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William Fox
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wilhelm Fried Fuchs, Wilhelm Fuchs, Vilmos Fried, Fried Vilmos
Hungarian-American film producer
Film & TV
Tolcsva, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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…
Known for
- Murnau, Borzage and Fox — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2008
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Key facts
- Born
- Vilmos Fried , ( 1879-01-01 ) January 1, 1879, Tolcsva , Hungary , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- May 8, 1952 (1952-05-08) (aged 73), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Entrepreneur
- Years active
- 1900–1933
- Spouse
- Eva Leo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1899 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Family name
- Fox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Tolcsva
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- William Fox 1921.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- United States
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- name in native language
- Fried Vilmos
- date of birth
- 1879-01-01
- date of death
- 1952-05-08
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok
- Commons category
- William Fox (producer)
- related category
- Category:Films produced by William Fox
- birth name
- Fried Vilmos
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Encyclopedic overview
Vilmos Fried (German: Wilhelm Fuchs; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), known professionally as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox (The Walt Disney Company) and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports, and Foxtel.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Fox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.