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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Roy Douglas |
| Born | 12 December 1907 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
| Died | 23 March 2015 (aged 107) Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, arranger |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Formerly of | Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, Richard Addinsell |
Richard Roy Douglas (12 December 1907 – 23 March 2015) was an English composer, pianist and arranger. He worked as musical assistant to Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, and Richard Addinsell, made well-known orchestrations of works such as Les Sylphides (based on piano pieces by Chopin) and Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto, and wrote a quantity of original music.