Lee De Forest
Directing
Born 1873-08-26
Died 1961-06-30
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
19 credits
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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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Filmography
Directing
14 credits
Stringed Harmony
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor
Harlequin Serenade
Dick Henderson
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs
Casey at the Bat
Weber and Fields Pool Hall
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve Souris
From Far Seville
Ben Bernie and All the Lads
What the Phonofilm Means
A Study in Contrasts
Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River
President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds
Producing
6 credits
The Lard Song
Dick Henderson
Casey at the Bat
Sweet Adeline
My Old Kentucky Home
Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'
Acting
1 credit
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