Alex North

Composer. Born 4 December 1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 8 September 1991.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Emmy1 won

Born

4 December 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

8 September 1991

Active

1951–1987

Frequently works with

Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, Richard Burton, Tennessee Williams

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

77Fi1m

73Critics

We rate Alex’s work 4 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 793

Under 600

Of 7 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 7 films
Screen time: 16 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $254m across 6 films with figures
Primetime Emmy Awards: 1 Emmy1 won
Active: 1951–1987

Genres

Drama6
Romance3
Comedy2
Crime1
History1
Thriller1

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestA Streetcar Named Desire1951

63WorstCleopatra1963

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

31930s

11940s

351950s

151960s

131970s

101980s

11990s

Directors most worked with

John Huston2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Elizabeth Taylor2 titles

Richard Burton2 titles