L.B. Abbott

Biography

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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Lost in Space

(1965) Visual Effects

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Planet of the Apes

(1968) Visual Effects

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Beneath the Planet of the Apes

(1970) Special Effects

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

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The Flight of the Phoenix

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

(1969) Special Effects

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Logan's Run

(1976) Visual Effects Designer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1970	Self	The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' 1970-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Special Effects Supervisor	Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet 2020-01-01 Movie
1978	Visual Effects	The Swarm 1978-07-14 Movie
1976	Visual Effects Designer	Logan's Run 1976-06-23 Movie
1970	Visual Effects	Myra Breckinridge 1970-06-24 Movie
	Visual Effects	M*A*S*H 1970-02-18 Movie
	Visual Effects	Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970-01-26 Movie
	Visual Effects	Patton 1970-01-25 Movie
1969	Visual Effects	Justine 1969-08-06 Movie
	Visual Effects	Hard Contract 1969-04-30 Movie
1968	Visual Effects	Lady in Cement 1968-11-19 Movie
	Visual Effects	Bandolero! 1968-06-01 Movie
	Visual Effects	The Detective 1968-05-28 Movie
	Visual Effects	Planet of the Apes 1968-02-07 Movie
1967	Visual Effects	Valley of the Dolls 1967-12-27 Movie
	Visual Effects	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967-06-30 Movie
1965	Visual Effects	The Flight of the Phoenix 1965-12-15 Movie
	Visual Effects	Lost in Space 1965-09-15 TV Show
	Visual Effects	Morituri 1965-08-24 Movie
	Visual Effects	Von Ryan's Express 1965-06-23 Movie
	Visual Effects	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 1965-03-24 Movie
1962	Visual Effects	Tender Is the Night 1962-01-19 Movie
1961	Visual Effects	Bachelor Flat 1961-12-07 Movie
	Visual Effects	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961-07-12 Movie
1959	Visual Effects	Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959-12-15 Movie
	Visual Effects	The Diary of Anne Frank 1959-03-18 Movie
1958	Visual Effects	The Fiend Who Walked The West 1958-08-01 Movie
	Visual Effects	The Fly 1958-07-16 Movie
	Visual Effects	Fraulein 1958-06-08 Movie
	Visual Effects	From Hell to Texas 1958-04-29 Movie
	Visual Effects	The Young Lions 1958-04-02 Movie
1957	Visual Effects	Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957-07-29 Movie
	Visual Effects	The Wayward Bus 1957-05-27 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1977	Special Effects	Flood! 1977-06-05 Movie
1973	Special Effects	Jonathan Livingston Seagull 1973-10-23 Movie
1972	Special Effects	The Poseidon Adventure 1972-12-13 Movie
1970	Special Effects	Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970-04-23 Movie
	Special Effects	The Challenge 1970-02-10 Movie
1969	Special Effects	Daughter of the Mind 1969-12-09 Movie
	Special Effects	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969-09-23 Movie
1967	Special Effects	In Like Flint 1967-03-15 Movie
1966	Special Effects	Way... Way Out 1966-10-26 Movie
	Special Effects	Fantastic Voyage 1966-08-24 Movie
1965	Special Effects	The Reward 1965-09-15 Movie
	Special Effects	Dear Brigitte 1965-01-08 Movie
1964	Special Effects	Goodbye Charlie 1964-11-18 Movie
	Special Effects	What a Way to Go! 1964-07-31 Movie
	Special Effects	Shock Treatment 1964-07-22 Movie
1963	Special Effects	Move Over, Darling 1963-12-19 Movie
1962	Special Effects	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1962-06-15 Movie
1960	Special Effects	From the Terrace 1960-07-15 Movie
1959	Special Effects Coordinator	The Diary of Anne Frank 1959-03-18 Movie
	Special Effects	The Diary of Anne Frank 1959-03-18 Movie
1958	Special Effects	The Long, Hot Summer 1958-05-17 Movie
	Special Effects	South Pacific 1958-03-18 Movie
1957	Special Effects	An Affair to Remember 1957-07-11 Movie
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Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1932	Assistant Camera	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932-07-03 Movie
1931	Assistant Camera	There Were Thirteen 1931-12-04 Movie
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