Herman Samuel Fuchs (10 December 1900 – November 1967) was an American violinist who provided music for the Frank Buck movie Jungle Cavalcade.
Early years Herman Fuchs was the son of Harry Fuchs, the proprietor of a laundry, and Gussie Fuchs. Harry and Gussie immigrated from Bessarabia, October 1887. Herman was born at 137 Essex Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and later lived in Brooklyn (234 Rodney Street), according to his 1922 passport application. Herman Fuchs studied with the conductor Josiah Zuro, worked with Hugo Riesenfeld, and attended Fordham University to understand copyright law.Interest in music growing rapidly, says Herman Fuchs of Pathé News. Box Office Magazine. October 14, 1944, p 24
Career Fuchs became music editor for Pathé News in 1927. He composed for many films, among them The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) and When Comedy was King (1960). He also composed for television, including five episodes of The Patty Duke Show.The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures Produced in the United States, Feature Films 1941-1950. American Film Institute - 1971 p 745Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward. Film noir: an encyclopedic reference to the American style. Overlook Press 1992
Work with Frank Buck In 1941, Fuchs, together with Nathaniel Shilkret,Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005, pp. 293--294. composed music for the Frank Buck movie Jungle Cavalcade.
Later life Fuchs died aged 66 in New York.
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