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Lee De Forest (1873-1961)

Birthplace:
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Born:
August 26, 1873

Died:
June 30, 1961

Biography from TheMovieDB

Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. Although de Forest was bitter over the financial exploitation of his inventions by others, he was widely honoured as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television.” He was supported strongly but unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

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1922  Casey at the Bat
1923  A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
1923  Ben Bernie and All the Lads
1923  Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River
1923  From Far Seville
1923  Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs
1923  Weber and Fields Pool Hall
1924  President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds
1926  Dick Henderson

Producer:
1922  Casey at the Bat
1923  A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
1923  Ben Bernie and All the Lads
1923  Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River
1923  From Far Seville
1923  Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs
1923  Weber and Fields Pool Hall
1924  President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds
1926  Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'
1926  Dick Henderson
1926  Sweet Adeline

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