Douglas Shearer

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-11-17 (72 years old)

Deathday

1971-01-06

Place of Birth

Westmount, Québec, Canada

Douglas Shearer

Biography

Douglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. He won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Douglas began his journey into cinema by studying experimental electricity at Northern Electric Company before joining MGM in 1925. Initially exploring lighting and cameras, he pivoted to sound when the era of sound pictures emerged in 1928. He pioneered synchronizing musical soundtracks with film scenes, notably in the groundbreaking "...

Acting

1945

The Great Morgan

as Douglas Shearer (uncredited)

Production

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Sound Director

1953

The Story of Three Loves

as Recording Supervision

1942

Mokey

as Sound Director

1953

Lili

as Sound

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Recording Supervision

1946

Up Goes Maisie

as Sound Director

1931

The Champ

as Recording Supervision

1934

Hide-Out

as Sound Director

1941

Lady Be Good

as Sound Director

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Recording Supervision

1947

Good News

as Recording Supervision

1940

Congo Maisie

as Sound Director

1944

Mrs. Parkington

as Sound Director

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Sound Director

1944

Kismet

as Sound Director

1947

1930

Children of Pleasure

as Sound Director

1935

A Tale of Two Cities

as Sound Director

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Recording Supervision

1951

Show Boat

as Recording Supervision

1950

Duchess of Idaho

as Recording Supervision

1949

Battleground

as Recording Supervision

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Recording Supervision

1952

Skirts Ahoy!

