Songwriter ("Kitten On the Keys", "Stumbling", "Dizzy Fingers"), pianist, composer and author, educated at Chicago Musical College. He served in the US Navy during World War I, and went on to make many piano rolls. He led his own orchestra in vaudeville, night clubs, theatres and on radio. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his other popular-song and ...
November 22, 1971, Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
Place Of Birth
Peru, Illinois, USA
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
Education
Chicago Musical College
Nationality
American
Albums
Piano Rolls and Scores, Piano Music (feat. piano
Movies
Home Run On The Keys
Star Sign
Aries
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Behind the Candelabra
2013
TV Movie writer: "Kitten on the Keys" - as Edward Zez Confrey
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
TV Movie writer: "Kitten of the Keys"
Hugo
2011
performer: "By the Waters of the Minnetonka"
The Broken Tower
2011
writer: "Stumbling" - as Edward Confrey
Boardwalk Empire
TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
The Cat's Meow
2001
writer: "Stumbling" 1922
American Masters
1997
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music
1980
TV Special writer: "Dizzy Fingers"
The Great Gatsby
1974
writer: "Kitten on the Keys"
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967
writer: "Stumbling" - uncredited
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
music: "Dizzy Fingers" - uncredited
Mother Wore Tights
1947
writer: "Stumbling" - uncredited
Champagne Music
1946
Short writer: "Stumbling"
Florian
1940
writer: "Stumbling" - uncredited
Home Run on the Keys
1937
Short music: "Kitten on the Keys" - uncredited / performer: "Kitten on the Keys", "Home Run on the Keys" - uncredited / writer: "Home Run on the Keys" - uncredited
Balloon Land
1935
Short writer: "Buffoon" - uncredited
Vaudeville
1935
Short music: "Dizzy Fingers" - uncredited
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
1934
Short music: "Sittin' on a Log Pettin' My Dog" - uncredited