Ted Royal [Dewar]

Royal [Dewar], Ted (1904–81), orchestrator. He was born in Skedee, Oklahoma, and after attending the University of Kansas continued his musical studies in Houston and New York. His orchestrations were first heard on Broadway in Too Many Girls (1939), and later in such shows as Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), Panama Hattie (1940), Pal Joey (1940), Mexican Hayride (1944), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Brigadoon (1947), Where's Charley? (1948), Guys and Dolls (1950), House of Flowers (1954), and Mr. Wonderful (1956).