Cast & creator
Van Dyke Parks
Best known for Twin Peaks, Studio One, Studio One
Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.
70
film credits
11
television credits
36
1948–2024 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
Twin Peaks
Jack Racine
1990
Studio One
Eddie Stone
1948Studio One
Robbie
1948Studio One
Lawrence Alden
1948
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Musician
1982
Eerie, Indiana
Original Music Composer
1991
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Music
2003
Tall Tales & Legends
Music
1985
Broken Trail
Original Music Composer
2006
Popeye
Hoagy the Piano Player
1980Popeye
Conductor
1980
Bastard Out of Carolina
Original Music Composer
1996
The Brave Little Toaster
Music
1987The Brave Little Toaster
Songs
1987
General Electric Theater
Horace
1953
Club Paradise
Original Music Composer
1986
Follow That Bird
Music
1985
The Beach Boys
Self (archival footage)
2024
The Two Jakes
Francis Hannah
1990The Two Jakes
Original Music Composer
1990
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Original Music Composer
1997
Goin' South
Original Music Composer
1978
The Company
Music
2003
Wild Bill
Original Music Composer
1995
Out on a Limb
Original Music Composer
1992
Casual Sex?
Original Music Composer
1988
Call Me Claus
Original Music Composer
2001
Monday Night Mayhem
Original Music Composer
2002
The People Speak
Self
2009
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
Self
2004
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Original Music Composer
1988
Barney's Great Adventure
Original Music Composer
1998
Dark Matter
Original Music Composer
2008
Border Line
Original Music Composer
1999Bonino
Andrew Bonino
1953
The Swan
George
1956
Vibes
Dr. Weiner
1988
In the Time of the Butterflies
Original Music Composer
2001
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Minister of Merriment
1990Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Original Music Composer
1990
Harlan County War
Original Music Composer
2000
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self
1976
The Tale of the Frog Prince
The Musician
1982
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Self
2010
Charms for the Easy Life
Original Music Composer
2002
Next Door
Original Music Composer
1994
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Original Music Composer
1996
Oliver Twist
Original Music Composer
1997
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Music
2002
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
Original Music Composer
2004
Ceremony
Additional Music
2010
Little Red Riding Hood
Music Director
1983
A Chance of Snow
Original Music Composer
1998
Loose Shoes
Indian #2
1978
Frogs!
Original Music Composer
1991
Jack and the Beanstalk
Music Consultant
1983
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Music
1989
Rented Lips
Original Music Composer
1988
A World Without Beethoven?
Self
2020
Ponce de Leon
Music
1986
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Self
1976
The Beach Boys: An American Band
Self (archive footage)
1985
The Ponder Heart
Original Music Composer
2001
One Christmas
Original Music Composer
1994
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
Self (archive footage)
2010
Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
Self
2022
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
Self
2000
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Self
1995
Shadrach
Original Music Composer
1998
Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Self / Producer Musician
2015Van Dyke Parks: An Obsession with Music
Self
2002
Silverchair: Making of Young Modern
Himself
20071974: On the Road With The Beach Boys
Self
2009The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
Self
2005
Noah
Original Music Composer
1998
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
Himself
1988
No Smoking
Self
2019
Ringo Rama
Himself
2003
Ry Cooder: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
1970
Sayonara America
2021
Darlin' Clementine
Music
1986