Biography
“I was born in New England, but somehow escaped a Puritanical conscience. Came to Los Angeles at the tender age of four and am still hanging around. Started as a plumber at the age of twelve until I read in a magazine where some one guaranteed piano playing in twenty lessons. After receiving my diploma from the post office I immediately went to work at $16 a week in a Main Street picture palace. I’m still up in the dough. At present I’m trying to write musical scores for cartoons.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily Churchill began his career playing piano in silent cinemas at the age of 15 before becoming an accompanist at KNX in 1924. Churchill then joined Walt Disney Studios in 1930, where he became a staple composer, penning "The Three Little Pigs" as well as "Hi-Ho". Churchill was found dead at his piano with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1942.
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2020s
- 2025
2000s
- 2001
Everybody Loves Mickey
Music
1940s
- 1942
Sky Trooper
Original Music Composer
- 1941
- 1940
1930s
- 1939
The Practical Pig
Music
- 1938
Hollywood Bowl
Original Music Composer
- 1937
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Music
- 1936
More Kittens
Original Music Composer
Donald and Pluto
Original Music Composer
- 1935
Cock o' the Walk
Original Music Composer
Three Orphan Kittens
Original Music Composer
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Original Music Composer
The Robber Kitten
Music
- 1934
Orphan's Benefit
Music
Funny Little Bunnies
Original Music Composer
- 1933
Terra das Canções de Ninar
Original Music Composer
Old King Cole
Original Music Composer
Mickey's Gala Premiere
Music
Birds in the Spring
Original Music Composer
- 1932
The Bears and the Bees
Original Music Composer
The Musical Farmer
Original Music Composer
- 1931
The Ugly Duckling
Music
The Fox Hunt
Original Music Composer
The Spider and the Fly
Original Music Composer
The Clock Store
Original Music Composer
Egyptian Melodies
Music
The Cat's Out
Music
The Busy Beavers
Music
The China Plate
Music
Mother Goose Melodies
Music
- 1930
The Chain Gang
Original Music Composer
1920s
- 1928
Acted in 2
2000s
- 2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Frank Churchill (archive footage) (uncredited)
1930s
- 1937
Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
Movie
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1981
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Live on Stage
Compositor
Appearances2
1990s
- 1994
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1939
How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made
self