William (aka Bill) started his film career during the silent film era as a camera operator but switched to the sound department when given the opportunity.[citation needed]
He worked for MGM studios on various projects. He is credited on most of the "Thin Man" movies as well as most of the "Twilight Zone" episodes and the "Combat" series.[citation needed]
William was born in Houston, Texas in 1906 to Josiah Lewis Edmondson (a civil engineer) and Effie Nettie Kennedy. He was the middle of three sons and also had a younger sister who died at the age of 10 in a fire. His parents divorced a year after the death of their daughter. William's father left for Mexico shortly thereafter and was lost to the family. Their mother moved the family to Long Beach, California.[citation needed]
He was also the first cousin ofLon Chaney via his mother. Her father was Wiliam Bainbridge Kennedy, and Lon Chaney's grandfather was his brother Jonathan Ralston Kennedy who was the first superintendent of the Mute Institute at Olathe Kansas and later of Colorado Springs, Colorado.[citation needed]
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