John A. Bolger Jr.
John A. Bolger Jr. ( May 22, 1908 , † August 22, 1990 ) was a sound engineer .
Life
Bolger worked on three feature films in 1955, his debut was the musical With Dynamit and Pious Sayings by Edward Buzzell . In the same year he worked on two films by director Jesse Hibbs , the war film To Hell and Back and the Western With Brute Force .
1976 he worked for Robert Wise's disaster movie The Hindenburg together with Leonard Peterson , John L. Mack and Don Sharpless for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated, but the award went this year to Steven Spielberg's horror film Jaws .
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Ain't Misbehavin '
- 1955: With Brute Force (The Spoilers)
- 1955: To Hell and Back (To Hell and Back)
- 1975: The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
Awards (selection)
- 1976 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound category for Die Hindenburg
Web links
- John A. Bolger Jr. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John A. Bolger Jr. , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed August 22, 2018
- ↑ Academy Awards Database , accessed December 30, 2017
- ↑ Oscars 1976 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolger, John A. Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mixer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1990 |