93,820 profiles ranked live

Dudley Simpson

✓ Source-basedfalling

Australian composer (1922-2017)

AustraliaMusiciansLived 1922 to 2017 · aged 95
Compare
Fame43.9
Momentum0.7
Languages7
In century#150,632

Dudley George Simpson was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s.

Connected to Dudley 3

Musicians from Australia 3

About this person

Dudley George Simpson was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian wrote that he was "at his most prolific as the creator of incidental music for Doctor Who in the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to 62 stories over almost 300 episodes - more than any other composer."

Country
Australia
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2017 · aged 95
Written about in
7 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.