Fox William
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Fox
, William Originally Wilhelm Fried. 1879-1952. Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive who founded his own film company (1915) and merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox (1935). His company led in the development of sound movies.
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