William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1879 to 1952 · aged 73
Vilmos Fried, 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.
William Fox is read about 237 times a day, in 33 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 112 days, one point a day.
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Silk Hat KidFilm, Producer1932
Society GirlFilm, Producer1931
Quick MillionsFilm, Producer1930
City GirlFilm, Producer1928
A Girl in Every PortFilm, Producer1927
7th HeavenFilm, Producer1926
The CityFilm, Producer1924
A Man's MateFilm, Producer1922
A Self-Made ManFilm, Producer1921
JackieFilm, Producer1920
Just PalsFilm, Producer1916
A Daughter of the GodsFilm, Producer1915
A Fool There WasFilm, Producer1879Born1 January 1879Known for
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927
City Girl 1930
7th Heaven 1927
Street Angel 1928
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Spencer Tracy William produced Up the River and Me and My Gal
Janet Gaynor William produced Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Theda Bara William produced Cleopatra and A Fool There Was
John Gilbert William produced Cameo Kirby and Monte Cristo
Tom Mix William produced Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918)
George O'Brien William produced Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Charles Farrell William produced Seventh Heaven and Street Angel
Buck Jones William produced Just Pals (1920)
Charles Clary William produced The Rose of Blood (1917)
Miriam Cooper William produced The Prussian Cur (1918)
George Walsh William produced The Serpent and Me and My Gal
J. Farrell MacDonald William produced Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
William Farnum William produced Les Misérables (1917)
Gladys Brockwell William produced Seventh Heaven (1927)
Stuart Holmes William produced A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
Alan Roscoe William produced Cleopatra, Salomé and Camille
Henry Armetta William produced Seventh Heaven and Street Angel
James A. Marcus William produced Regeneration and The Serpent
Claire Whitney William produced Camille and East Lynne
Herschel Mayall William produced Cleopatra (1917)
G. Raymond Nye William produced The Queen of Sheba and Salomé
Walter Law William produced Camille and The Heart of a Lion
Genevieve Blinn William produced Cleopatra (1917)
Phyllis Haver William produced 3 Bad Men and What Price Glory?
Filmography 40
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About this person
Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox 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.
