# Tom Overton

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{{Short description|American sound engineer}}
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| name         = Tom Overton
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1930|4|14}}
| birth_place  = North Carolina, USA
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1988|5|4|1930|4|14}}
| death_place  = Los Angeles, California, USA
| occupation   = [Sound engineer](/source/audio_engineering)
| years_active = 1959-1988 
}}

'''Tom Overton''' (April 14, 1930&nbsp;– May 4, 1988) was an American [sound engineer](/source/audio_engineering). He was nominated for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Awards) in the category [Best Sound](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing) for the film ''[A Star Is Born](/source/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film))''.<ref name="Oscars1977">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 3, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[The Last Picture Show](/source/The_Last_Picture_Show)'' (1971)
* ''[The Last Detail](/source/The_Last_Detail)'' (1973)
* ''[A Star Is Born](/source/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film))'' (1976)
* ''[Audrey Rose](/source/Audrey_Rose_(film))'' (1977)
* ''[American Hot Wax](/source/American_Hot_Wax)'' (1978)
* ''[Heaven Can Wait](/source/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film))'' (1978)
* ''[Airplane!](/source/Airplane!)'' (1980)
* ''[Airplane II: The Sequel](/source/Airplane_II%3A_The_Sequel)'' (1982)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0653966|name=Tom Overton}}

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Category:1930 births
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Category:American audio engineers
Category:Engineers from North Carolina
Category:20th-century American engineers

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