as Recording Supervision

1938

Sweethearts

as Sound Director

1943

The Human Comedy

as Recording Supervision

1953

Confidentially Connie

as Recording Supervision

1953

Battle Circus

as Recording Supervision

1945

Main Street After Dark

as Recording Supervision

1941

The Feminine Touch

as Recording Supervision

1940

We Who Are Young

as Recording Supervision

1936

The Devil-Doll

as Recording Supervision

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Sound Director

1935

The Winning Ticket

as Recording Supervision

1941

Johnny Eager

as Recording Supervision

1940

Dulcy

as Recording Supervision

1935

Sequoia

as Recording Supervision

1944

Gentle Annie

as Recording Supervision

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Recording Supervision

1936

The Longest Night

as Recording Supervision

1944

Rationing

as Recording Supervision

1938

Fast Company

as Sound Director

1950

Kim

as Recording Supervision

1937

Married Before Breakfast

as Sound Director

1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

as Sound Director

1952

Desperate Search

as Recording Supervision

1936

Sinner Take All

as Sound Director

1938

Vacation from Love

as Sound Director

1936

Sworn Enemy

as Recording Supervision

1937

A Family Affair

as Sound Director

1937

You're Only Young Once

as Sound Director

1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

as Recording Supervision

1938

Judge Hardy's Children

as Sound Director

1938

Love Finds Andy Hardy

as Sound Director

1938

Out West with the Hardys

as Sound Director

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Sound Director

1931

The Cuban Love Song

as Recording Supervision

1939

Fast and Furious

as Sound Director

1939

1939

Judge Hardy and Son

as Sound Director

1940

1939

Tell No Tales

as Sound Director

1942

Cairo

as Sound Director

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Recording Supervision

1944

1941

1946

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Sound Director

1947

The Unfinished Dance

as Sound Director

1941

1942

1952

Fearless Fagan

as Recording Supervision

1944

An American Romance

as Recording Supervision

1942

Andy Hardy's Double Life

as Sound Director

1950

The Outriders

as Sound Designer

1954

1951

Kind Lady

as Recording Supervision

1936

Three Live Ghosts

as Sound Director

1936

Mad Holiday

as Recording Supervision

1941

When Ladies Meet

as Sound Director

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Sound Director

1952

Carbine Williams

as Recording Supervision

1950

To Please a Lady

as Recording Supervision

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Recording Supervision

1950

Father of the Bride

as Recording Supervision

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Sound Director

1929

The Voice of the City

as Sound Engineer

1938

Paradise for Three

as Sound Director

1935

Calm Yourself

as Sound Director

1942

Kid Glove Killer

as Sound Director

1931

Guilty Hands

as Sound Director

1941

Married Bachelor

as Sound Director

1953

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

as Recording Supervision

1941

I'll Wait for You

as Sound Director

1948

Big City

as Sound

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Sound Director

1938

The Girl Downstairs

as Sound Director

1948

1948

1929

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Sound Recordist

1929

The Idle Rich

as Sound Engineer

1929

The Thirteenth Chair

as Sound Recordist

1929

Dynamite

as Sound Recordist

1929

Their Own Desire

as Sound Recordist

1930

Not So Dumb

as Sound Recordist

1930

Anna Christie

as Sound Recordist

1930

Our Blushing Brides

as Sound Director

1930

The Florodora Girl

as Sound Director

1930

Let Us Be Gay

as Sound Director

1930

This Mad World

as Sound Engineer

1930

The Lady of Scandal

as Sound Director

1930

Romance

as Sound Director

1930

New Moon

as Sound Director

1930

Paid

as Sound Director

1930

A Lady's Morals

as Sound Director

1931

Dance, Fools, Dance

as Sound Director

1931

Strangers May Kiss

as Sound Director

1931

The Bachelor Father

as Sound Director

1931

Laughing Sinners

as Sound Director

1931

A Free Soul

as Sound Director

1931

Five and Ten

as Sound Director

1931

The Squaw Man

as Sound Director

1931

1931

1931

This Modern Age

as Sound Director

1931

The Man in Possession

as Sound Director

1931

The Guardsman

as Sound Director

1931

The Great Lover

as Sound Director

1931

Possessed

as Sound Director

1932

Emma

as Sound Director

1931

Flying High

as Sound Director

1930

Anna Christie

as Sound Engineer

1931

Mata Hari

as Sound Director

1931

Private Lives

as Sound Director

1932

Lovers Courageous

as Sound Director

1938

The Great Waltz

as Sound Director

1938

Test Pilot

