An Oscar and Emmy winning British writer/composer/lyricist
He founded the Musical Comedy Club where he wrote his first two productions Out of the Blue and The Lady at the Wheel. He has written more than forty musicals and films in his career.

His musicals include:

Jekyll & Hyde
Victor/Victoria,
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Sherlock Holmes
Scrooge
Stop the World-I Want to Get Off

Filmwork includes:

Doctor Doolittle
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Peter Pan
Hook
and the Pink Panther movies.

Better known songs

This is the Moment
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Talk to the Animals
The Candy Man
Goldfinger
Can You Read My Mind?
Le Jazz Hot