William Hedgcock

William Hedgcock was an American sound technician and engineer active during the studio era of Hollywood filmmaking. ThreeStooges.net lists him as born July 4, 1883, in New York, New York, and died September 29, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. TMDb identifies him as known for sound work and lists more than thirty credits across the 1930s and 1940s.

Hedgcock's screen credits include sound-mixing, sound-recording, engineering and technical-supervisor work. TMDb lists him as sound mixer on Dracula, sound recordist on The Invisible Man and Son of Frankenstein, sound engineer on Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man Returns, Invisible Agent, The Invisible Man's Revenge, House of Frankenstein and Dead Man's Eyes, and sound technical supervisor on Rio, Arizona Trail and Hired Wife. His credits also include Tower of London, The Sun Never Sets, The Cat Creeps, Captive Wild Woman, The Frozen Ghost and South of Dixie.

ThreeStooges.net records additional production credits as sound technician or sound on films connected to Joe Besser and Shemp Howard, including Hot Steel, The Bank Dick, Too Many Blondes, Hit the Road, Appointment for Love and Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops. His documented filmography places him among the behind-the-scenes sound workers who helped shape early horror, comedy and studio genre filmmaking.

References:

[1] The Movie Database, “William Hedgcock” — https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1348280-william-hedgcock