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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Gabrielle Fitzpatrick to Christopher Fulford
Charles Fox Biography (1940-)
Full name, Charles Ira Fox; born October 30, 1940, in New York, NY; son of Walter and Mollie Fox; married Joan Susan Redman, September 9, 1962; children:Robert, David, Lisa.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, conductor
- Birth Details
- October 30, 1940
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Music Director
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The Incident, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
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Foul Play, Paramount, 1978
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Little Darlings, Paramount, 1980
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National Lampoon's European Vacation (also known as European Vacation), Warner Bros., 1985
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Conductor
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The Incident, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
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Barbarella (also known as Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy),Paramount, 1968
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The Gods Must Be Crazy II, Columbia, 1990
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Television Music Director
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Series
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Lidsville, ABC, 1971-1973
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Specials
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Fol-De-Rol, 1972
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Doctor, The Great O'Grady, Showtime, 1993
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WRITINGS
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Music Composer
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Television Series
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Love, American Style, ABC, 1969-1974
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Nanny and the Professor, ABC, 1970
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The Bugaloos, NBC, 1970
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Barefoot in the Park, ABC, 1970
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Me and the Chimp (also known as The Chimp and I), 1972
- Title song, Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974
- (Including title song) Wonder Woman (also known as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman and The New Original Wonder Woman), ABC, 1976-1977
- (Including theme song, "Making Our Dreams Come True"), Laverne and Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976
- Title song, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, CBS, 1977
- Title song, The Love Boat, ABC, 1977
- (Including song "I Want It All") Blansky's Beauties, ABC, 1977
- (Including theme music) The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Second Year and The Paper Chase: The Third Year), CBS, 1978
- (Including theme song) Shirley, NBC, 1979
- Theme music, Angie, 1979
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Goodtime Girls, ABC, 1980
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Aloha Paradise, ABC, 1981
- (Including title song) It's Not Easy, ABC, 1983
- Title song, George Burns Comedy Week, CBS, 1985
- Theme song, The New Love, American Style, 1985
- Theme song, "Together through the Years," The Hogan Family, NBC, 1986
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Good Morning, Miss Bliss, NBC, 1987
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Conan, syndicated, 1997
- Theme, Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998
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Television Movies
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Women in Chains, ABC, 1972
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The Weekend Nun (also known as Matter of the Heart), ABC, 1972
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Dying Room Only, ABC, 1973
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Aloha Means Goodbye, CBS, 1974
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The Stranger Within (also known as Trespass), ABC, 1974
- (Including theme song, with Norman Gimbel) The New, Original Wonder Woman (also known as Wonder Woman), ABC, 1975
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My Father's House, ABC, 1975
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The Legend of Valentino, ABC, 1975
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Victory at Entebbe, ABC, 1976
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The Love Boat, ABC, 1976
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The Love Boat II, ABC, 1977
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The New Love Boat, ABC, 1977
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Rainbow, NBC, 1978
- (Including song "You're Never Too Young to Try," with Gimbel) Better Late Than Never, NBC, 1979
- (Including song "That Once a Year Christmas Day," with Gimbel) The Manin the Santa Claus Suit, NBC, 1979
- Song (with Gimbel) "Easy with You," The Other Woman, CBS, 1983
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He's Not Your Son, CBS, 1984
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Family Secrets, NBC, 1984
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A Summer to Remember, CBS, 1985
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Betrayed by Innocence (also known as Jailbait: Betrayed by Innocence), CBS, 1986
- (Including theme song, "Let's Keep What We've Got," with Hal David) Parent Trap II, The Disney Channel, 1986
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Unnatural Causes, NBC, 1986
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Deep Dark Secrets (also known as Intimate Betrayal), NBC, 1987
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Christmas Comes to Willow Creek, CBS, 1987
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Going to the Chapel (also known as Wedding Day and Wedding Day Blues), NBC, 1988
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Tarzan in Manhattan, CBS, 1989
- Theme song, The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (also known as The Love Boat: A Summer Cruise), CBS, 1990
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Rich Men, Single Women, ABC, 1990
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A Family for Joe, NBC, 1990
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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story, ABC, 1991
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Absolute Strangers, CBS, 1991
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Christmas in Connecticut, TNT, 1992
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In My Daughter's Name, CBS, 1992
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Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (also known as A Thousand Heroes), ABC, 1992
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Woman on the Ledge, NBC, 1993
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The Odd Couple: Together Again, CBS, 1993
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The Broken Chain, 1993
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Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (also known as Mothershed or Berndt?), NBC, 1994
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The Man Next Door, ABC, 1996
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The Song of the Lark, PBS, 2000
