![]() Dolan in 1937 | |
Born | Robert Emmett Dolan August 3, 1908 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | September 26, 1972 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 64)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Loyola College |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer, arranger |
Years active | 1930-1966 |
Spouses | |
Children | 2 |
Robert Emmett Dolan (August 3, 1908 - September 26, 1972) was a Broadway conductor, composer, and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio in the 1930s and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – where he had begun.