Raoul Kraushaar

Raoul Kraushaar(August 20, 1908,Paris,France– October 13, 2001,Pompano Beach, Florida) was an Americancomposerwho worked onHollywoodfeature films in the 1940s and 1950s.

He continued working on low-budget films through the 1960s and 1970s. After that, and up through the 1980s, most of his work centered ontelevisionuntil his retirement; his works included musical compositions for a number of television series, such asThe Abbott and Costello Show,LassieandThe Thin Man.

His Romanian-born father, Arnold Adolph Kraushaar (1880-1943), an orchestral musician, brought his wife, Rachel (1881-1918), and their baby son, Raoul, to New York as cabin class passengers on board the Frenchtransatlanticsteamship,La Provencein April 1910. They settled inNew York City.

Selected filmography

• In Old Monterey(1939)
• Melody Ranch(1940)
• Shed No Tears(1948)
• Sky Liner(1949)
• Roll, Thunder, Roll!(1949)
• Timber Fury(1950)
• The Basketball Fix(1951)
• Stagecoach Driver(1951)
• The Longhorn(1951)
• Canyon Raiders(1951)
• Bride of the Gorilla(1951)
• Dead or Alive(1951)
• Jack and the Beanstalk(1952)
• Texas City(1952)
• Waco(1952)
• Fargo(1952)
• Kansas Territory(1952)
• Montana Incident(1952)
• The Gunman(1952)
• The Blue Gardenia(1953)
• Invaders From Mars(1953)
• The Flaming Urge(1953)
• Run for the Hills(1953)
• New Faces(1954)
• The Magnificent Matador(1955)
• Mohawk(1956)
• The Black Whip(1956)
• Curucu, Beast of the Amazon(1956)
• Mustang!(1959)
• Island of Lost Women(1959)
• The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock(1959)
• Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter(1966)
• Billy the Kid Versus Dracula(1966)
• An Eye for an Eye(1966)
• Cabaret(1972)
• Dirty O'Neil(1974)
• Sixpack Annie(1975)

Actor

• The Anderson Tapes(1971) - Vic D'Medico - Angelo's Lawyer

External links

• Raoul KraushaaratIMDb