Roy Granville

Fred Le Roy Granville (born August 12, 1910 in Los Angeles , California , † September 1986 in Mesa , Arizona ) was an American sound engineer who was nominated twice for an Oscar and a second time for a Primetime Emmy Award .

Life

Granville began his career as a sound engineer in the Hollywood film industry on the 1935 William Nigh- directed crime film The Headline Woman starring Heather Angel , Roger Pryor and Ford Sterling . By 1968 he was involved in the production of around forty films.

At the Oscar ceremony in 1944 Granville was the first time for the Oscar for Best Special Effects nomination, with Vernon L. Walker and James G. Stewart for directed by Richard Wallace incurred War Without regard to losses ( Bombardier , 1943) with Pat O 'Brien , Randolph Scott and Anne Shirley .

He, Vernon L. Walker and James G. Stewart received a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Special Effects in 1945 for the war novel Days of Glory (1944) by Jacques Tourneur starring Gregory Peck , Tamara Toumanova and Alan Reed .

In 1972 Granville was nominated together with Eddie Nelson and George Porter for a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding merits in film sound mixing for the television series Secrets of the Sea ( The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau , 1968) directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau .

Filmography (selection)

• 1935: The Headline Woman
• 1935: Waterfront Lady
• 1935: The Fighting Marines
• 1936: Gone with the Wind ( The Lonely Trail )
• 1943: Regardless of losses ( Bombardier )
• 1944: Days of Glory
• 1946: Sunset Pass
• 1946: Vacation in Reno
• 1947: Born to kill
• 1948: The Colt sits loosely ( Indian Agent )
• 1963: A totally, totally crazy world ( It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World )
• 1968: Secrets of the Sea ( The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau )

Web links

• Roy Granville in the Internet Movie Database (English)