as Sound Director

1932

But the Flesh Is Weak

as Sound Director

1932

Arsène Lupin

as Sound Director

1932

The Wet Parade

as Sound Director

1932

Grand Hotel

as Sound Director

1932

Letty Lynton

as Sound Director

1932

Huddle

as Sound Director

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as Sound Director

1932

The Washington Masquerade

as Sound Director

1932

As You Desire Me

as Sound Director

1932

Unashamed

as Sound Director

1932

Strange Interlude

as Sound Director

1932

Red Dust

as Sound Director

1932

Blondie of the Follies

as Sound Director

1932

Smilin' Through

as Sound Director

1932

The Mask of Fu Manchu

as Sound Director

1933

Today We Live

as Sound Director

1932

Payment Deferred

as Sound Director

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Sound Director

1932

The Son-Daughter

as Sound Director

1933

Men Must Fight

as Sound Director

1950

1933

The White Sister

as Sound Director

1933

1933

Peg o' My Heart

as Sound Director

1933

Hold Your Man

as Sound Director

1933

Looking Forward

as Sound Director

1933

Made on Broadway

as Sound Director

1933

When Ladies Meet

as Sound Director

1933

Midnight Mary

as Sound Director

1933

The Barbarian

as Sound Director

1933

Storm at Daybreak

as Sound Director

1933

Another Language

as Sound Director

1933

The Stranger's Return

as Sound Director

1933

Turn Back the Clock

as Sound Director

1933

Dinner at Eight

as Sound Director

1933

Dancing Lady

as Sound Director

1933

Beauty for Sale

as Sound Director

1933

Penthouse

as Sound Director

1933

Stage Mother

as Sound Director

1933

Should Ladies Behave

as Sound Director

1933

The Solitaire Man

as Sound Director

1933

Bombshell

as Sound Director

1933

Queen Christina

as Sound Director

1933

Going Hollywood

as Sound Director

1933

The Women in His Life

as Sound Director

1934

The Cat and the Fiddle

as Sound Director

1934

Men in White

as Sound Director

1934

Riptide

as Sound Director

1934

Sadie McKee

as Sound Director

1934

The Mystery of Mr. X

as Sound Director

1934

Hollywood Party

as Sound Director

1934

Operator 13

as Sound Director

1934

Paris Interlude

as Sound Director

1934

The Girl from Missouri

as Sound Director

1934

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Recording Supervision

1935

The Night Is Young

as Sound Recordist

1953

Julius Caesar

as Recording Supervision

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Sound Director

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Recording Supervision

1935

The Bishop Misbehaves

as Sound Director

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Sound Director

1935

Woman Wanted

as Sound Director

1936

Suzy

as Sound Director

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

as Sound Director

1937

The Women Men Marry

as Recording Supervision

1951

The Strip

as Recording Supervision

1934

Treasure Island

as Sound Director

1951

1944

1946

Two Smart People

as Sound Director

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Recording Supervision

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Recording Supervision

1945

Twice Blessed

as Sound Director

1944

Music for Millions

as Sound Director

1945

Son of Lassie

as Recording Supervision

1951

The Tall Target

as Recording Supervision

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Recording Supervision

1934

Tarzan and His Mate

as Recording Supervision

1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

as Recording Supervision

1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

as Recording Supervision

1941

Blonde Inspiration

as Sound Director

1946

1936

Tarzan Escapes

as Recording Supervision

1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Recording Supervision

1941

Washington Melodrama

as Recording Supervision

1935

Rendezvous

as Sound Recordist

1935

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Sound Director

1936

Three Godfathers

as Recording Supervision

1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Recording Supervision

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Recording Supervision

1939

Honolulu

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

1930

Lord Byron of Broadway

as Sound Recordist

1930

Min and Bill

as Sound

1941

Kathleen

as Sound Director

1930

1932

Downstairs

as Sound

1945

Dangerous Partners

as Recording Supervision

1935

Whipsaw

as Recording Supervision

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Recording Supervision

1931

The bitter fruit

as Sound Recordist

1943

1942

1933

1930

Passion Flower

as Sound Director

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Recording Supervision

1939

1932

1938

Man-Proof

as Sound

1936

Fury

as Sound Recordist

1941

1953

Take the High Ground!

