Background
His father was Philip Green, a boot clicker, and his mother was Elizabeth Vogel.
His father was Philip Green, a boot clicker, and his mother was Elizabeth Vogel.
Green"s first credited work was on 1943"s The Sky"s the Limit. He was a house arranger and conductor for Decca and accompanied many of their vocalists such as Gracie Fields, Donald Peers and Anne Shelton. He was later appointed resident musical director of the Rank Organisation.
He continued to compose and conduct for film and television until his retirement in 1966.
He died in 1982 of cerebral metastasis. After his death, his stock music could again be heard in The Ren and Stimpy Show, The World"s Greatest Magic and SpongeBob SquarePants.
