Edward J. Kay (sometimes credited as Edward Kay or Eddie Kay; November 27, 1898 - December 22, 1973) was an American film composer and musical director, who worked on over 340 films from the 1930s into the 1960s, and was nominated on multiple occasions for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, although he never won.
In 1942, Churchill and fellow composer Oliver Wallace won an Oscar in the category "Scoring of a Musical Picture" for cowriting the score for Dumbo.
He was nominated at the 32nd Academy Awards for Li'l Abner in Best Musical Score.
Emmy Award | Academy Awards | Grammy Award | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | Tony Award | Star Trek: The Original Series | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | Royal Academy of Music | National Book Award | Daytime Emmy Award | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Juno Award | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Phillips Exeter Academy | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | National Academy of Engineering | Obie Award | Golden Globe Award | Primetime Emmy Award | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Academy of Fine Arts | Drama Desk Award |
Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song.