Robert L. Bratton

Robert L. Bratton (born September 26, 1918 - April 29, 2008 in Santa Clara , California ) was an American sound engineer .

Life

Bratton began his career in the mid-1950s and made his feature film debut in 1954 with Anthony Mann's biopic The Glenn Miller Story . He worked at both the Abbott and Costello -Komödie Abbott and Costello as a gangster terror and to Fireman Save My Child . Originally planned as an Abbott and Costello vehicle, the comedy had to be re-cast due to Lou Costello's sudden illness . In 1958, Bratton worked on Orson Welles' Under the Signs of Evil .

1964 he worked for The Commodore for the Oscar in the inaugural category Best sound effects nominated, but the award went to Walter Elliott for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad , Mad World . The following year he was again nominated for the Sound Effects Oscar for A Daredevil Daredevil , this time defeated by Norman Wanstall ( James Bond 007 - Goldfinger ).

Bratton retired from the film business in 1964. He died in Santa Clara, California in 2008 at the age of 89.

1954: The Glenn Miller Story (The Glenn Miller Story)
1954: Rifles for Bengali (Bengal Brigade)
1955: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops)
1956: The Creature Walks Among Us
1957: The Monolith Monsters (The Monolith Monsters)
1957: Man of a Thousand Faces
1957: Mein Mann Gottfried (My Man Godfrey)
1958: Touch of Evil (Touch of Evil)
1963: The Commodore (A Gathering of Eagles)
1964: A Reckless Daredevil (The Lively Set)

1964 : Oscar nomination in the Best Sound Effects category for The Commodore
1965: Oscar nomination in the Best Sound Effects category for A Daredevil Daredevil

personal data
SURNAME	Bratton, Robert L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1918
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 2008
Place of death	Santa Clara , California , United States