CINEFILER

Harry J. Wild

Born
July 5, 1901
Died
February 24, 1961
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.
Known For
The General
(1926)
First Assistant Camera
The Big Steal
(1949)
Director of Photography
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953)
Director of Photography
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Director of Photography
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Director of Photography
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
Director of Photography
Tarzan Triumphs
(1943)
Director of Photography
Underwater!
(1955)
Director of Photography
Pitfall
(1948)
Director of Photography
The Conqueror
(1956)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
The General
(1926)
First Assistant Camera
The Lost Squadron
(1932)
Camera Operator
The Big Game
(1936)
Director of Photography
Don't Tell the Wife
(1937)
Director of Photography
Many Unhappy Returns
(1937)
Director of Photography
Army Girl
(1938)
Director of Photography
Painted Desert
(1938)
Director of Photography
Lawless Valley
(1938)
Director of Photography
The Rookie Cop
(1939)
Director of Photography
Arizona Legion
(1939)
Director of Photography
The Marshal Of Mesa City
(1939)
Director of Photography
Timber Stampede
(1939)
Director of Photography
Trouble in Sundown
(1939)
Director of Photography
Racketeers of the Range
(1939)
Director of Photography
Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Director of Photography
Bullet Code
(1940)
Director of Photography
The Fargo Kid
(1940)
Director of Photography
Legion of the Lawless
(1940)
Director of Photography
Stage to Chino
(1940)
Still Photographer
The Saint In Palm Springs
(1941)
Director of Photography
Dude Cowboy
(1941)
Director of Photography
The Bandit Trail
(1941)
Director of Photography
Six-Gun Gold
(1941)
Director of Photography
Cyclone on Horseback
(1941)
Director of Photography
Land of the Open Range
(1942)
Director of Photography
Come on Danger
(1942)
Director of Photography
Valley of the Sun
(1942)
Director of Photography
Rookies in Burma
(1943)
Director of Photography
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
Director of Photography
Tarzan Triumphs
(1943)
Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
(1943)
Director of Photography
So This Is Washington
(1943)
Director of Photography
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Director of Photography
The Falcon Out West
(1944)
Director of Photography
Mademoiselle Fifi
(1944)
Director of Photography
Nevada
(1944)
Director of Photography
Cornered
(1945)
Director of Photography
Johnny Angel
(1945)
Director of Photography
West of the Pecos
(1945)
Director of Photography
Radio Stars on Parade
(1945)
Director of Photography
Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1945)
Director of Photography
First Yank into Tokyo
(1945)
Director of Photography
Nocturne
(1946)
Director of Photography
The Falcon's Adventure
(1946)
Director of Photography
Till the End of Time
(1946)
Director of Photography
They Won't Believe Me
(1947)
Director of Photography
The Woman on the Beach
(1947)
Director of Photography
Tycoon
(1947)
Director of Photography
Pitfall
(1948)
Director of Photography
Station West
(1948)
Director of Photography
Strange Bargain
(1949)
Director of Photography
The Big Steal
(1949)
Director of Photography
The Threat
(1949)
Director of Photography
Easy Living
(1949)
Director of Photography
Gambling House
(1950)
Director of Photography
Walk Softly, Stranger
(1950)
Director of Photography
Born to Be Bad
(1950)
Additional Director of Photography
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Director of Photography
My Forbidden Past
(1951)
Director of Photography
Two Tickets to Broadway
(1951)
Director of Photography
The Las Vegas Story
(1952)
Director of Photography
Macao
(1952)
Director of Photography
Son of Paleface
(1952)
Director of Photography
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953)
Director of Photography
Affair with a Stranger
(1953)
Director of Photography
The French Line
(1954)
Director of Photography
She Couldn't Say No
(1954)
Director of Photography
Underwater!
(1955)
Director of Photography
Top Of The World
(1955)
Director of Photography
The Conqueror
(1956)
Director of Photography
Crew
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