Eric Spear, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEric Spear
British composer
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1908
Place of Birth: Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 03-Nov-1966
Profession: composer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Eric Spear
- Eric Spear (18 April 1908 – 3 November 1966) was an English composer of film music most noted for writing the theme tune to the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
- He was born in Croydon and died in Southampton.
- Spear participated in the 1953 film Streets of Shadow, which featured the German World War I spy Elsbeth Schragmüller.
- His theme for the 1954 movie Meet Mr.
- Callaghan was rendered as a best-selling record by Les Paul.
- He wrote music and lyrics for the 1959 musical Kookaburra which played at the Princes Theatre.
- For a short time in the 1960s, Spear lived in Guernsey.
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