Thomas A. Edison Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

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Biography

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest; early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanic laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 of the complications of diabetes.

Filmography Movies

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Edison: The Invention of the Movies movie poster
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Edison: The Invention of the Movies

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Edison: The Invention of the Movies
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The Film That Was Lost movie poster
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The Film That Was Lost

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The Film That Was Lost
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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory movie poster
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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
A Day with Thomas A. Edison movie poster
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A Day with Thomas A. Edison

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A Day with Thomas A. Edison
Self
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company movie poster
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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company

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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
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The Golden Twenties movie poster
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The Golden Twenties

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The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound movie poster
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley movie poster
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Self (archive footage)
Murnau, Borzage and Fox movie poster
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox

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Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edison movie poster
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Edison

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Edison
Himself (archive footage)

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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company movie poster
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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company

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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
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Electrocuting an Elephant movie poster
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Electrocuting an Elephant

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Electrocuting an Elephant
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ParsifalMOVIE
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Parsifal

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Parsifal
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz movie poster
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz

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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
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The Musical Blacksmiths movie poster
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The Musical Blacksmiths

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The Musical Blacksmiths
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The Edison Kinetophone movie poster
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The Edison Kinetophone

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The Edison Kinetophone
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Jack's Joke movie poster
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Jack's Joke

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Jack's Joke
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Frankenstein movie poster
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Frankenstein

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Frankenstein
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A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem movie poster
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A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem

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A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
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Admiral Cigarette movie poster
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Admiral Cigarette

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Admiral Cigarette
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Thomas A. Edison portrait
Thomas A. Edison portrait