Best known for writing Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo and The Hanging Tree. He was also a dance orchestra pianist.
He studied music at the University of Arizona and composed his first score for a college musical.
He was a three-time Academy Award nominee and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He fathered a son named Dennis.
He wrote the Casper the Friendly Ghost theme song with Mack David.