22 May 1980(1980-05-22) (aged 87) Pasadena, California, United States
Occupation(s)
Organist
Instrument(s)
Cinema organ/ theatre organ
Musical artist
Reginald John Foort (23 January 1893 – 22 May 1980), FRCO, ARCM, was a cinema organist and theatre organist. He was the first official BBC Staff Theatre Organist from 1936 to 1938, during which time he made 405 broadcasts on the organ at St George's Hall, Langham Place.[1] 'Reggie' was a hugely popular broadcaster in his heyday in the late 1930s and 1940s in Britain and later settled in the United States, where he similarly enjoyed an illustrious career performing and recording.
^"National Programme Daventry, 31 October 1938 20.10: Farewell to Reginald Foort". Radio Times. 61 (787). BBC. 28 October 1938.
Reginald John Foort (23 January 1893 – 22 May 1980), FRCO, ARCM, was a cinema organist and theatre organist. He was the first official BBC Staff Theatre...
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wide-ranging BBC Theatre Organ broadcasts at St George's Hall, London by ReginaldFoort, who held the official role of BBC Staff Theatre Organist from 1936...
performances. In 1936 ReginaldFoort was appointed resident organist, and the organ was first used in a broadcast on 20 October 1936, played by Foort and three other...
in the fictional 1947 biopic Song of Scheherazade. English organist ReginaldFoort recorded an organ transcription of the piece for Cook Records on the...
Britain. As the second official BBC Theatre Organist, in succession to ReginaldFoort, he achieved considerable broadcasting time during and after World War...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
(born 1897) 20 May – Sir Oscar Morland, diplomat (born 1904) 22 May – ReginaldFoort, theatre organist (born 1893) 24 May – Ronald Burroughs, diplomat (born...
Dixon leaving his Tower post to become the new BBC organist, after ReginaldFoort had recently resigned from the post. Dixon said to this "I am under...
Compton 3 manual 15 rank theatre organ, played on the opening night by ReginaldFoort. and the theatre also staged variety shows. The first show played also...
American firm M. P. Möller in 1938 as a touring organ by Englishman ReginaldFoort, who attended its Pasadena inauguration on April 23, 1980. It had been...
English language and literature at the University of Oxford since 1996 ReginaldFoort - organist John L. Harper CBE – plant biologist Thomas Hedley – media...
composed the Gunsmoke theme heard on television and radio for many years. Reginald Dixon MBE was the most popular organist of all time, being a household...
Ian Curtis, musician and singer (Joy Division), 23 (suicide) 22 May – ReginaldFoort, theatre organist, 87 5 July – A. J. Potter, composer, 61 6 July – Frank...
recordings of theatre organ music were made on Cook by British organist ReginaldFoort, who first recorded using the name "Michael Cheshire." Cook Records...
Cinema, Elephant and Castle and was followed at the Regal until 1932 by ReginaldFoort. Torch's tenure at the Regal lasted until 1934. His signature tune became...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
Buddy Cole Jesse Crawford Florence De Jong Reginald Dixon Martin Ellis Lee Erwin Horace Finch ReginaldFoort Graham W. Jackson, Sr. Dennis James Stan Kann...
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