Harry J. Wild

Harry J. Wild

  • Birthday: 1901-07-05
  • Deathday: 1961-02-24
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Harry Wild

Biography

Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. (July 5, 1901 - February 24, 1961) was a film and television cinematographer. Wild worked at RKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series. In 1931, he began his career and was hired as second cameraman and operator on nine projects, most notably Fred Niblo's Young Donovan'a Kid (1931). In 1936, Wild shot his first feature, Wallace Fox's sports drama The Big Game. Two years later he shared an Academy Award nomination for the Republic Pictures film Army Girl (1938). According to film critic Spencer Selby, Wild was a prolific film noir cinematographer, shooting 13 of them, including: Dmytryk's Murder, My Sweet (1944), Johnny Angel (1945), Nocturne (1946), the Jean Renoir-directed The Woman on the Beach (1947), They Won't Believe Me (1947), and others. He was also, in the early 1950s, Jane Russell's cinematographer; he worked on seven of her movies as an actress, three of which were released by other studios: His Kind of Woman (1951) and Son of Paleface (1952) for Paramount, and, his most widely seen movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) for Twentieth Century-Fox.

Production

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953

As Director of Photography

Murder, My Sweet

1944

As Director of Photography

Pitfall

1948

As Director of Photography

Macao

1952

As Director of Photography

The Las Vegas Story

1952

As Director of Photography

His Kind of Woman

1951

As Director of Photography

They Won't Believe Me

1947

As Director of Photography

Cornered

1945

As Director of Photography

Strange Bargain

1949

As Director of Photography

Johnny Angel

1945

As Director of Photography

The Woman on the Beach

1947

As Director of Photography

Station West

1948

As Director of Photography

The Falcon Out West

1944

As Director of Photography

Nocturne

1946

As Director of Photography

Gambling House

1950

As Director of Photography

The Falcon's Adventure

1946

As Director of Photography

The Big Steal

1949

As Director of Photography

The Threat

1949

As Director of Photography

The Saint In Palm Springs

1941

As Director of Photography

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

As Director of Photography

My Forbidden Past

1951

As Director of Photography

West of the Pecos

1945

As Director of Photography

Rookies in Burma

1943

As Director of Photography

Millionaires in Prison

1940

As Director of Photography

Army Girl

1938

As Director of Photography

Bullet Code

1940

As Director of Photography

Don't Tell the Wife

1937

As Director of Photography

Till the End of Time

1946

As Director of Photography

Radio Stars on Parade

1945

As Director of Photography

Nevada

1944

As Director of Photography

Mademoiselle Fifi

1944

As Director of Photography

The Rookie Cop

1939

As Director of Photography

The Fargo Kid

1940

As Director of Photography

The Big Game

1936

As Director of Photography

Land of the Open Range

1942

As Director of Photography

Arizona Legion

1939

As Director of Photography

Come on Danger

1942

As Director of Photography

The French Line

1954

As Director of Photography

The General

1926

As First Assistant Camera

Underwater!

1955

As Director of Photography

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939

As Director of Photography

Dude Cowboy

1941

As Director of Photography

The Bandit Trail

1941

As Director of Photography

Six-Gun Gold

1941

As Director of Photography

The Conqueror

1956

As Director of Photography

She Couldn't Say No

1954

As Director of Photography

Top Of The World

1955

As Director of Photography

Affair with a Stranger

1953

As Director of Photography

Son of Paleface

1952

As Director of Photography

Two Tickets to Broadway

1951

As Director of Photography

Easy Living

1949

As Director of Photography

Valley of the Sun

1942

As Director of Photography

Stage Door Canteen

1943

As Director of Photography

Born to Be Bad

1950

As Additional Director of Photography

Painted Desert

1938

As Director of Photography

Timber Stampede

1939

As Director of Photography

Trouble in Sundown

1939

As Director of Photography

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1945

As Director of Photography

Tycoon

1947

As Director of Photography

Legion of the Lawless

1940

As Director of Photography

Racketeers of the Range

1939

As Director of Photography

Cyclone on Horseback

1941

As Director of Photography

Tarzan Triumphs

1943

As Director of Photography

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943

As Director of Photography

Stage to Chino

1940

As Still Photographer

Lawless Valley

1938

As Director of Photography

First Yank into Tokyo

1945

As Director of Photography

Many Unhappy Returns

1937

As Director of Photography

The Lost Squadron

1932

As Camera Operator

So This Is Washington

1943

As Director of Photography

Racing Lady

1937

As Cinematography

The Fighting Gringo

1939

As Cinematography

A Woman's Secret

1949

As Cinematography

The Wrong Room

1939

As Cinematography

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