What is Oliver Wallace?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Oliver Wallace | image =Oliver G Wallace, organist (SAYRE 10366).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = 1923 | birth_name = Oliver George Wallace | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|08|06|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|09|15|1887|08|06|df=y}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] | genre = [[Film score]], [[musical theatre]], [[classical music|classical]] | background = non_performing_personnel | occupation = Composer | years_active = 1911–1963 }} '''Oliver George Wallace''' (August 6, 1887 &ndash; September 15, 1963) was an English-born [[Americans|American]] [[composer]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]].<ref>''Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime'', Volume 3, ed. Benjamin F. Shearer (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), p. 836</ref> He scored 139 [[animation|animated]] [[short movie]]s for [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]].<ref name=Hischak691.3>Thomas S. Hischak, ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers'' (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), pp. 691–693</ref> He also wrote [[movie score|scores]] for several Disney [[Documentary|documentaries]], and [[feature movie]]s.<ref name=Hischak691.3/> Wallace worked for Disney studios for 27 years.<ref name=apSJ>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19630916&id=ivceAAAAIBAJ&sjid=84sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3430,1690226&hl=en|title=Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76|author=Associated Press|date=September 17, 1963|publisher=Sarasota Journal|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> He died in a [[Burbank, California]] [[hospital]] on September, 15, 1963.<ref name=apSJ/> In 1941 Wallace won an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for scoring the music for the animated movie ''[[Dumbo]]''.<ref>