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Lee De Forest

Lee De Forest

Actor, Producer, Director

Born August 26, 1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Died June 30, 1961

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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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Actor

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Type

Year

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Poster

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Documentary2007Self

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Poster

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Documentary1991Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self - Honoree inventor and scientist

The Ken Murray Show Poster

The Ken Murray Show TV Series1950Self - receives the Sylvania Pioneer Award

Lee DeForest Short Film1922Self

Producer

113

Type

Year

Ain't She Sweet Short Film1928

Almost a Gentleman Short Film1928

Ashton and Rawson Short Film1928

Carrie from Lancasheer Short Film1928

Mirth and Magic Short Film1928

Mr. George Mozart the Famous Comedian Short Film1928

Safety First Short Film1928

The 'Flu That Flew Short Film1928

The Barrister Short Film1928

The Fire Brigade Short Film1928

The Orderly Room Short Film1928

The Raw Recruit Short Film1928

Arthur Roberts Short Film1927

Charles A. Lindbergh Poster

Charles A. Lindbergh Short Film1927

Dandy George and Rosie Short Film1927

Elga Collins the Versatile Entertainer Short Film1927

Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just Before Their Departure on Their Return Flight to America Short Film1927

Frivolous Fragments Short Film1927

George Bernard Shaw Poster

George Bernard Shaw Short Film1927

George Jackley, the Indignant Comedian in a Doggy Ditty Short Film1927

Harry and Max Nesbitt Short Film1927

Harry Shalson the Popular Entertainer Short Film1927

I Don't Care What You Used to Be Short Film1927

John Citizen's Lament Short Film1927

Mark Griver and His Scottish Revellers Short Film1927

Nan Wild Short Film1927

Norah Blaney Short Film1927

Olly Oakley Short Film1927

Sensations of 1927 Short Film1927

Syncopation and Song Short Film1927

Teddy Brown Short Film1927

The Actors' Squad Short Film1927

The Antidote Short Film1927

The Lard Song Short Film1927

To See If My Dreams Come True Short Film1927

Westminster Glee Singers Short Film1927

Al Herman Short Film1926

Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic Short Film1926

Alvin and Kelvin Keech Short Film1926

Betty Chester the Well Known Co-Optimist Star Short Film1926

Billy Merson Singing Desdemona Poster

Billy Merson Singing Desdemona Short Film1926

Bleak House Short Film1926

Brooke Johns and Goodee Montgomery Short Film1926

Cuban Sound Documentary Short Film1926

Dick Henderson Poster

Dick Henderson Short Film1926

Ethel Hook Short Film1926

Fred Barnes Short Film1926

Gwen Farrar Short Film1926

I Can't Take You Out of My Dreams Short Film1926

I Want a Pie with a Plum In Short Film1926

Jack Pearl and Ben Bard Short Film1926

Joe Termini the Somnolent Melodist Short Film1926

Julius Caesar Short Film1926

Knee Deep in Daisies Short Film1926

Marie Lloyd Jr. Short Film1926

My Old Kentucky Home Poster

My Old Kentucky Home Short Film1926

Nervo and Knox Short Film1926

Santa Claus Short Film1926

Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm Short Film1926

Sweet Adeline Poster

Sweet Adeline Short Film1926

The Flat Charleston Short Film1926

The Houston Sisters Short Film1926

The Man in the Street Short Film1926

The Radio Franks Short Film1926

The Sheik of Araby Short Film1926

The Whistler Poster

The Whistler Short Film1926

Thorpe Bates Short Film1926

When That Yiddisher Band Played an Irish Tune Short Film1926

Chauncey Depew Short Film1925

Gloria Swanson Dialogue Short Film1925

Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators Short Film1925

Paul Specht Musical Number Short Film1925

Roger Wolfe Kahn Musical Number Short Film1925

Swanee River Short Film1925

Abraham Lincoln Short Film1924

Five Minutes with Al Smith Short Film1924

Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech Short Film1924

George Jessel Short Film1924

John W. Davis Campaign Speech Short Film1924

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Poster

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Short Film1924

Raymond Hitchcock Sketch Short Film1924

Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech Short Film1924

Sonia Serova Dancers Short Film1924

The Jubilee Four Short Film1924

A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch Short Film1923

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' Poster

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' Short Film1923

A Musical Monologue Short Film1923

Adolph Zukor Introduces Phonofilm Short Film1923

Ben Bernie and All the Lads Poster

Ben Bernie and All the Lads Short Film1923

Charles R. Taggart, 'the Old Country Fiddler' at the Singing School Short Film1923

