- Petro Vlahos was born on August 20, 1916 in Raton, New Mexico, USA. He is known for Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Movie Magic (1994) and The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995). He was married to Virginia. He died on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseVirginia(? - February 10, 2013) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenSandra Bentley KingJennie Gadwa (née Vlahos)
- ParentsJames Bentley
- After the war, he moved to California armed with a reference from the head of Bell Labs to Douglas Shearer, sound director and the de facto head of R&D at MGM. He worked in movie production as a design engineer, field engineer, and systems engineer.
- He was a special-effects pioneer in blue- and green-screen compositing. His work made possible some of the special effects seen in Mary Poppins (1964), Ben-Hur (1959), The Birds (1963), and some of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.
- He showed an early interest in electronics and ham radio. He received his engineering degree from the University of California (Berkeley). During WWII, he worked as a designer at Douglas Aircraft, and later as a radar engineer at Bell Laboratories.
- Father of Paul Vlahos.
- Son of Greek immigrants.
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