About
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.
Filmography
The Lard Song1927 · Producer
Dick Henderson1926 · Director, Producer
My Old Kentucky Home1926 · Producer
Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'1926 · Producer
Sweet Adeline1926 · Producer
President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds1924 · Director
Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River1923 · Director
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs1923 · Director
Weber and Fields Pool Hall1923 · Director
Ben Bernie and All the Lads1923 · Director
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor1923 · Director
From Far Seville1923 · Director
What the Phonofilm Means1923 · Director
A Study in Contrasts1923 · Director
Harlequin Serenade1923 · Director
Stringed Harmony1923 · Director
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve Souris1923 · Director
Casey at the Bat1922 · Director, Producer