William Fox
Personal Info
Know For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-01-01 (73 years old)
Deathday
1952-05-08
Place of Birth
Tolcsva, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Also known As
W. M. Fox
Wm. Fox
William Fox
Biography
Starting at the age 8 he had a series of jobs before starting his own business in 1900, which was sold to buy a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904. As the new owner with an empty house, Fox hired a coin manipulator and a barker to attract patrons into the dark 146-seat theatre. Once audiences adequately understood what moving pictures were, live acts were dispensed with. More nickelodeons were opened and he became a successful film exhibitor. He then won a long legal battle against Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Patent Company, ending the film trust and allowing him to start his own production company in 1913. Operations were consolidated into ...
Acting
2008
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production
1927
as Producer
1924
as Presenter
1920
as Executive Producer
1927
as Presenter
1924
as Presenter
1924
as Presenter
1930
as Producer
1922
as Producer
1929
as Producer
1923
as Presenter
1927
as Producer
1927
as Writer
1929
as Presenter
1930
as Executive Producer
1916
as Producer
1932
as Producer
1920
as Producer
1934
as Executive Producer
1931
as Producer
1918
as Producer
1930
as Producer
1920
as Presenter
1927
as Producer
1932
as Producer
1931
as Executive Producer
1924
as Presenter
1929
as Producer
1917
as Producer
1916
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1932
as Producer
1932
as Producer
1928
as Producer
1927
as Producer
1929
as Producer
1929
as Executive Producer
1927
as Presenter
1923
as Producer
1922
as Presenter
1921
as Presenter
1921
as Producer
1928
as Producer
1929
as Presenter
1928
as Producer
1929
as Presenter
1927
as Presenter
1932
as Producer
1941
as Sound Technical Supervisor
1923
as Executive Producer
1922
as Executive Producer
1925
as Presenter
1929
as Presenter
1924
as Presenter
1917
as Producer
1927
as Producer
1932
as Presenter
1915
as Producer
1916
as Producer
1928
as Producer
1917
as Producer
1929
as Producer
1930
as Executive Producer
1932
as Presenter
1922
as Producer
1922
as Presenter
1923
as Producer
1928
as Presenter
1929
as Producer
1914
as Presenter
1925
as Presenter
1930
as Presenter
1935
as Producer
1923
as Producer
1915
as Presenter
1926
as Presenter
1915
as Producer
1923
as Executive Producer
1930
as Producer
1933
as Presenter
1930
as Presenter
1933
as Presenter
1928
as Presenter
1931
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1931
as Producer
1930
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1922
as Producer
1926
as Producer
1928
as Presenter
1921
as Producer
1918
as Presenter
1924
as Producer
1927
as Presenter
1915
as Presenter
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as Producer
-
as Presenter
1918
as Producer
1918
as Presenter
1915
as Presenter
1915
as Presenter
1915
as Presenter
1915
as Presenter
1915
as Producer
1915
as Presenter
1924
as Presenter
1927
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1923
as Presenter
1920
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1921
as Presenter
1921
as Presenter
1926
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1918
as Presenter
1931
as Producer
1920
as Presenter
1922
as Executive Producer
1923
as Presenter
1934
as Presenter
1918
as Presenter
1923
as Presenter
1921
as Presenter
1919
as Presenter
1919
as Producer
1921
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1925
as Presenter
1919
as Producer
1923
as Presenter
1918
as Producer
1927
as Presenter
1923
as Presenter
1922
as Presenter
1927
as Producer
1920
as Producer
1918
as Executive Producer
1918
as Executive Producer
1918
as Executive Producer
1918
as Executive Producer
1917
as Presenter
1929
as Presenter
1917
as Presenter
1920
as Presenter
1920
as Presenter
1920
as Presenter
1919
as Presenter
1919
as Producer
1919
as Presenter
1917
as Presenter
1917
as Presenter
1920
as Executive Producer
1921
as Presenter
1928
as Presenter
1919
as Executive Producer
1919
as Presenter
1918
as Presenter
1918
as Presenter
1917
as Presenter
1917
as Presenter
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