# Earliest Birthdate of Person on Film

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-birthdate-of-person-on-film/608189
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 2, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-birthdate-of-person-on-film/608189 "2012-01-02T22:24:22Z")
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### Author: ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-birthdate-of-person-on-film/608189/21 "2017-02-23T16:22:39Z")

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Missed that. Still, can’t see anything that indicated the excellent ( no sarcasm ) Mr. [Müller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M%C3%BCller) was filmed rather than just being photographed. They often include still photographs in documentaries. I’ve actually seen that done in Ken Burns documentaries.

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### Author: ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-birthdate-of-person-on-film/608189/22 "2017-02-23T17:26:11Z")

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Yeah, but don’t generally give IMDB credits for subjects in still photos.

OKay, so IMDB is not 100% accurate, and I’ve not seen the documentary in question, but the credit would imply a moving image.

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