as Recording Supervision

1935

China Seas

as Sound

1954

The Great Diamond Robbery

as Recording Supervision

1932

Flesh

as Sound

1932

Hell Divers

as Sound

1936

Libeled Lady

as Recording Supervision

1938

Boys Town

as Recording Supervision

1953

All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Recording Supervision

1945

She Went to the Races

as Recording Supervision

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Sound Recordist

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Sound Recordist

1939

The Kid From Texas

as Recording Supervision

1940

Sporting Blood

as Recording Supervision

1936

Rose Marie

as Sound Recordist

1936

Riffraff

as Sound Recordist

1931

Sporting Blood

as Sound Recordist

1936

The Voice of Bugle Ann

as Sound Recordist

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Sound Recordist

1935

Last of the Pagans

as Sound Recordist

1936

Moonlight Murder

as Sound Recordist

1936

Tough Guy

as Sound Recordist

1936

Petticoat Fever

as Sound Recordist

1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

as Sound Recordist

1939

Ninotchka

as Recording Supervision

1936

Libeled Lady

as Sound Director

1939

Ninotchka

as Sound Director

1935

Whipsaw

as Sound Director

1935

David Copperfield

as Sound Director

1941

1951

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Recording Supervision

1952

Glory Alley

as Recording Supervision

1941

Love Crazy

as Sound Director

1954

Rose Marie

as Recording Supervision

1935

Age of Indiscretion

as Sound Recordist

1930

1947

Desire Me

as Sound Director

1935

The Casino Murder Case

as Recording Supervision

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Recording Supervision

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Recording Supervision

1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Recording Supervision

1942

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

as Recording Supervision

1929

The Broadway Melody

as Sound Recordist

1938

Young Dr. Kildare

as Recording Supervision

1942

Dr. Kildare's Victory

as Recording Supervision

1951

Quo Vadis

as Sound Recordist

1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as Recording Supervision

1954

M-G-M Jubilee Overture

as Sound Recordist

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Sound Recordist

1952

1953

The Naked Spur

as Recording Supervision

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as Recording Supervision

1950

Black Hand

as Recording Supervision

1950

Please Believe Me

as Recording Supervision

1950

The Big Hangover

as Recording Supervision

1950

Shadow on the Wall

as Recording Supervision

1951

Three Guys Named Mike

as Recording Supervision

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Recording Supervision

1951

Soldiers Three

as Recording Supervision

1952

Invitation

as Recording Supervision

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Recording Supervision

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Recording Supervision

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Sound Recordist

1952

Pat and Mike

as Sound Recordist

1950

Right Cross

as Recording Supervision

1937

The Good Earth

as Recording Supervision

1948

The Pirate

as Recording Supervision

1949

The Great Sinner

as Recording Supervision

1950

Summer Stock

as Recording Supervision

1953

Jeopardy

as Recording Supervision

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Sound Recordist

1951

The Great Caruso

as Recording Supervision

1947

The Hucksters

as Sound Director

1938

1947

Killer McCoy

as Sound Director

1938

Love Is a Headache

as Recording Supervision

1931

Reducing

as Recording Supervision

1939

6,000 Enemies

as Recording Supervision

1932

New Morals for Old

as Recording Supervision

1936

Trouble for Two

as Recording Supervision

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Recording Supervision

1938

The First Hundred Years

as Recording Supervision

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Recording Supervision

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Recording Supervision

1934

The Gay Bride

as Recording Supervision

1942

Panama Hattie

as Camera Operator

1931

Politics

as Recording Supervision

1930

The Ship from Shanghai

as Sound Engineer

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Recording Supervision

1949

Adam's Rib

as Recording Supervision

1949

Adam's Rib

as Sound Recordist

1945

The Hidden Eye

as Recording Supervision

1930

War Nurse

as Sound Director

1943

The Man from Down Under

as Recording Supervision

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Sound Director

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Sound Director

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Sound Director

1943

Swing Fever

as Sound Director

1936

The Unguarded Hour

as Sound Director

1939

They All Come Out

as Sound Director

1935

Times Square Lady

as Sound Director

1944

Gaslight

as Sound Designer

1930

They Learned About Women

as Sound Director

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as Sound Director

1953

1938

Too Hot to Handle

as Recording Supervision

1952

Shadow in the Sky

as Recording Supervision

1949

1940

Strange Cargo

as Sound Director

1954

Executive Suite

as Recording Supervision

1938

Three Comrades

as Sound Director

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Sound Director

1933

1934

The Thin Man

as Sound Director

1940

Northwest Passage

as Sound Director

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Sound Director

1948

Easter Parade

as Sound Director

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Sound Director

1949

On the Town

as Sound Director

1939

The Women

as Sound Director

1940

1940

Waterloo Bridge

as Sound Director

1942

Nazi Agent

as Sound Director

1947

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Recording Supervision

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Recording Supervision

1936

After the Thin Man

as Recording Supervision

1935

Kind Lady

as Recording Supervision

1930

Madam Satan

as Sound Recordist

1950

Pagan Love Song

as Recording Supervision

1945

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Recording Supervision

1937

Night Must Fall

as Recording Supervision

1933

The Nuisance

as Recording Supervision

1949

Tension

as Recording Supervision

1949

Madame Bovary

as Recording Supervision

1951

Too Young to Kiss

as Recording Supervision

1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Recording Supervision

1940

The Philadelphia Story

as Recording Supervision

1930

The Divorcee

as Sound Director

1953

Dangerous When Wet

as Recording Supervision

1932

Night Court

as Sound Recordist

1940

Boom Town

as Sound Recordist

1938

Dramatic School

as Sound Recordist

1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

as Recording Supervision

1953

Give a Girl a Break

as Recording Supervision

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Recording Supervision

1940

Comrade X

as Sound Director

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Recording Supervision

1934

Chained

as Sound Director

1932

Faithless

as Sound Director

1929

The Broadway Melody

as Recording Supervision

1946

Undercurrent

as Sound Director

1929

The Unholy Night

as Sound Recordist

1934

What Every Woman Knows

as Recording Supervision

1939

1937

Madame X

as Sound Director

1953

Remains to Be Seen

as Recording Supervision

1933

Night Flight

as Sound

1942

Grand Central Murder

as Recording Supervision

1943

Bataan

as Recording Supervision

1933

Whistling in the Dark

as Sound Director

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Sound Director

1936

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Sound Director

1946

The Secret Heart

as Sound Director

1938

The Chaser

as Sound Director

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Recording Supervision

1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

as Recording Supervision

1950

Three Little Words

as Recording Supervision

1948

A Date with Judy

as Recording Supervision

1952

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Recording Supervision

1951

Westward the Women

as Recording Supervision

1932

Kongo

as Sound Recordist

1951

Cause for Alarm!

