Ned Washington, born Edward Michael Washington on August 15, 1901 in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, was an American lyricist. After beginning as a master of
ceremonies and writing for Earl Carroll's Vanities in the late 1920s, he joined
ASCAP in 1930 and was signed by MGM in 1934, where he contributed to film scores
for Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, and Republic. Washington earned 11 Academy
Award nominations from 1940 to 1962 and won Best Original Song twice: for "When
You Wish Upon a Star" in Pinocchio (1940) and "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh
My Darlin')" in High Noon (1952). H...