Biography

Warren Wray Hamilton Jr, was a sound editor who worked on more than 53 feature films died at the age of 76. The only child of Jeanette (Koral) and Warren Wray Hamilton Sr., his father worked at UCLA hired him as Senior Scene Technician for Motion Picture Division in their Theater Arts Department.. Warren was raised up in the film industry. He helped his father with set designs. His father Warren Wray Hamilton Sr. influenced his son to follow his work in the movie industry. His father worked for MGM, Disney, and Fox Studios working on over 200 films such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tarzan of the Apes, Wizard of Oz, The black Swan, Broken Arrow, Miracle on 34rth Street and Northwest Passage.

Warren Wray Hamilton Jr. was the sound editor on a range of features, including "Apollo 13," "Twister," "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," "Total Recall," "Beetlejuice" and "Batman Returns."

Born in Los Angeles, Hamilton got his start in the biz as an actor, appearing in small roles in such pics as "The Blackboard Jungle." After a stint in the Army, he earned a B.A. from UCLA and began working as a story editor for Warner Bros. in 1960.

Hamilton worked on such series "77 Sunset Strip," "Bourbon Street Beat" and "Cheyenne" while at Warners, leaving in 1962 to join "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." He later worked for Disney. In 1969, Hamilton co-wrote the documentary short "An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer," which earned him an Oscar nomination.

By the late 1970s, after a decade of story editing and writing for various low-budget films, Hamilton segued into sound editing full time.

He won three Golden Reel Awards for his work with sound effects and editing on "Oliver & Company," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Speed."

Hamilton was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a past president of Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild. He would attend Koral family reunions at the family vacation home in Desert Hot Springs and would tape record family adventures from his cousins to write them into his scripts says his niece Shawn Alladio.

He is survived by his son Craig, who is a copyright administrator for Warner Bros., and a daughter, Jenene , who works for screenplay clearance firm Marshall Plumb Associates

The Hamilton family proudly has 3 generations of movie industry lineage.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Shawn Alladio