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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/13/1909
Place of Birth
Hebron, Nebraska, USA
Ken Darby
Biography
Kenneth Lorin Darby (May 13, 1909 – January 24, 1992) was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized by the awarding of three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award. He provided vocals for the Munchkinland mayor in The Wizard of Oz (1939), who was portrayed in the film by Charlie Becker. Darby is also notable as the author of The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983), a biography of the home of Rex Stout's fictional detective.
Ken Darby's choral group, The Ken Darby Singers, sang backup for Bing Crosby on the original 1942 Decca Records studio ...
Known For
Honolulu
as Groucho 1 (uncredited)
The Kansan
as Member - The King's Men
Margie
as Off-Screen Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
as Singers - 'High Flyin' Number (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
as Member - The King's Men (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
as Member - The King's Men
The Showdown
as Rider
Stagecoach War
as Outlaw
Fun and Fancy Free
as The Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities
as Jack-o'lantern (voice)
The Queen was in the Parlor
as King (voice) (uncredited)
Law of the Pampas
as The King's Men Member
Two-Faced Woman
as Member - The King's Men (uncredited)
Make Mine Music
as The King's Men / Choral Director (Ken Darby Chorus) (singing voice) (uncredited)
Trick or Treat
as Jack-O'lantern (uncredited)
Let's Go Native
as Quartet Singer (as The King's Men) (uncredited)
Renegade Trail
as Rider
Donald's Dilemma
as Donald Duck's Singing (voice) (uncredited)
The Organ Grinder
as Singing Organ Grinder (voice) (uncredited)
Big Man from the North
as Villain Pig (voice) (uncredited)