{{Short description|Australian-born American conductor and composer (1916–2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Harold Geller | image = | caption = | birth_name = Harold Isaac Geller | birth_date = February 23, 1916 | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = February 27, 2005 | death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = King David Memorial Chapel and Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Conductor, composer | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Ruth Geller | children = Laurence Geller and 1 daughter | parents = | relatives = }} '''Harold Geller''' (1916–2005) was an Australian-born American conductor and composer.
==Early life== Harold Geller was born on February 23, 1916, in Sydney, Australia.<ref name="obituarieslasvegassun">{{cite news|title=Obituaries for March 1, 2005|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/01/obituaries-for-march-1-2005/|accessdate=May 11, 2016|work=The Las Vegas Sun|date=March 1, 2005}}</ref><ref name="lasvegasreviewjournalobit">{{cite news|title=Harold Geller|url=http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=harold-geller&pid=142004169|accessdate=May 11, 2016|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 2005}}</ref>
==Career== Geller was a conductor for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.<ref name="chicagobloodsweatandtearskeep">{{cite news|last1=Bergen|first1=Kathy|title=Blood, sweat and tears keep Geller at the top|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/10/22/blood-sweat-and-tears-keep-geller-at-the-top/|access-date=May 11, 2016|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> He subsequently composed music for films like ''Trio'', ''Jungle Street'', ''Fury at Smugglers' Bay'' and ''The Mistress''. His music was also featured in ''Velvet'', a Spanish television series, in 2014–2015. Harold Geller spent most of his career in Great Britain, giving hundreds of broadcasts for the BBC with his fourteen-piece orchestra in programmes such as 'Music While You Work' and 'Morning Music'. He composed many light orchestral pieces as well as a concerto for mandolin and orchestra featuring Hugo D'Alton (one of Britain's top mandolin players). He recorded an album conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra entitled "Play For You" for Pye Records. During the 1970s, he worked for Chappell Music Publishers in London as a promotion man for their music and song catalogue.
==Personal life== With his wife Ruth, Geller has a son, Laurence Geller, who is a real estate investor, author and philanthropist,<ref name="chicagobloodsweatandtearskeep"/> and a daughter, Roslynn Marre.<ref name="obituarieslasvegassun"/><ref name="lasvegasreviewjournalobit"/> They resided in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref name="obituarieslasvegassun"/><ref name="lasvegasreviewjournalobit"/> Geller became a Freemason.<ref name="obituarieslasvegassun"/><ref name="lasvegasreviewjournalobit"/>
==Death== Geller died on February 27, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref name="obituarieslasvegassun"/><ref name="lasvegasreviewjournalobit"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Find a Grave|10543177}} *{{IMDb name|0312379}}
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