11 Facts About Sammy Timberg

Samuel Timberg was an American musician and composer for the stage, film studios, and television.

Sammy Timberg studied piano under Rubin Goldmark with hopes of becoming a classical performer; the death of his father in 1919 forced him to leave his studies and find work.

Just 16, Sammy Timberg joined Herman's act as a straight man, and began conducting the orchestra.

Sammy Timberg found work with other performers and in 1929 supplied songs for Broadway revues Broadway Nights, Dutchess of Chicago, and The Street Singer, all choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

Sammy Timberg worked for the Shuberts, and organized and led his own touring orchestra.

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Sammy Timberg was perhaps most famous for the music he wrote for cartoons while music director of the Fleischer Studios, such as Popeye, Betty Boop, and Superman.

Sammy Timberg contributed songs to two Fleischer feature-length animated films, Gulliver's Travels and Mr Bug Goes to Town.

Sammy Timberg remained with the organization to compose shorts when the Fleischers were succeeded by Famous Studios, serving as the studio's musical director until Winston Sharples officially succeeded him in 1943.

Sammy Timberg composed and conducted the score for MGM recording of the Lionel Barrymore A Christmas Carol.

Sammy Timberg unsuccessfully managed the early career of Jackie Gleason, and wrote music for Gleason, Frank Sinatra, Eydie Gorme, and others until he retired in the 1960s.

Sammy Timberg was the father of writer and journalist Robert Timberg, Patricia Timberg and Rosemarie Eisenberg Shaw.