Fred Ott: Fred Ott. Self: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze. Frederick Paul Ott was a skilled machinist and key employee of Thomas A. Edison's laboratories. He began working with Edison in 1874 (at age 14) and became one of the inventor's most valued employees and closest friends. His likeness appears in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures - the well-known Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) (a.k.a. Fred Ott's...
Known For: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (Sneezing Man), The Kiss (Self), Fred Ott Holding a Bird (Self)