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16 september 1971 los angeles , california , u.s. 1939-1971 brooklyn u.s. , new york city , new york , 02 april 1899 bill garity disney.jpg william garity
 william garity
william garity

william e. `` bill '' garity -lrb- april 2 , 1899 -- september 16 , 1971 -rrb- was an american inventor and technician who attended the pratt institute before going to work for lee de forest around 1921 .
garity worked with deforest on the phonofilm sound-on-film system until 1927 , when pat powers hired garity to develop a sound system that powers called powers cinephone .
garity is best known for the his employment at walt disney studios , which used the cinephone system in the late 20 's and early 30 's .
in 1937 , also at the disney studios , garity and ub iwerks developed the multiplane camera .
in 1940 , garity developed fantasound , an early stereophonic surround sound system for disney 's `` fantasia '' .
after leaving the disney studio , garity later became vice president and production manager for walter lantz productions .
he was inducted in the disney legends program in 1999 .
