American songwriter, composer, script writer and television producer.
Born October 15, 1922 in Raymond, Washington, USA.
Died September 23, 1998 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
He was married to singer/actress Lisa Kirk from 1949 until her death in 1990.
Best known for co-writing The Christmas Song (also known as Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) with Mel Tormé.
He has charted, and continues to chart, 51 times so far in the U.S. and U.K. from 1946 to 2022. Forty of those times have come from The Christmas Song, including hitting #3 (its highest charting) in the U.S. in 1946 by The King Cole Trio. He charted with Mobile by Ray Burns with Eirc Jupp & His Orchestra in 1955 in the U.K., notching in at #4 (co-written by David Holt) .