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Earle Harry Hagen (July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008) was an American composer who created music for films and television. His best-known TV themes include The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy, That Girl and The Mod Squad.
Earle Hagen was born on 9 July 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for I Spy (1965), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Tango & Cash (1989). He was married to Laura Roberts (Gunn) and Lou Sidwell. He died on 26 May 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
May 28, 2008 · Earle H. Hagen, a onetime big-band trombonist who wrote some of the most famous theme songs in television history, died Monday in Rancho Mirage, Calif., near Palm Springs. He was 88 and lived...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) mourns the loss our dear friend, colleague, mentor, instructor, SCL Ambassador Earle H. Hagen, Emmy-winning composer of some of the most memorable musical themes in television history, died of natural causes Monday at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 88.
Jul 9, 2019 · Earle Hagen, the Emmy-winning composer who wrote the iconic themes for “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “I Spy” and many others, would have turned 100 years old on July 9.
Earle Hagen was born on July 9, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for I Spy (1965), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Tango & Cash (1989). He was married to Laura Roberts (Gunn) and Lou Sidwell. He died on May 26, 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
Jan 4, 2018 · From the tuneful whistle for The Andy Griffith Show, to the big-band rhythms of The Dick Van Dyke Show, the jazzy suspense of I Spy, and the noirish saxophone of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Earle Hagen wrote some of television’s most enduring musical themes.