as Recording Supervision

1953

The Girl Who Had Everything

as Recording Supervision

1947

Dark Delusion

as Sound Director

1952

Talk About a Stranger

as Sound Director

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as Recording Supervision

1952

The Belle of New York

as Recording Supervision

1937

Conquest

as Sound Director

1937

The Bride Wore Red

as Sound Director

1937

Double Wedding

as Sound Director

1935

No More Ladies

as Sound Director

1932

The Passionate Plumber

as Recording Supervision

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Recording Supervision

1941

1935

I Live My Life

as Sound Director

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Sound Director

1933

Fast Workers

as Sound Director

1934

Forsaking All Others

as Sound Director

1938

The Shining Hour

as Sound Director

1943

Above Suspicion

as Sound Director

1938

Mannequin

as Sound Director

1952

Everything I Have Is Yours

as Recording Supervision

1936

Absolute Quiet

as Sound Director

1929

So This Is College

as Sound Engineer

1935

Murder in the Fleet

as Sound Director

1947

Cynthia

as Sound

1942

Eyes in the Night

as Sound Director

1940

Susan and God

as Sound Director

1953

Small Town Girl

as Recording Supervision

1940

I Love You Again

as Recording Supervision

1935

Reckless

as Recording Supervision

1953

Capriccio Italien

as Recording Supervision

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Recording Supervision

1942

Her Cardboard Lover

as Recording Supervision

1953

Dream Wife

as Recording Supervision

1953

The Band Wagon

as Recording Supervision

1953

Young Bess

as Recording Supervision

1953

Scandal at Scourie

as Recording Supervision

1954

Valley of the Kings

as Recording Supervision

1954

Her Twelve Men

as Recording Supervision

1953

Easy to Love

as Recording Supervision

1953

The Actress

as Recording Supervision

1952

Million Dollar Mermaid

as Recording Supervision

1952

The Merry Widow

as Recording Supervision

1953

I Love Melvin

as Recording Supervision

1950

Crisis

as Recording Supervision

1950

King Solomon's Mines

as Recording Supervision

1952

1949

Neptune's Daughter

as Recording Supervision

1949

The Stratton Story

as Recording Supervision

1952

Scaramouche

as Recording Supervision

1947

Song of Love

as Sound Director

1951

The Law and the Lady

as Recording Supervision

1951

Royal Wedding

as Recording Supervision

1948

The Three Musketeers

as Recording Supervision

1949

The Barkleys of Broadway

as Recording Supervision

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Recording Supervision

1939

Another Thin Man

as Sound Director

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as Sound Director

1936

Camille

as Sound Director

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

as Sound Director

1932

Freaks

as Recording Supervision

1934

The Show-Off

as Sound Director

1936

San Francisco

as Sound Director

1936

Fury

as Sound Director

1937

The Thirteenth Chair

as Sound Director

1936

Romeo and Juliet

as Sound Director

1936

The Garden Murder Case

as Sound Director

1949

The Secret Garden

as Sound Director

1939

At the Circus

as Recording Supervision

1940

Go West

as Recording Supervision

1937

A Day at the Races

as Sound Director

1935

Mad Love

as Sound Director

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Recording Supervision

1951

An American in Paris

as Recording Supervision

1949

On the Town

as Recording Supervision

1937

Parnell

as Sound Recordist

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Recording Supervision

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Recording Supervision

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as Recording Supervision

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Recording Supervision

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Recording Supervision

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Recording Supervision

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Recording Supervision

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as Sound Director

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as Sound Director

1941

Love Crazy

as Recording Supervision

1942

For Me and My Gal

as Sound Director

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Sound Director

1939

Maisie

as Sound Director

1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Sound Director

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Sound Director

1938

Spring Madness

as Recording Supervision

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Recording Supervision

1946

The Yearling

as Recording Supervision

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Sound Director

1941

Rage in Heaven

as Recording Supervision

1953

Big Leaguer

as Recording Supervision

1950

The Outriders

as Sound Recordist

1941

Come Live with Me

as Recording Supervision

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Recording Supervision

1935

Baby Face Harrington

as Recording Supervision

1930

Si l'empereur savait ça

as Sound Engineer

1939

Fast and Loose

as Sound Director

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Sound Director

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as Sound Director

1948

Easter Parade

as Sound Recordist

1931

Trader Horn

as Recording Supervision

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Recording Supervision

1931

West of Broadway

as Sound Director

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Sound Supervisor

1949

Border Incident

as Sound Supervisor

1949

Act of Violence

as Sound Director

1929

Wonder of Women

as Sound Engineer

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