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A.D. Flowers was born on 22 February, 1917 in Hillsboro, Texas, USA, is a special_effects,art_department. Discover A.D. Flowers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?
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special_effects,art_department |
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84 years old |
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Pisces |
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22 February, 1917 |
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22 February |
Birthplace |
Hillsboro, Texas, USA |
Date of death |
5 July, 2001 |
Died Place |
Fullerton, California, USA |
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United States
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A.D. Flowers Height, Weight & Measurements
At 84 years old, A.D. Flowers height not available right now. We will update A.D. Flowers's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is A.D. Flowers's Wife?
His wife is Vivian Lois Shea (1938 - 5 July 2001) ( his death) ( 2 children)
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Vivian Lois Shea (1938 - 5 July 2001) ( his death) ( 2 children) |
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A.D. Flowers Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is A.D. Flowers worth at the age of 84 years old? A.D. Flowers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Special Effects. He is from United States. We have estimated A.D. Flowers's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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After graduating from high school in 1935, like so many others from Oklahoma in the '30s, he hitchhiked to California, the golden state, where he hoped to find work. Within three years he was married and, with the help of his father-in-law, a painter at MGM studios, had a job as a studio handyman. Starting right at the bottom, literally, Flowers spent his first 19 nights at his new job on his hands and knees polishing a dance floor that Mickey Rooney used. He eventually moved from floors to grounds and was given the "greenman" assignment wherein his responsibility included feeding and nursing and otherwise maintaining plants, flowers, and any turf on movie sets. By the mid-'40s, Flowers had worked his way into the studio property department and from there onto assignments working with special effects. Explosives became his forte, but anything mechanical proved his domain. Whether employing hydraulics, electronics, or pyrotechnics -- skills that he studied at trade schools while practicing them in movies -- Flowers helped create or re-create fires, floods, dog fights (the aerial kind), bombs bursting in air, etc. For many years he enjoyed the role of chief of mechanical special effects at 20th Century-Fox. And his specialties were not limited to movies. He also plied his trade in television on shows such as "Gunsmoke" and Combat!" for example. A. D.
In "1941," Flowers devised the effect of the Ferris wheel rolling into the Pacific Ocean by using a miniature Ferris wheel and the indoor water tank that Esther Williams frequented in many of her aquatic scenes in her movies.
For more than thirty years, A. D. Flowers worked his magic in movies and on TV and ended his career as one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after special effects experts. His craft, however, predated the now-universally employed computerized high-tech FX that the movie and TV industry relies upon today. Explosives, flashbulbs, miniatures, water tanks, unique recipes for blood, and a lot of improvisation (not to mention chance) comprised Flowers' bag of tricks. Affirming that he used his bag of tricks to its best advantage, the Academy Awards presented Flowers with Oscars for his contributions as a "powder man" in the 1970 production of "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and for his skillful creation of disaster in the 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure.
" He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work with Steven Speilberg in the 1979 movie "1941" -- one of Flowers last efforts in his field. He was born in Texas and raised in Sayre, Oklahoma.
One of several persons who was omitted from being included in the "In Memoriam" segment of the 74th Annual Academy Awards in March of 2002. Flowers, who won two Oscars, was mysteriously left out causing outrage and sadness from his family. Other persons who were also left out of the segment include Dorothy McGuire and Peggy Lee, both actresses were also nominated for Oscars.