Harry J. Wild
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- July 5, 1901
- Died
- February 24, 1961 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Black Saddle
TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep
Law of the Plainsman
TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep
The Conqueror
Movie · Director of Photography
Underwater!
Movie · Director of Photography
Top of the World
Movie · Director of Photography
The French Line
Movie · Director of Photography
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · Director of Photography
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie · Director of Photography
Affair with a Stranger
Movie · Director of Photography
Macao
Movie · Director of Photography
The Las Vegas Story
Movie · Director of Photography
Son of Paleface
Movie · Director of Photography
His Kind of Woman
Movie · Director of Photography
My Forbidden Past
Movie · Director of Photography
Two Tickets to Broadway
Movie · Director of Photography
Gambling House
Movie · Director of Photography
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie · Director of Photography
Strange Bargain
Movie · Director of Photography
The Threat
Movie · Director of Photography
The Big Steal
Movie · Director of Photography
Easy Living
Movie · Director of Photography
Pitfall
Movie · Director of Photography
Station West
Movie · Director of Photography
They Won't Believe Me
Movie · Director of Photography
The Woman on the Beach
Movie · Director of Photography
Tycoon
Movie · Director of Photography
Nocturne
Movie · Director of Photography
The Falcon's Adventure
Movie · Director of Photography
Till the End of Time
Movie · Director of Photography
Cornered
Movie · Director of Photography
Johnny Angel
Movie · Director of Photography
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Movie · Director of Photography
West of the Pecos
Movie · Director of Photography
Radio Stars on Parade
Movie · Director of Photography
First Yank into Tokyo
Movie · Director of Photography
Murder, My Sweet
Movie · Director of Photography
The Falcon Out West
Movie · Director of Photography
Mademoiselle Fifi
Movie · Director of Photography
Nevada
Movie · Director of Photography
Rookies in Burma
Movie · Director of Photography
Tarzan Triumphs
Movie · Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Movie · Director of Photography
So This Is Washington
Movie · Director of Photography
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · Director of Photography
Land of the Open Range
Movie · Director of Photography
Come on Danger
Movie · Director of Photography
Valley of the Sun
Movie · Director of Photography
The Saint In Palm Springs
Movie · Director of Photography
Cyclone on Horseback
Movie · Director of Photography
Dude Cowboy
Movie · Director of Photography
The Bandit Trail
Movie · Director of Photography
Six-Gun Gold
Movie · Director of Photography
Legion of the Lawless
Movie · Director of Photography
Millionaires in Prison
Movie · Director of Photography
Bullet Code
Movie · Director of Photography
The Fargo Kid
Movie · Director of Photography
Stage to Chino
Movie · Still Photographer
Wagon Train
Movie · Director of Photography
Timber Stampede
Movie · Director of Photography
Trouble in Sundown
Movie · Director of Photography
Racketeers of the Range
Movie · Director of Photography
The Rookie Cop
Movie · Director of Photography
Arizona Legion
Movie · Director of Photography
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie · Director of Photography
Army Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Lawless Valley
Movie · Director of Photography
Painted Desert
Movie · Director of Photography
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie · Director of Photography
Many Unhappy Returns
Movie · Director of Photography
Dumb's the Word
Movie · Director of Photography
The Big Game
Movie · Director of Photography
Chasing Yesterday
Movie · Camera Operator
The Lost Squadron
Movie · Camera Operator
Secrets of the French Police
Movie · Camera Operator
The General
Movie · First Assistant Camera