Kenyon Hopkins

Kenyon Hopkins brought his musical talents to a variety of films over the course of his Hollywood career. Hopkins began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Baby Doll" (1956), "12 Angry Men" (1957) with Martin Balsam and the Ben Gazzara dramatic adaptation "The Strange One" (1957). His music also appeared in the Marlon Brando dramatic adaptation "The Fugitive Kind" (1960), the Montgomery Clift dramatic adaptation "Wild River" (1960) and "Wild in the Country" (1961) with Elvis Presley. In the sixties, Hopkins's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Warren Beatty dramatic adaptation "Lilith" (1964), the dramatic adaptation "This Property Is Condemned" (1966) with Natalie Wood and the dramatic adaptation "Mister Buddwing" (1966) with James Garner. His work was also in the comedy adaptation "Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding" (1967) with Sandra Dee. Hopkins had a number of different projects under his belt in the sixties and the seventies, including "Downhill Racer" with Robert Redford (1969), "Love, American Style" (ABC, 1969-1974) and "The Brady Bunch" (ABC, 1969-1974). His credits also expanded to "The First Time" (1969) starring Jacqueline Bisset and "Barefoot in The Park" (ABC, 1970-71). Most recently, Hopkins worked on "Egan" (ABC, 1973-74). Hopkins passed away in April 1983 at the age of 71.