Alberto Colombo

Date of birth : 11/26/1888

Date of death : 03/24/1954

City of birth : New York City, New York, USA

Born and raised in New York City, Alberto Colombo served as a cellist with the Manhattan Opera House Orchestra, and later became the manager. He toured with Paul Whiteman, as an arranger, before joining RKO as a music director in 1934. He joined Republic Pictures in 1937 as an arranger, conductor and composer. He worked at MGM as a music director from 1950 until his death.