Wilbur Sampson

Wilbur Sampson
Born
Wilbur Patey Sampson

(1914-09-16)16 September 1914
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died28 April 1958(1958-04-28) (aged 43)
Sussex Inlet, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, conductor
SpousePhyllis Paren

Wilbur Patey Sampson (16 September 1914  28 April 1958) was an Australian composer, conductor and musician active from the mid-1930s. Sampson wrote music for a number of movies produced in the 1940s and 1950s starring Chips Rafferty or Charles Tingwell, including Always Another Dawn, Into the Straight, King of the Coral Sea and Smiley Gets a Gun.