George Groves (sound engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Groves (sound engineer)

Sound engineer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1901

Place of Birth: St Helens, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1976

Profession: engineer, audio engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Robert Groves (13 December 1901 – 4 September 1976) was a film sound pioneer who played a significant role in developing the technology that brought sound to the silent screen.
He is also credited as being Hollywood's first ‘sound man’; he was the recording engineer on the seminal Al Jolson picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), as well as many other early talkies.
In a career with Warner Brothers that spanned 46 years, he rose to become their Director of Sound and won two Academy Awards.