Jerry Bresler (April 13, 1908 - August 23, 1977) was an American songwriter, with one of his most famous compositions being "Five Guys Named Moe". He won an Oscar and subsequently had two other nominations for his two-reel short films.
He was educated at the Chicago Musical College, DePaul University and New York University (NYU). At the age of 14, he conducted his first orchestra, and was soon conducting for radio and television programmes.
In 1950 he started producing shows for various night club acts like Robert Goulet, Sophie Tucker and Arlene Dahl, and this led him back to Hollywood where he produced such films as Richard Fleischer's "The Vikings" in 1958, Sam Peckinpah's "Major Dundee" (1965) and the James Bond fiasco "Casino Royale" in 1967.
In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.
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