Help
Skip to main content

Saul Chaplin

Born: 19th February 1912, Brooklyn, NY. United States

Died: 15th November 1997, Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality: American

Saul Chaplin was an American composer and musical director.

He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961).