John Williams
- Birthplace: Flushing, New York
- Birthday: February 8, 1932
Perhaps the best-known and certainly the best-selling composer working in contemporary American film, John Williams entered the industry in the 1950s, beginning in TV with music for programs including "The Today Show", "Bachelor Father" and "Checkmate". He would keep busy in TV in the 60s on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Gilligan's Island" and "Lost in Space" (providing the theme music for the latter two) but became increasingly involved in scoring films. Early work in featur…more