Treg Brown

Treg Brown
Born	Tregoweth Edmond Brown (1899-11-04)November 4, 1899 Gilbert, Minnesota, USA
Died	April 28, 1984(1984-04-28) (aged 84) Irvine, California, USA
Occupation	Sound editor
Years active	1932-1983
Known for	Discovering voice actor Mel Blanc

Tregoweth Edmond "Treg" Brown (November 4, 1899 in Gilbert, Minnesota, USA – April 28, 1984) was a motion picture sound editor who was responsible for the sound effects in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons starting in 1936.^[1] Before that, he worked with Cecil B. DeMille. Adding to this, he also gave legendary Warner voice actor Mel Blanc his big break. He also won the 1965 Academy Award for Sound Effects for his work on the film The Great Race.^[1]

In the famous Warner Bros. cartoon One Froggy Evening (1955), the skyscraper into which Michigan J. Frog is entombed is named the "Tregoweth Brown Building".

Filmography

The Bugs n' Daffy Show
Devil May Hare
Zip Zip Hooray!
Freudy Cat
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare
One Froggy Evening

References

1 2 Moody, Gary. "All the Oscars: 1965". All the Oscars. Retrieved 2007-09-29.

External links

Treg Brown at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Sound Effects 1963–1967	1963: Walter Elliott 1964: Norman Wanstall 1965: Treg Brown 1966: Gordon Daniel 1967: John Poyner

1968–1981	none were given from 1968-1981, except a few special achievements, in the years 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1981

Sound Effects Editing 1982–1999	1982: Ben Burtt and Charles L. Campbell 1983: Jay Boekelheide 1984: Special Achievement Academy Award 1985: Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge 1986: Don Sharpe 1987: Special Achievement Academy Award 1988: Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann 1989: Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns 1990: Cecelia Hall and George Watters II 1991: Gloria Borders and Gary Rydstrom 1992: Tom McCarthy and David E. Stone 1993: Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom 1994: Stephen Hunter Flick 1995: Lon Bender and Per Hallberg 1996: Bruce Stambler 1997: Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes 1998: Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom 1999: Dane Davis

Sound Editing 2000–present	2000: Jon Johnson 2001: Christopher Boyes and George Watters II 2002: Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn 2003: Richard King 2004: Michael Silvers and Randy Thom 2005: Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn 2006: Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray 2007: Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers 2008: Richard King 2009: Paul N. J. Ottosson 2010: Richard King 2011: Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton 2012: Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers/Paul N. J. Ottosson A tie 2013: Glenn Freemantle 2014: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29088180 LCCN: no89006194

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