James A FitzPatrick was famous as the originator, producer, and narrator of "FitzPatrick Traveltalks" a long running series of over 225 theatrical travelogues he made for MGM between 1930 and 1955, many of them in Technicolor. He claimed to have traveled around the world more than 25 times in the process. Born in Shelton, Connecticut in 1894, he graduated from Yale and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. In 1923 he formed Fitzpatrick Pictures and produced a series of theatrical shorts about famous composers. Following his stint at MGM he made a series called Vistavision Visits for Paramount. He died on June 12, 1980 in Palm Springs, California. less