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Collected Stories, PBS, 2002
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Television Miniseries
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Baby M, ABC, 1988
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Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase, ABC, 1990
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Innocent Victims, ABC, 1996
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Television Specials
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Going Places, 1973
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Newman's Drugstore, 1976
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The Natural Look, 1977
- Theme song, Used Cars, 1984
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A Song for Dead Warriors, 1984
- (Including title song) Goodbye Charlie, ABC, 1985
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Dear Penelope and Peter, ABC, 1986
- Song, "Some Things Never Change," Sisters, CBS, 1990
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The Great O'Grady, Showtime, 1993
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Television Music
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Other
- Composer, Blood & Orchids, 1986
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Television Writing
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Other
- Script, Betrayed by Innocence (movie; also known as Jailbait: Betrayed by Innocence), CBS, 1986
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Music Composer
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Films
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The Incident, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
- (With Bob Crewe; including songs "An Angel Is Love," "Barbarella," "The Black Queen's Beads," "I Love All the Love in You," and "Love, Love, Love Drags Me Down," Barbarella (also known as Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy), Paramount, 1968
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Goodbye Columbus, Paramount, 1969
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The Green Slime (also known as After the Destruction of Space Station Gamma: Big Military Operation,
Battle beyond the Stars,
The Battle of Space Station Gamma,
Death and the Green Slime,
Gamma No. 3 Big Military Space Operation, and Gamma sango uchu daisakusen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
- (Including songs, with Norman Gimbel) Pufnstuf, Universal, 1970
- (Including songs "Morning Song" and "The All-American," with Gimbel) Making It, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
- (Including songs, with Gimbel) Star Spangled Girl, Paramount, 1971
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A Separate Peace, Paramount, 1972
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The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
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The Laughing Policeman (also known as An Investigation of Murder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
- Songs, The Harrad Experiment, Cinerama, 1973
- (With Michael Small) The Drowning Pool, Warner Bros., 1975
- (Including song "Richard's Window," with Gimbel) The Other Side of theMountain (also known as A Window to the Sky), Universal, 1975
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Bug, Paramount, 1975
- (Including songs "Blimey," "Fool's Gold," "Lemon Drops, Lollipops and Sunbeams," "Please Don't Touch My Plums" and "The Touch of Love") The Duchessand the Dirtwater Fox, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
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Two-Minute Warning, Universal, 1976
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Target of an Assassin (also known as African Rage,
FatalAssassin,
The Long Shot,
Portrait of an Assassin, and Tigers Don't Cry), 1976
- (Including songs, with Paul Williams) One on One, Warner Bros., 1977
- (Including song "Ready to Take a Chance Again," with Gimbel) Foul Play, Paramount, 1978
- (Including songs "So Much for Dreams" and "You Found It Now") Our Winning Season, American International Pictures, 1978
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Oh God! Book II, Warner Bros., 1980
- (With Dolly Parton) Nine to Five (also known as 9 to 5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
- (Including song "We Could Have It All") The Last Married Couple in America, Universal, 1980
- (Including songs, with Carole Bayer Sager) Little Darlings, Paramount, 1980
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Why Would I Lie?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1980
- (Including songs, with Carly Simon) Love Child, Warner Bros., 1982
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Six Pack, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
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Zapped! (also known as The Wiz Kid), Embassy, 1982
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Strange Brew (also known as The Adventures of Bob and Doug McKenzie), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
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Trenchcoat, Buena Vista, 1983
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Doin' Time, Warner Bros., 1985
- (Including song "New Looks," with John Bettis) National Lampoon's European Vacation (also known as European Vacation), Warner Bros., 1985
- (Including songs, with Gloria Sklerov, Lenny Macaluso, and Tim Conway) The Longshot, Orion, 1986
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Short Circuit 2, TriStar, 1988
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Love at Stake (also known as Burnin' Love), TriStar, 1988
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It Had to Be You, Limelite Studios, 1989
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The Gods Must Be Crazy II, Columbia, 1990
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Repossessed, New Line Cinema, 1990
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Gordy, Miramax, 1994
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Composer
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Songs Featured in Films
- "The Love Boat," Airplane II: The Sequel, Paramount, 1982
- "Happy Days," Cousins, Paramount, 1989
- "The Love Boat," The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
- "Making Our Dreams Come True," Wayne's World, Paramount, 1992
- "Girl," The Brady Bunch Movie, Paramount, 1995
- "The Love Boat," Summer Rental, Paramount, 1995
- "Girl," A Very Brady Sequel, Paramount, 1996
- "Wonder Woman," Spice World, Miramax, 1998
- "Ready to Take a Chance Again," Can't Hardly Wait, 1998
- "Ready to Take a Chance Again," 200 Cigarettes, 1999
- "Ready to Take a Chance Again," Keeping the Faith, 2000
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Music Composer
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Stage
- Incidental music, Tricks of the Trade, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1980
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Stage; Major Tours
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A Song for Dead Warriors (ballet), San Francisco Ballet Company, international cities, 1979-1984
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Songs
- (With Norman Gimbel) "Killing Me Softly with His Song," 1973
- Also wrote "I Got a Name," "My Fair Share," and "Seasons."
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Other Writings
- Contributor to periodicals, including New Statesman.
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