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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-26 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

Shelton, Connecticut, USA

James A. FitzPatrick

Biography:

From Wikipedia

James Anthony FitzPatrick (February 26, 1894 – June 12, 1980) was an American producer, director, writer, and narrator, known from the early 1930s as "The Voice of the Globe" from his Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks.

Known For

Acting

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)

1955

VistaVision Visits Sun Trails as Narrator (voice)
VistaVision Visits Mexico as Narrator (voice)

1954

VistaVision Visits Norway as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Western Germany as Narrator (voice)

1953

Beautiful Bavaria as Narrator (voice)
In the Valley of the Rhine as Narrator (voice)
Looking at Lisbon as Narrator (voice)
Johannesburg: 'City of Gold' as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Ugly Duckling as Narrator (voice)
Seeing Spain as Narrator (voice)
Delightful Denmark as Narrator (voice)
Copenhagen: 'City of Towers' as Narrator (voice)

1952

Beautiful Brazil as Narrator (voice)
Jasper National Park as Narrator (voice)
In the Land of Diamonds as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Taj Mahal as Narrator (voice)
Life in the Andes as Narrator (voice)
Picturesque New Zealand as Narrator (voice)
Seeing Ceylon as Narrator (voice)
Calling on Cape Town as Narrator (voice)
Ancient India as Narrator (voice)
Pretoria to Durban as Narrator (voice)

1951

Visiting Italy as Narrator (voice)
Egypt Speaks as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Argentina as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Zuider Zee as Narrator (voice)
A Word for the Greeks as Narrator (voice)
Springtime in the Netherlands as Narrator (voice)
Romantic Riviera as Narrator (voice)

1950

Roaming Through Michigan as Narrator (voice)
Colorful Holland as Narrator (voice)
Life on the Thames as Narrator (voice)
Touring Northern England as Narrator (voice)
To the Coast of Devon as Narrator (voice)
Land of Tradition as Narrator (voice)
Pastoral Panoramas as Narrator (voice)
The Land of Auld Lang Syne as Narrator (voice)

1949

A Wee Bit of Scotland as Narrator (voice)
Calling on Michigan as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Old England as Narrator (voice)
In Old Amsterdam as Narrator (voice)
Quebec in Summertime as Narrator (voice)
Ontario: 'Land of Lakes' as Narrator (voice)
Playlands of Michigan as Narrator (voice)
From Liverpool to Stratford as Narrator (voice)

1948

Cape Breton Island as Narrator (voice)
Chicago, the Beautiful as Narrator (voice)
Night Life in Chicago as Narrator (voice)
Scholastic England as Narrator (voice)
Wandering Through Wales as Narrator (voice)

1947

Calling on Costa Rica as Narrator (voice)
Around the World in California as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of New Scotland as Narrator (voice)
On the Shores of Nova Scotia as Narrator (voice)
Visiting Virginia as Narrator (voice)
Cradle of a Nation as Narrator (voice)

1946

Glimpses of California as Narrator (voice)
Looking at London as Narrator (voice)
The Mission Trail as Narrator (voice)
Visiting Vera Cruz as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Guatemala as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Mayas as Narrator (voice)
Over the Seas to Belfast as Narrator (voice)

1945

Where Time Stands Still as Narrator (voice)
Shrines of Yucatan as Narrator (voice)
Merida and Campeche as Narrator (voice)
Seeing El Salvador as Narrator (voice)
Modern Guatemala City as Narrator (voice)

1944

Mackinac Island as Narrator (voice)
Monumental Utah as Narrator (voice)
Roaming Through Arizona as Narrator (voice)
Wandering Here and There as Narrator (voice)
Visiting St. Louis as Narrator (voice)
Colorful Colorado as Narrator (voice)
A Day in Death Valley as Narrator (voice)
Along the Cactus Trail as Narrator (voice)
City of Brigham Young as Narrator (voice)

1943

Motoring in Mexico as Narrator (voice)
Mighty Niagara as Narrator (voice)
On the Road to Monterrey as Narrator (voice)
Romantic Nevada as Narrator (voice)
Scenic Oregon as Narrator (voice)
Over the Andes as Narrator (voice)
Mexican Police on Parade as Narrator (voice)
Through the Colorado Rockies as Narrator (voice)
Salt Lake Diversions as Narrator (voice)
Land of Orizaba as Narrator (voice)
Memories of Australia as Narrator (voice)

