Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman. He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article L.B. Abbott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(Special Effects)
The Diary of Anne Frank
(Special Effects Coordinator)
In Like Flint
(Special Effects)
The Detective
(Visual Effects)
Valley of the Dolls
(Visual Effects)
The Challenge
(Special Effects)
From Hell to Texas
(Visual Effects)
From the Terrace
(Special Effects)
The Wayward Bus
(Visual Effects)
Myra Breckinridge
(Visual Effects)
The Long, Hot Summer
(Special Effects)
Justine
(Visual Effects)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(Visual Effects)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Visual Effects)
Lady in Cement
(Visual Effects)
Flood!
(Special Effects)
The Flight of the Phoenix
(Visual Effects)
Von Ryan's Express
(Visual Effects)
The Fly
(Visual Effects)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(Assistant Camera)
Morituri
(Visual Effects)
Planet of the Apes
(Visual Effects)
Patton
(Visual Effects)
Bandolero!
(Visual Effects)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
(Visual Effects)
The Diary of Anne Frank
(Visual Effects)
Fraulein
(Visual Effects)
Logan's Run
(Visual Effects Designer)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(Visual Effects)
South Pacific
(Special Effects)
An Affair to Remember
(Special Effects)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
(Visual Effects)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(Visual Effects)
The Young Lions
(Visual Effects)
The Reward
(Special Effects)
Dear Brigitte
(Special Effects)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
(Special Effects)
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
(Special Effects Supervisor)
The Swarm
(Visual Effects)
The Diary of Anne Frank
(Special Effects)
The Poseidon Adventure
(Special Effects)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(Visual Effects)
Fantastic Voyage
(Special Effects)
Hard Contract
(Visual Effects)
Move Over, Darling
(Special Effects)
Bachelor Flat
(Visual Effects)
Daughter of the Mind
(Special Effects)
Tender Is the Night
(Visual Effects)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(Special Effects)
What a Way to Go!
(Special Effects)
Way... Way Out
(Special Effects)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(Special Effects)
There Were Thirteen
(Assistant Camera)
Shock Treatment
(Special Effects)
Goodbye Charlie
(Special Effects)
M*A*S*H
(Visual Effects)
Me and My Gal
(Assistant Camera)
The Boston Strangler
(Visual Effects)
Lost in Space
(Visual Effects)