08/26/1873
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA:
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.
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) as Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage) |
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Dick Henderson (1926) Director |
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Dick Henderson (1926) Producer |
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My Old Kentucky Home (1926) Producer |
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Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia' (1926) Producer |
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Sweet Adeline (1926) Producer |
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President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (1924) Director |
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Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River (1923) Director |
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Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923) Director |
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Weber and Fields Pool Hall (1923) Director |
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Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1923) Director |
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From Far Seville (1923) Director |
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A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (1923) Director |
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What the Phonofilm Means (1923) Director |
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A Study in Contrasts (1923) Director |
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Harlequin Serenade (1923) Director |
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Stringed Harmony (1923) Director |
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Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve Souris (1923) Director |
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Casey at the Bat (1922) Director |