William Fox (born Jan. 1, 1879, Tulchva, Hung.—died , New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American motion-picture executive who built a multimillion-dollar empire controlling a large portion of the exhibition, distribution, and production of film facilities during the era of silent film. Upton Sinclair wrote a book about Fox's struggles, "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox," based on five weeks of interviews with the former movie mogul.
Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox (now part of The Walt Disney Company) and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports, and Foxtel. You can use our search tool to further specify which William you are looking for by name, surname, location, funeral home, publication, and more. Fox pioneered the widescreen film with The Big Trail (1930). Poised for the future of talkies, he attempted to buy MGM just in time for 1929s stock market crash.
dr. william fox, Although Fox was arguably the most important of all the early movie moguls because of his foundational contributions to the art, technology and business of movies, he seemed to have largely disappeared from history. William has been a British prince since birth and was known as "His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales" until April 2011. He was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus by Elizabeth II on the day of his wedding. Get the latest prince william news, articles, videos and photos on Page Six.
