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Alex Weldon
Born Alex C. Widlicska
1914 (1914 ) Died 10 January 2004(2004-01-10) (aged 88–89) Occupation Visual effects artist Years active 1931-1980 Spouse
Margaret Weldon
(
m. 1939)
Children 1
Alex Weldon (1914 - 10 January 2004) was an American visual effects artist. He was born in
Budapest , graduated from
Hollywood High School and attended
UCLA .
He was nominated for two
Academy Awards in the category of
Best Visual Effects .
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Selected filmography
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
King of Kings (1961)
El Cid (1961)
The Longest Day (1961)
55 Days at Peking (1962)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Circus World (1964)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Krakatoa: East of Java (1968) *
Patton (1970) *
Papillon (1973)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Islands in the Stream (1977)
Orca - The Killer Whale (1977)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1980)
(*) Nominated for Oscar award
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