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L.B. Abbott

Date of birth
Jun 13, 1908
Date of death
Sep 28, 1985(aged 77)
Place of birth

L.B. Abbott

Biography of L.B. Abbott:

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.

L.B. Abbott has acted in:

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'(1970) ... as Self

Additional credits for L.B. Abbott:

Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet(2020)(Special Effects Supervisor)
The Swarm(1978)(Visual Effects)
Flood!(1977)(Special Effects)
Logan's Run(1976)(Visual Effects Designer)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull(1973)(Special Effects)
The Poseidon Adventure(1972)(Special Effects)
The Flim Flam Man(1972)(Special Effects)
Myra Breckinridge(1970)(Visual Effects)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes(1970)(Special Effects)
M*A*S*H(1970)(Visual Effects)
The Challenge(1970)(Special Effects)
Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)(Visual Effects)
Patton(1970)(Visual Effects)
Daughter of the Mind(1969)(Special Effects)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)(Special Effects)
Justine(1969)(Visual Effects)
Hard Contract(1969)(Visual Effects)
Lady in Cement(1968)(Visual Effects)
The Boston Strangler(1968)(Visual Effects)
Bandolero!(1968)(Visual Effects)
The Detective(1968)(Visual Effects)
Planet of the Apes(1968)(Visual Effects)
Valley of the Dolls(1967)(Visual Effects)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre(1967)(Visual Effects)
In Like Flint(1967)(Special Effects)
Way... Way Out(1966)(Special Effects)
Fantastic Voyage(1966)(Special Effects)
The Flight of the Phoenix(1965)(Visual Effects)
The Reward(1965)(Special Effects)
Morituri(1965)(Visual Effects)
Von Ryan's Express(1965)(Visual Effects)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!(1965)(Visual Effects)
Dear Brigitte(1965)(Special Effects)
Goodbye Charlie(1964)(Special Effects)
Shock Treatment(1964)(Special Effects)
What a Way to Go!(1964)(Special Effects)
Move Over, Darling(1963)(Special Effects)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation(1962)(Special Effects)
Tender Is the Night(1962)(Visual Effects)
Bachelor Flat(1961)(Visual Effects)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1961)(Visual Effects)
From the Terrace(1960)(Special Effects)
Journey to the Center of the Earth(1959)(Visual Effects)
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)(Special Effects Coordinator)
The Fiend Who Walked the West(1958)(Visual Effects)
The Fly(1958)(Visual Effects)
Fraulein(1958)(Visual Effects)
The Long, Hot Summer(1958)(Special Effects)
From Hell to Texas(1958)(Visual Effects)
The Young Lions(1958)(Visual Effects)
South Pacific(1958)(Special Effects)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?(1957)(Visual Effects)
An Affair to Remember(1957)(Special Effects)
The Wayward Bus(1957)(Visual Effects)
Me and My Gal(1932)(Assistant Camera)
There Were Thirteen(1931)(Assistant Camera)

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