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- Birth nameMilton Holland
- Milt Holland was born on February 7, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Southern Comfort (1981), Performance (1970) and The Long Riders (1980). He was married to Mildred Holland. He died on November 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMildred Holland(July 31, 1951 - November 4, 2005) (his death)
- He recorded the twitch of Samantha's nose on "Bewitched" and the twinkle of Tinker Bell in Disney's "Peter Pan."
- He was responsible for bringing such exotic instruments as the Tabla to western recordings for the very 1st time after his early studies at UCLA and in India (from 1963 through 1978 with tabla master Chatur Lal, Ramnad Easwaran and others). Milt also traveled extensively for many years in Africa which he called "the Mother of all music" to study drumming and rhythmic systems.
- MIlton's first love was jazz and he played with the very best: Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Benny Carter to name a few. It is also notable that he was given dozens of gold and platinum albums for his contribution to award winning recordings throughout his career.
- Milton was born and raised in Chicago where he began his professional music career in 1929 playing primarily Jazz drums as well as all percussion. Milt was also a staff musician at CBS from 1941 to 1946.
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