1942

People of Russia as Narrator (voice)
Minnesota: 'Land of Plenty' as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Ontario as Narrator (voice)
Colorful North Carolina as Narrator (voice)
Picturesque Massachusetts as Narrator (voice)
Modern Mexico City as Narrator (voice)
Picturesque Patzcuaro as Narrator (voice)
West Point on the Hudson as Narrator (voice)
Exotic Mexico as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Quintuplets as Narrator (voice)

1941

Red Men on Parade as Narrator (voice)
Haiti: 'Land of Dark Majesty' as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Florida as Narrator (voice)
Mediterranean Ports of Call as Narrator (voice)
Scenic Grandeur as Narrator (voice)
Yosemite the Magnificent as Narrator (voice)
Historic Maryland as Narrator (voice)
George Town: 'Pride of Penang' as Narrator (voice)
The Inside Passage as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Kentucky as Narrator (voice)
Alluring Alaska as Narrator (voice)

1940

Cavalcade of San Francisco as Narrator (voice)
Suva: 'Pride of Fiji' as Narrator (voice)
Modern New Orleans as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Washington State as Narrator (voice)
Old New Orleans as Narrator (voice)
Old New Mexico as Narrator (voice)

1939

Old Natchez on the Mississippi as Narrator (voice)
Rural Hungary as Narrator (voice)
Java Journey as Narrator (voice)
Land of Alaska Nellie as Narrator (voice)
A Cavalcade of Texas as Self - Narrator (voice)

1938

Beautiful Budapest as Narrator (voice)
Natural Wonders of the West as Narrator (voice)
Cairo 'City of Contrast' as Narrator (voice)
Czechoslovakia on Parade as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Austria as Narrator (voice)
Paris on Parade as Narrator (voice)
Sydney: 'Pride of Australia' as Narrator (voice)
Rural Sweden as Narrator (voice)
Madeira: 'Isle of Romance' as Narrator (voice)
Singapore and Jahore as Narrator (voice)

1937

Stockholm: Pride of Sweden as Narrator (voice)
Serene Siam as Narrator (voice)
India on Parade as Narrator (voice)
Floral Japan as Narrator (voice)
Rocky Mountain Grandeur as Narrator (voice)
Land of the Incas as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Peru as Narrator (voice)
Chile, Land of Charm as Narrator (voice)
Picturesque South Africa as Narrator (voice)
Glimpses of Java and Ceylon as Narrator (voice)
Copenhagen as Narrator (voice)
Colorful Bombay as Narrator (voice)
Oriental Paradise as Narrator (voice)

1936

Cherry Blossom Time in Japan as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1935

Modern Tokyo as Narrator (voice)
Rural Mexico as Narrator (voice)
Colorful Guatemala as Narrator (voice)
Rainbow Canyons as Narrator (voice)

1934

Holland in Tulip Time as Narrator (voice)
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' as Narrator (voice)
Switzerland the Beautiful as Narrator (voice)
Zion: Canyon of Colour as Narrator (voice)
Africa, Land of Contrast as Self - Narrator (voice)

1933

Iceland, Land of the Vikings as Self - Narrator (voice)

1932

Gateway to India: Bombay as Self - Narrator (voice)

1931

Land of the Maharajahs as Narrator (voice)

1930

Japan in Cherry Blossom Time as Narrator (voice)
Charming Ceylon as Narrator (voice)

Production

1952

1950

Land of Tradition as Producer
Pastoral Panoramas as Producer
Colorful Holland as Producer

1946

Looking at London as Producer

1945

1944

Monumental Utah as Producer
Visiting St. Louis as Producer
Mackinac Island as Producer
Colorful Colorado as Producer

1943

Over the Andes as Producer
Mighty Niagara as Producer
Romantic Nevada as Producer

1942

People of Russia as Producer
Exotic Mexico as Producer

1939

A Dream of Love as Producer
Java Journey as Producer
Rural Hungary as Producer

1932

Come Back to Erin as Producer

1931

1925

Franz Liszt as Producer

Directing

1951

Egypt Speaks as Director
Voices of Venice as Director

1949

1946

The Mission Trail as Director

1945

Song of Mexico as Director

1939

Rural Hungary as Director
A Dream of Love as Director
Marine Circus as Director

1938

Paris on Parade as Director

1937

Auld Lang Syne as Director
India on Parade as Director

1936

David Livingstone as Director

1935

1934

1930

Charming Ceylon as Director
The Imperial City as Director

1928

1925

Franz Liszt as Director
Verdi as Director

1922

Writing

1945

Song of Mexico as Screenplay

1942

Exotic Mexico as Writer

1935

1928

The Lady of the Lake as Adaptation

1925

Franz Liszt as Writer

Crew

1925

Franz Liszt as Presenter