David Holt(1927-2003)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Actor, songwriter ("What Every Girl Should Know"), author and
publisher, David Holt was educated at Long's Professional School and
the Westlake College of Music in Hollywood. He was a child actor on the
stage and in early films, and composed special material. Later he
became the general manager and co-owner of a music-publishing company.
Joining ASCAP in 1952, his chief musical collaborators included
Johnny Mercer, Robert Wells, Sammy Cahn, Paul Francis Webster and Dok Stanford. His other
popular-song compositions include "Anyone Can Fall in
Love".