John Wilcox
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- May 7, 1905
- Died
- May 31, 1979 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman. In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working relationship with horror director Freddie Francis, and they worked together on horror classics such as The Skull, Hysteria, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Deadly Bees, The Ghoul, and Legend of the Werewolf. As director of second camera units he worked on films such as The Third Man, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale and The Eagle Has Landed.
Known For
Filmography
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · Director of Photography
Terror of Frankenstein
Movie · Director of Photography
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Legend of the Werewolf
Movie · Director of Photography
The Ghoul
Movie · Director of Photography
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Movie · Director of Photography
Shatter
Movie · Director of Photography
Craze
Movie · Director of Photography
Au Pair Girls
Movie · Director of Photography
Steptoe & Son
Movie · Director of Photography
The Last Valley
Movie · Director of Photography
Connecting Rooms
Movie · Director of Photography
The Chairman
Movie · Director of Photography
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie · Director of Photography
Judith
Movie · Director of Photography
The Psychopath
Movie · Director of Photography
The Deadly Bees
Movie · Director of Photography
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie · Director of Photography
Hysteria
Movie · Director of Photography
The Skull
Movie · Director of Photography
The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie · Director of Photography
Nightmare
Movie · Director of Photography
633 Squadron
Movie · Additional Photography
Summer Holiday
Movie · Director of Photography
The King's Breakfast
Movie · Director of Photography
Some People
Movie · Director of Photography
Waltz of the Toreadors
Movie · Director of Photography
Only Two Can Play
Movie · Director of Photography
The Guns of Navarone
Movie · Additional Photography
Mr. Topaze
Movie · Director of Photography
Light Up the Sky!
Movie · Director of Photography
A Touch of Larceny
Movie · Director of Photography
The Mouse That Roared
Movie · Director of Photography
Expresso Bongo
Movie · Director of Photography
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie · Director of Photography
Harry Black and the Tiger
Movie · Director of Photography
April in Portugal
Movie · Director of Photography
Zarak
Movie · Director of Photography
Safari
Movie · Director of Photography
The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie · Director of Photography
Hell Below Zero
Movie · Director of Photography
The Black Knight
Movie · Director of Photography
The Red Beret
Movie · Director of Photography
Who Goes There!
Movie · Director of Photography
The Ringer
Movie · Additional Photography
Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie · Director of Photography
Outcast of the Islands
Movie · Director of Photography
The Third Man
Movie · Additional Photography
The New Lot
Movie · Director of Photography