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 '''Max Harris''' (15 September 1918 &ndash; 13 March 2004)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed 22 May 2012</ref> was a British film and television [[composer]] and [[arranger]]. He played the [[piano]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref>

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{{Short description|English composer and arranger}}
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'''Max Harris''' (15 September 1918 – 13 March 2004)<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed 22 May 2012</ref> was a British film and television [[composer]] and [[arranger]]. He played the [[piano]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref>

== Biography and career ==
Born in [[Bournemouth]], [[Hampshire]], England,<ref name="Dead"/> into a Jewish family; his father was a tailor from [[Poland]], and his mother had emigrated from [[Latvia]].<ref name="JP">[http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Max_Harris_bio.htm "In Memory of Max Harris"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906012701/http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Max_Harris_bio.htm |date=2004-09-06 }}, Jazz Professional</ref> Harris was raised in London. He originally embarked on a career in dance bands and as a jazz musician,<ref name="Leigh">Spencer Leigh [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/max-harris-755496.html Obituary: Max Harris], ''The Independent'', 25 March 2004</ref> working as a pianist for the bands of Stan Atkins and Teddy Foster in the late 1930s, although in his late teens he was a trumpeter with Lew Foster.<ref name="Times2004">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/max-harris-w9fqq9srq5q|title=Max Harris|work=The Times|date=14 April 2004|access-date=7 February 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

During his war service, Harris became a captain in the [[Royal Army Service Corps]].<ref name="Chilton"/> Post-war, Harris worked aboard the ''[[RMS Mauretania (1938)|Mauretania]]'' on six cruises, and in groups led by clarinettist [[Carl Barriteau]] and drummer [[Jack Parnell]].<ref name="Chilton"/> He was in the pit band for Parnell's ''Fancy Free'' review in 1951, and remained with Parnell after the show's short run working as an arranger and composer. He left in 1954 to join Cyril Stapleton BBC Show Band.<ref name="Times2004" /> An arranger for visiting American singers such as [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], he wrote jingles for commercials in the later 1950s.

Harris' theme music for the [[Anthony Newley]] series ''[[The Strange World of Gurney Slade]]'' (1960)<ref name="Leigh"/> reached number 11 in the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=244}}</ref> and still resurfaces in fresh contexts. Harris also provided the theme music for the [[London Weekend Television]] (LWT) TV series ''The Gold Robbers'' (1969), the [[BBC One|BBC 1]] science-fiction series ''[[Doomwatch]]'' (1970–72), the LWT drama anthology series ''Big Brother'' (1970), the LWT police drama series ''[[New Scotland Yard (TV series)|New Scotland Yard]]'' (1972), the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] comedy series ''[[Odd Man Out (UK TV series)|Odd Man Out]]'' (1977) and the [[BBC]] serial ''[[A Horseman Riding By]]'' (1978).

Harris contributed the themes for several series featuring [[Ronnie Barker]], such as ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]''<ref name="Dead"/> and ''[[Open All Hours]]'', and worked on the [[Dennis Potter]] serial ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986), which included arranging and performing its accordion-based main theme. The Max Harris Group provided the music for the fourth series of ''[[Round the Horne]]'' (1968), and he wrote the theme tune in [[klezmer]] style for [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]'s ''[[The Attractive Young Rabbi]]'' (1999–2002).

His film work included the scores to ''[[Baby Love (1968 film)|Baby Love]]'' (1969), the film version of ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]'' (1971), ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing]]'' (1975),<ref name="Times2004" /> and ''[[Carry On England]]'' (1976). He was also music director on several jazz albums issued during the 1970s which partnered violinists [[Stéphane Grappelli]] and [[Yehudi Menuhin]].<ref name="JP"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0365096|Max Harris}}

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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:British film score composers]]
[[Category:British male film score composers]]
[[Category:British music arrangers]]
[[Category:British television composers]]
[[Category:People from Bournemouth]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers]]
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