Nestor Amaral

Nestor Amaral was born on Sep 16, 1913 in Brazil. Nestor Amaral's big-screen debut came with Week-End in Havana directed by Walter Lang in 1941. Nestor Amaral is known for Rio Bravo directed by Howard Hawks, John Wayne stars as Sheriff John T. Chance and Dean Martin as Dude ('Borrachón'). The upcoming new movie Nestor Amaral plays is Holiday for Lovers which will be released on Sep 07, 1959.

Composer, conductor, singer and actor, he was educated in Brazilian public schools and arrived in the US with Carmen Miranda and her group in 1940. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Laurindo Almeida, Ray Gilbert, and Johnny Mercer. His popular-music compositions include: "Old Man and the Sea", "Sambiana", and "Sighs".