of the films themselves and conducted by Kenneth Alwyn or Rumon Gamba. Later career He collaborated from 1942 with Joyce Grenfell for her West End revues (including Tuppence Coloured and Penny Plain) and her one-woman shows. He also wrote for West End musical revues directed by Laurier Lister, including Airs on a Shoestring Addinsell's music is in the "English light music" style. He regularly composed at the piano, providing other creative musicians such as Roy Douglas, Leonard Isaacs or Douglas Gamley with broad indications for their full orchestrations. Orchestral works composed (or adapted) for the concert hall include The Invitation Waltz (1950), the Smokey Mountains Concerto (1950) and The Isle of Apples (1965). Personal life Addinsell retired from public life in the 1960s, gradually becoming estranged from his close friends. He was, for many years, the companion of the fashion designer Victor Stiebel, who died in 1976. Addinsell died in Brighton in 1977 aged 73. His cremation took place at Golders Green Crematorium on 18 November 1977. His ashes are buried there in a communal section of the crocus lawn. Film credits His Lordship (1932) The Amateur Gentleman (1936) Fire Over England (1937) Dark Journey (1937) Farewell Again (1937) South Riding (1938) Vessel of Wrath (1938) Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) The Lion Has Wings (1940) Men of the Lightship (1940; documentary) Britain at Bay (1940; documentary) Contraband (1940) Gaslight (1940) W.R.N.S. (1941) Old Bill and Son (1941) Dangerous Moonlight (1941; containing the Warsaw Concerto) This England (1941) Love on the Dole (1941) This Is Colour (1942; documentary) The Big Blockade (1942) The Day Will Dawn (1942) The Siege of Tobruk (1942; documentary) Troop Ship (1942; documentary—music for song Hold your hats on) The New Lot (1943) We Sail at Midnight (1943; documentary) A Diary for Timothy (1945; documentary) Blithe Spirit (1945) Soldier Sailor (1945; documentary—music for song I'm going to see you today) The Passionate Friends (1949) Under Capricorn (1949) The Black Rose (1950) Highly Dangerous (1950) Scrooge (1951) Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) Encore (1951) The Secret Cave (1953) Sea Devils (1953) Beau Brummell (1954) Out of the Clouds (1955) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) The Admirable Crichton (1957; uncredited) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) The Greengage Summer (1961) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) The War Lover (1962) Life at the Top (1965) Note: The source for the television and film