Horsley, Wm. (William), -1956

Horsley was born in 1870; left England for the US; worked as a boiler maker; with his brother David, founded the Centaur Film Company (later, Nestor Motion Picture Company) in Bayonne, NJ in 1907; along with his brother and other independents, founded Universal Pictures Company in 1912; designed and supervised the construction of Universal City; in 1916 he set up the Bill Horsley Laboratory (later, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc.), which developed and printed 35mm. films; he died in 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.

From the description of Papers, 1903-1947. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39153128