 1884 - 1972 (87 years)
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| Name |
William Sistrom [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
19 Mar 1884 |
Lincolnshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Billy Sistrom |
| _UID |
62818BAFDCB24A04A29474A11C10EFCF2E70 |
| Death |
Mar 1972 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Person ID |
I8967 |
broderick |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
| Family |
Mary Louisa Rowan, b. 8 Nov 1882, St-Liguori, Montcalm, Québec, Canada d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
17 Apr 1911 |
St-Patrice, Montréal, Québec, Canada [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. William Joseph Sistrom, b. 7 Aug 1912, Prob Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 7 Apr 1966, , Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 53 years) |
| | 2. Rosemary E. Sistrom, b. Abt 1915, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Suzanne C. Sistrom, b. 14 Nov 1918, , Los Angeles, California, USA d. 18 Jul 2001, Prob , San Diego, California, USA (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. M.L. Sistrom |
| | 5. William Robert Sistrom, b. 15 Feb 1927, , Los Angeles, California, USA d. 19 Sep 1993, Prob Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA (Age 66 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3380 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
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| Sources |
- [S50] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 14th, 1920, (Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), New York, Westchester, Mamaroneck, District 0065, sht 7A, img 13, ln 30 (Reliability: 3).
Name: William Sistrom
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: England
Home in 1920: Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York
Street: Pien Brook Drive
House Number: 25
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1909
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Marie Louise Sistrom
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Native Tongue: English
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Manager
Industry: Film Co
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Naturalization Status: Papers Submitted
Household Members:
Name Age
William Sistrom 34
Marie Louise Sistrom 33
William Joseph Sistrom 7
Rosemary E Sistrom 5
Suzanne C Sistrom 1-2/12
- [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 15th, 1930, (Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Districts 1-250), District 73, sht 23A, img 42, ln 39 (Reliability: 3).
Name: William Sistrom
Birth Year: abt 1883
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: England
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Hillside Av
Block: 27
House Number in Cities or Towns: 7475
Dwelling Number: 411
Family Number: 475
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 125, 000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 28
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Language Spoken: English
Immigration Year: 1909
Naturalization: First Papers
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Producer
Industry: Motion Pictures
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Sistrom 47
Louise Sistrom 43
Joseph Sistrom 17
Rosemary Sistrom 15
Suzanne Sistrom 11
Mary Louise Sistrom 7
William Sistrom 3
Anna M Dahl 41 servant
- [S262] United States. Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 16th, 1940, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 60-115, sht 7A, img 13, ln 2 (Reliability: 3).
Name: William Sistrom
Respondent: Yes
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: England
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Hillside Avenue
House Number: 7475
Inferred Residence in 1935: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Residence in 1935: Same House
Citizenship: Having First Papers
Sheet Number: 7A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 166
Occupation: Producer
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 12000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Sistrom 56
Louise M Sistrom 57
Suzanne Sistrom 21
Mary L Sistrom 17
William R Sistrom 13
Elizabeth Bernard 38 servant
- [S446] Wikapedia.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sistrom (Reliability: 2).
William Sistrom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William "Billy" Sistrom (19 March 1884 – March 1972) was an English film producer. He was born in Lincolnshire, England. He began work with Universal Pictures. Later he joined RKO in 1935, where he worked on the film adaptation of Leslie Charteris' The Saint in New York. He produced 30 UK and US films between 1930 and 1949.
As well as a producer, William also worked as a studio manager. Actor Lon Chaney, Sr. tells of confronting Universal studio manager William Sistrom in 1918 demanding a payrise and contract. According to Chaney, Sistrom told him that he knew a good actor when he saw one but that looking directly at Chaney he saw only a wash-out.[1] According to their website William managed Hollywood Center Studios for a time from the 1925.[2]
Wiliam's first wife Louise Rowan had two American-born sons and three daughters microbiologist William, Hollywood producer Joseph, Suzanne, Rosemary, and Mary Louise.
During World War II, the Sistroms opened their Hollywood home to many American servicemen. One notable Army Air Corps pilot, and wannabe actor was Dan David. Dan assumed Mrs. Sistrom's maiden name as a stage name and was known as Dan Rowan. He was member of the comedy team of the 1970s TV show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
After Louise's death he married actress Rosalyn Boulter when he was 68 and she was 36. Boulter's daughter Carol Haynes Johnson, who was 8 when they married, described William as "gentle, loving, giving. I always called him 'Daddy.' Daddy came into our lives when I was about 4."[3] After the wedding, William retired, and the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he managed a turkey ranch in Buckeye, about 40 miles outside the city.
He died in March 1972 in Los Angeles, United States.
Partial filmography
As producer unless otherwise specified.
Runaway Bride (1930) (associate producer)
The Fall Guy (1930) (associate producer)
The Silver Horde (1930) (associate producer)
The Black Camel (1931) (associate producer)
The Spider (1931) (associate producer)
The Crooked Circle (1932)
A Dog of Flanders (1935) (associate producer)
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) (associate producer)
Bunker Bean (1936) (associate producer)
The Plot Thickens (1936) (associate producer)
There Goes My Girl (1937)
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
The Saint in New York (1938)
Blond Cheat (1938)
I'm From the City (1938)
The Saint in London (1939)
The Saint's Vacation (1941)
Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
Escape to Danger (1943)
Tawny Pipit (1944)
Hungry Hill (1947)
Woman Hater (1948)
External links
William Sistrom's filmography on the American Film Institute website
William Sistrom at NSM Movies
William Sistrom at Internet Movie Database
- [S7] Ancestry.com, Québec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967., ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Includes images of the actual copies of parish registers submitted to the central authorities.), Montreal (St-Patrick), 1911, pp 16&v, B (sic), img 16-17 (Reliability: 3).
Initial entry, lined out, is abjuration of heresy of William Sistrum, followed by marriage entry for William Sistrum and Louise Rowan, same date, but with no marginal entry.
Groom of Chicago, Ill., USA
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