L.B. Abbott
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: June 13, 1908
Died: September 28, 1985
Place of birth: Pasadena, California, USA.
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.
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Filmography
56 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
8.0
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
2020
5.0
The Swarm
1978
5.1
Flood!
1977
6.6
Logan's Run
1976
6.1
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
7.2
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
6.0
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
1970
4.6
Myra Breckinridge
1970
6.1
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
6.9
M*A*S*H
1970
7.0
The Challenge
1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.4
Patton
1970
6.7
Daughter of the Mind
1969
7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
4.4
Justine
1969
5.1
Hard Contract
1969
6.2
Lady in Cement
1968
6.6
The Boston Strangler
1968
6.6
Bandolero!
1968
5.9
The Detective
1968
7.7
Planet of the Apes
1968
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
1967
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
6.2
In Like Flint
1967
5.9
Way... Way Out
1966
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
6.0
The Reward
1965
7.3
Lost in Space
1965
6.8
Morituri
1965
7.0
Von Ryan's Express
1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
6.4
Dear Brigitte
1965
5.8
Goodbye Charlie
1964
6.8
Shock Treatment
1964
7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964
6.7
Move Over, Darling
1963
6.5
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
5.7
Tender Is the Night
1962
5.6
Bachelor Flat
1961
5.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
6.6
From the Terrace
1960
6.9
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
7.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
6.4
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
7.0
The Fly
1958
8.0
Fraulein
1958
7.0
The Long, Hot Summer
1958
6.0
From Hell to Texas
1958
6.8
The Young Lions
1958
6.1
South Pacific
1958
6.8
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
7.4
An Affair to Remember
1957
5.6
The Wayward Bus
1957
6.4
Me and My Gal
1932
7.1
There Were Thirteen
1931