Lex de Azevedo

• Born — 14 January 1943 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Birth Name — Alexis King de Azevedo • Occupation — Composer, musician, songwriter • Parents — Alyce King Clarke (mother/deceased), Sydney de Azevedo (biological father/deceased), Robert Clarke (stepfather/deceased) • Spouse — Linda Jan Carter (divorced 1994) Peggy Davis (divorced) Roseângela de Azevedo • Children — 10, including Emilie Brown and Rachel Coleman • Family — Cam Clarke (half-brother)

Lex de Azevedo was born in Los Angeles, the son of Alyce King of the King Sisters by her first marriage. He served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and the Osmonds. He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Against a Crooked Sky (1975), Baker's Hawk (1976), Brigham (1977) and The Swan Princess (1994), for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for the song "Far Longer than Forever". During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records, including Laurindo Almeida's Plays for a Man and a Woman and the Four King Cousins' Introducing the Four King Cousins. He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio-based quartet the Human Beinz, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968. He composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage. He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter-day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior. De Azevedo has ten children. His daughters Rachel and Emilie are the creators and producers of the Signing Time! videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language, and he appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie de Azevedo Hanks is a former Latter-day Saint. She was inspirational pop singer. She is also a psychologist who owns and runs Wasatch Family Therapy.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — Signing Time! — 1 episode