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Ray Colcord

American composer (1949-2016)
Person human Q3420496

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
December 24, 1949
Date of death
February 5, 2016
Place of birth
Manhattan
Place of death
Studio City
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
composer, film score composer, keyboardist, pianist, musician
Official website
www.raycolcord.com[15]
Cause of death
cancer[12]
Nominated for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music[18]
Family name
Colcord[13]
Given name
Ray[14]
Instrument
piano[17]
Manner of death
natural causes[16]
P14750
0BCD-6D3A-4455-B924-FD7D[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ray Colcord en Ray Colcord III de Ray Colcord III fi Ray Colcord III fr Ray Colcord III he ריי קולורד ru Рэй Колкорд sv Ray Colcord III zh 瑞伊·科爾科德 zh 雷·科爾科德
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000003217580
VIAF cluster ID
32203876
Library of Congress authority ID
no2005049289
GND ID
134349113
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000869314
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14088439f
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134349113
Discogs artist ID
264657
Emmys person ID
ray-colcord
Europeana entity
agent/base/8823
Film.ru person ID
rey-kolkord-0
Freebase ID
/m/02pl93f
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IMDb ID
nm0170392
Kinobox person ID
173622
Last.fm ID
Ray+Colcord
Latter-day Saint Literature database artist ID (archived)
ray-colcord
LdiF person ID
137051
MusicBrainz artist ID
aaa33b8e-9f72-437c-b5a4-96a718d6d971
Plex person key
5dcd39cd8958c50020af2879
Prabook ID
1936700, 3381787
Rate Your Music artist ID
ray_colcord
TMDB person ID
1176975
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgmQHqYF99FfK3JfqBMfq
Yale LUX ID
person/5d4eb042-614e-4eea-a1c8-811c804352dc
ČSFD person ID
238371

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🔗 Connections
Compositions 9
Girl Meets World, Boy Meets World, Wish Upon a Star, Amityville Dollhouse, Silver Spoons, The Devonsville Terror, Heartwood, Promised Land +1 more
Occupation 4
composer, pianist, keyboardist, film score composer
Cause of death 1
cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Manhattan
Place of death 1
Studio City
Sex or gender 1
male
← Performer 1
Amityville Dollhouse
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Summary

Ray Colcord was born on December 24, 1949[1], in Manhattan[2]. He died on February 5, 2016[3], in Studio City[4]. He worked as a composer[5], film score composer[6], keyboardist[7], pianist[8], and musician[9].

FAQs

Where was Ray Colcord born?

Ray Colcord was born in Manhattan[2].

Where did Ray Colcord die?

Ray Colcord passed away in Studio City[4].

What did Ray Colcord do for work?

Ray Colcord worked as a composer[5], film score composer[6], keyboardist[7], pianist[8], and musician[9].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . legacy.com. legacy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . variety.com. Retrieved . variety.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 0BCD-6D3A-4455-B924-FD7D
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46460|batch #46460]]: HAND ID (6)"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, film score composer, keyboardist +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
  3. 27w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Studio City
    Cause of death → cancer
    Prabook ID → 1936700, 3381787
    Family name → Colcord
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Prabook ID: 3381787, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257026|batch #257026]]"
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