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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian…
Known for
- Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang — Conductor (uncredited)1977
- Whose Doctor Who1977
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1922-10-04
- Active to
- 2017-11-04
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Dudley Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years, although he is best known for his work as a composer on British television, especially his long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. Among his early television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963). <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
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- human
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Malvern East
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University of Melbourne
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
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- 1922-10-04
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- 2017-11-04
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