William Fox

male, deceased (1952)
William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs in January 1, 1879-May 8, 1952) founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain....
Theodore Case

Theodore Case

male, deceased (1944)
Theodore Willard Case (1888 Auburn, New York - 1944) known for the invention of the Movietone system of sound film, was born into a prominent...
Freeman Harrison Owens

Freeman Harrison Owens

male, deceased (1979)
Freeman Harrison Owens (July 20, 1890 - December 9, 1979), born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only child of Charles H. Owens and Christabel...
Eric Tigerstedt

Eric Tigerstedt

male, deceased (1925)
Eric Magnus Campbell Tigerstedt was one of the most significant inventors in Finland at the beginning of the 20th century, and has been called the...

Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner

male, deceased (1969)
Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner was a Polish engineer and a pioneer of sound-on-film technology. Tykociner was born into a Jewish family in W...
Eugene Augustin Lauste

Eugene Augustin Lauste

male, deceased (1935)
Eugene Augustin Lauste (born 1857 in Montmartre, France; died June 27, 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey) "The Father of Sound on Film", was an...

Abbie Mitchell

female
Abbie Mitchell (25 September 1884 - 16 March 1960) was an American opera singer who created the role of "Clara" in George Gershwin's "Porgy and...
Walter Murch

Walter Murch

male, 66 years old
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film editor/sound mixer. He went to The Collegiate School, a private...
Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain

male
Bob Clearmountain is a American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen,...
Mary Boland

Mary Boland

female, deceased (1965)
Mary Boland was an American stage and film actress. Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of an actor and was...