Paul Francis Webster

A Hollywood lyricist nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song 16 times and winner three, for "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane, "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," and "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper. Writing across five decades opposite composers including Sammy Fain and Duke Ellington, he became one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the UK singles chart and, decades later, wrote the theme song for the original 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.