Reginald Foort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reginald Foort

cinema & theatre organist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Daventry, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-May-1980

Profession: organist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Reginald John Foort (23 January 1893 – 22 May 1980) was a cinema organist and theatre organist.
He was the first official BBC Staff Theatre Organist from 1936 to 1938, during which time he made 405 broadcasts on the organ at St George's Hall, Langham Place.
'Reggie' was a hugely popular broadcaster in his heyday in the late 1930s in Britain and later settled in the United States, where he similarly enjoyed an illustrious career performing and recording.