Bernard Green (composer)

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{{short description|American composer}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Bernard Green

|birth_name = Bernard Greenwald

|birth_date = {{birth date|1908|09|14}}

|birth_place = New York City, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1975|08|08|1908|09|14}}

|death_place = Westport, Connecticut, U.S.

|occupation = Composer

}}

Bernard Green (September 14, 1908 – August 8, 1975, born Bernard Greenwald) was an American composer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UB0IAQAAMAAJ|title=John Willis' Screen World: Volume 27|page=233|date=1976|publisher=Crown Publishers|via=Google Books}} Green composed for radio and television programs, including Your Show of Shows, Mister Peepers and Celanese Theatre. He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category Outstanding Music for his work on the television programs Hallmark Hall of Fame and CBS Playhouse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/bernard-green|title=Bernard Green|work=Television Academy|access-date=April 27, 2021}}

Green died in August 1975 at his home in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/10/archives/bernard-green-composer-dead-conductor-and-arranger-for-40-years-was.html|title=Bernard Green, Composer, Dead|work=The New York Times|date=August 10, 1975|access-date=April 27, 2021}}