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Edmund H. Hansen(1894-1962)

  • Sound Department
  • Special Effects
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Edmund H. Hansen was appointed as head of the Sound Department of Fox Films and retained that position when the studio changed into 20th Century-Fox. In his capacity as a sound director he was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won two, for Special Sound Effects on The Rains Came (1939) and Sound Recording for Wilson (1944).
BornNovember 13, 1894
DiedOctober 10, 1962(67)
BornNovember 13, 1894
DiedOctober 10, 1962(67)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 2 wins & 12 nominations total

Known for

Vincent Price, Charles Coburn, Mary Anderson, William Eythe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Knox, Thomas Mitchell, and Ruth Nelson in Wilson (1944)
Wilson
6.3
  • Sound Department
  • 1944
Astrid Allwyn, John Boles, Noel Francis, Muriel Kirkland, Dorothy Wilson, Loretta Young, and Polly Ann Young in The White Parade (1934)
The White Parade
6.7
  • Sound Department
  • 1934
Robert Frazer, Lenore Ulric, and Louis Wolheim in Frozen Justice (1929)
Frozen Justice
5.4
  • Sound Department
  • 1929
Warner Baxter, Mary Duncan, and Edmund Lowe in Thru Different Eyes (1929)
Thru Different Eyes
5.9
  • Sound Department
  • 1929

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Sound Department

  • Vincent Price, Charles Coburn, Mary Anderson, William Eythe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Knox, Thomas Mitchell, and Ruth Nelson in Wilson (1944)
    Wilson
    6.3
    • sound
    • 1944
  • Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943)
    The Song of Bernadette
    7.6
    • sound director (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Tyrone Power and Betty Grable in A Yank in the RAF (1941)
    A Yank in the RAF
    6.3
    • sound effects (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    The Grapes of Wrath
    8.1
    • sound (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • The Blue Bird (1940)
    The Blue Bird
    6.2
    • sound effects (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, and George Brent in The Rains Came (1939)
    The Rains Came
    6.8
    • sound department head (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Tyrone Power, Annabella, and Loretta Young in Suez (1938)
    Suez
    6.6
    • sound recordist (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Dante's Inferno (1935)
    Dante's Inferno
    6.6
    • chief sound engineer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian in Under the Pampas Moon (1935)
    Under the Pampas Moon
    5.8
    • sound engineer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Astrid Allwyn, John Boles, Noel Francis, Muriel Kirkland, Dorothy Wilson, Loretta Young, and Polly Ann Young in The White Parade (1934)
    The White Parade
    6.7
    • sound director
    • 1934
  • Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore in The Power and the Glory (1933)
    The Power and the Glory
    6.6
    • sound recording director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Robert Frazer, Lenore Ulric, and Louis Wolheim in Frozen Justice (1929)
    Frozen Justice
    5.4
    • sound
    • 1929
  • Lili Damita, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen in The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
    The Cock-Eyed World
    5.4
    • sound
    • 1929
  • Warner Baxter, Mary Duncan, and Edmund Lowe in Thru Different Eyes (1929)
    Thru Different Eyes
    5.9
    • sound
    • 1929
  • Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, and Edmund Lowe in In Old Arizona (1928)
    In Old Arizona
    5.5
    • sound (as Edmund Hansen)
    • 1928

Special Effects

  • Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, and George Brent in The Rains Came (1939)
    The Rains Came
    6.8
    • special effects sound (uncredited)
    • 1939

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • E.H. Hansen
  • Born
    • November 13, 1894
    • Springfield, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • October 10, 1962
    • Orange, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy Dinwiddie
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    • 1 Article

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