Cohen on the Telephone Poster

Cohen on the Telephone Short Film1923

Conchita Piquer Poster

Conchita Piquer Short Film1923

Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River Poster

Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River Short Film1923

Eva Puck and Sammy White Short Film1923

Fannie Ward Poster

Fannie Ward Short Film1923

Henry Cass Demonstration Film Short Film1923

Lillian Powell Bubble Dance Short Film1923

Lincoln, the Man of the People Short Film1923

Love's Old Sweet Song Feature Film1923

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Poster

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Short Film1923

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Short Film1923

Phonofilm Feature Film1923

Rigoletto, Act Two Short Film1923

Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn Short Film1923

Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor Short Film1923

Stringed Harmony Short Film1923

Weber and Fields Poster

Weber and Fields Short Film1923

Casey at the Bat Poster

Casey at the Bat Short Film1922

Lee DeForest Short Film1922

Marie Rappold Poster

Marie Rappold Short Film1922

Songs of Yesterday Poster

Songs of Yesterday Short Film1922

Barking Dog Short Film1921

Flying Jenny Airplane Short Film1921

Director

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Type

Year

Charles A. Lindbergh Poster

Charles A. Lindbergh Short Film1927

George Bernard Shaw Poster

George Bernard Shaw Short Film1927

Syncopation and Song Short Film1927

To See If My Dreams Come True Short Film1927

Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic Short Film1926

Alvin and Kelvin Keech Short Film1926

Bleak House Short Film1926

Cuban Sound Documentary Short Film1926

Dick Henderson Poster

Dick Henderson Short Film1926

Ethel Hook Short Film1926

Jack Pearl and Ben Bard Short Film1926

Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm Short Film1926

Chauncey Depew Short Film1925

Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators Short Film1925

Paul Specht Musical Number Short Film1925

Five Minutes with Al Smith Short Film1924

Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech Short Film1924

George Jessel Short Film1924

John W. Davis Campaign Speech Short Film1924

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Poster

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Short Film1924

Raymond Hitchcock Sketch Short Film1924

Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech Short Film1924

Sonia Serova Dancers Short Film1924

The Jubilee Four Short Film1924

A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch Short Film1923

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' Poster

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' Short Film1923

A Musical Monologue Short Film1923

Ben Bernie and All the Lads Poster

Ben Bernie and All the Lads Short Film1923

Charles R. Taggart, 'the Old Country Fiddler' at the Singing School Short Film1923

Cohen on the Telephone Poster

Cohen on the Telephone Short Film1923

Conchita Piquer Poster

Conchita Piquer Short Film1923

Eva Puck and Sammy White Short Film1923

Fannie Ward Poster

Fannie Ward Short Film1923

Henry Cass Demonstration Film Short Film1923

Lillian Powell Bubble Dance Short Film1923

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Poster

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Short Film1923

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Short Film1923

Phonofilm Feature Film1923

Rigoletto, Act Two Short Film1923

Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn Short Film1923

Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor Short Film1923

Stringed Harmony Short Film1923

Weber and Fields Poster

Weber and Fields Short Film1923

Casey at the Bat Poster

Casey at the Bat Short Film1922

Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan Short Film1922

Lee DeForest Short Film1922

Marie Rappold Poster

Marie Rappold Short Film1922

Songs of Yesterday Poster

Songs of Yesterday Short Film1922

Barking Dog Short Film1921

Flying Jenny Airplane Short Film1921

Cinematographer

32

Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just Before Their Departure on Their Return Flight to America Short Film1927

George Bernard Shaw Poster

George Bernard Shaw Short Film1927

Syncopation and Song Short Film1927

Teddy Brown Short Film1927

The Actors' Squad Short Film1927

To See If My Dreams Come True Short Film1927

Alvin and Kelvin Keech Short Film1926

Ethel Hook Short Film1926

Jack Pearl and Ben Bard Short Film1926

The Flat Charleston Short Film1926

The Radio Franks Short Film1926

Thorpe Bates Short Film1926

A Night in Dixie Short Film1925

Gloria Swanson Dialogue Short Film1925

Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators Short Film1925

Five Minutes with Al Smith Short Film1924

Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech Short Film1924

John W. Davis Campaign Speech Short Film1924

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Poster

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds Short Film1924

Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech Short Film1924

The Jubilee Four Short Film1924

A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch Short Film1923

A Musical Monologue Short Film1923

Conchita Piquer Poster

Conchita Piquer Short Film1923

Eva Puck and Sammy White Short Film1923

Fannie Ward Poster

Fannie Ward Short Film1923

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Poster

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs Short Film1923

Stringed Harmony Short Film1923

Weber and Fields Poster

Weber and Fields Short Film1923

Lee DeForest Short Film1922

Marie Rappold Poster

Marie Rappold Short Film1922

Songs of Yesterday Poster

Songs of Yesterday Short Film1922

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