L.B. Abbott

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Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman. He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article L.B. Abbott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-06-13
  • event Death Date 1985-09-28
  • school Known for: Visual Effects
  • star Popularity: 1
  • info Birth Place Pasadena, California, USA.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970-04-23

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959-03-18

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In Like Flint

1967-03-15

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The Detective

1968-05-28

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Valley of the Dolls

1967-12-27

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The Challenge

1970-02-10

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From Hell to Texas

1958-04-29

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From the Terrace

1960-07-15

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The Wayward Bus

1957-05-27

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Myra Breckinridge

1970-06-24

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The Long, Hot Summer

1958-05-17

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Justine

1969-08-06

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961-07-12

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959-12-15

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Lady in Cement

1968-11-19

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Flood!

1977-06-05

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The Flight of the Phoenix

1965-12-15

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Von Ryan's Express

1965-06-23

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The Fly

1958-07-16

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1932-07-03

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Morituri

1965-08-24

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Patton

1970-01-25

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Planet of the Apes

1968-02-07

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Bandolero!

1968-06-01

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967-06-30

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959-03-18

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Fraulein

1958-06-08

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Logan's Run

1976-06-23

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The Fiend Who Walked the West

1958-08-01

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South Pacific

1958-03-18

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An Affair to Remember

1957-07-11

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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1957-07-29

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970-01-26

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The Young Lions

1958-04-02

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The Reward

1965-09-15

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Dear Brigitte

1965-01-08

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962-06-15

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Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet

2020-01-01

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The Swarm

1978-07-14

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959-03-18

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The Poseidon Adventure

1972-12-01

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965-03-24

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Fantastic Voyage

1966-08-24

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Hard Contract

1969-04-30

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Move Over, Darling

1963-12-19

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Bachelor Flat

1961-12-07

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Daughter of the Mind

1969-12-09

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Tender Is the Night

1962-01-19

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973-10-23

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What a Way to Go!

1964-07-31

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Way... Way Out

1966-10-26

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969-09-23

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There Were Thirteen

1931-12-04

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Shock Treatment

1964-07-22

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Goodbye Charlie

1964-11-18

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M*A*S*H

1970-02-18

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Me and My Gal

1932-12-04

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The Boston Strangler

1968-10-08

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Lost in Space

1965-09-15