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Foley Man: noun; a person who performs specific sound effects for movie and/or radio studios. A foley man is one who has practiced the skills of mimicing sounds to be included in the sound track of motion picture films or for live or recorded radio broadcasts to accompany the score or play in progress. Representative sound effects include, car horns honking, chickens cackling, birds chirping, horses trotting just to name a few. A good foley man has practiced and developed his/her skills to truly become an artist and therefore is often times referred to as a "Foley Artist".

It is believed that the term was established when one man whose surname was Foley brought his own equipment to the sound stage of a radio studio and began the tradition of providing the sound effects.

Motion Pictures often include the Foley Man or the Foley Artist along with all the other performers of the film.

The source of this information is from past documentary broadcasts, but is deemed to be fully reliable and easily verifiable.

Roger A. Kammeier