Richard Hageman
Biography
Richard Hageman was a conductor, pianist and composer who left the Netherlands for the United States. Born in Leeuwarden, where his father was a conductor and his mother a singer, he studied at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Brussels. Still a boy he played piano in concert, and by 1899 he had taken up the baton for the Nederlandsche Opera. After arriving in America in 1906 he built a career on the podium, working with the Metropolitan Opera, the Chicago Civic Opera and the Ravinia Park Opera, and he coached at the Curtis Institute and the Chicago Musical College. In film he scored seven John Ford pictures, among them 3 Godfathers (1948), and shared an Academy Award for Stagecoach (1939). He also acted in small parts, including the conductor Carlo Santi in The Great Caruso (1951), and wrote the opera Caponsacchi and the song Do Not Go, My Love. He died in 1966.
84years old at death
- Born Leeuwarden
- Died Beverly Hills
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 6 years1948 to 1954
Every film, newest first
- 1954RhapsodyIMDb rating 6.2
- 1951Grounds for MarriageIMDb rating 5.8
- 1951The Great CarusoIMDb rating 6.5
- 19483 GodfathersIMDb rating 7.0
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Behind the award
Hageman was recognized in film for acting and composing scores, especially on John Ford's movies. He won a shared Academy Award for Ford's 1939 western Stagecoach and earned a nomination for This Woman Is Mine.
Early training
Hageman was a child prodigy who performed as a concert pianist at six years old. He later trained at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Brussels.
First role
Hageman conducted the Nederlandsche Opera for the first time in 1899 and briefly served as its artistic director in 1903.
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Worked with
Richard Hageman made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Richard ThorpeDirector, 1 film, 1951
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Charles VidorDirector, 1 film, 1954
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Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1940 | Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment | Stagecoach | Won |
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