Camera · b. 1903 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Russell Harlan

Biography

Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some th...

Directed
The Llano Kid 1939
Cinematography
Darling Lili 1970 Tobruk 1967 Hawaii 1966 The Great Race 1965 Dear Heart 1965 Quick, Before It Melts 1965 Man's Favorite Sport? 1964 A Gathering of Eagles 1963 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Hatari! 1962 The Spiral Road 1962 Sunrise at Campobello 1960 Pollyanna 1960 Rio Bravo 1959 Operation Petticoat 1959 Day of the Outlaw 1959 King Creole 1958 Run Silent, Run Deep 1958 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Something of Value 1957 This Could Be the Night 1957 Lust for Life 1956 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Land of the Pharaohs 1955 Riot in Cell Block 11 1954 The Big Sky 1952 The Ring 1952 Ruby Gentry 1952 The Thing from Another World 1951 Guilty Bystander 1950 The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 Southside 1-1000 1950 Gun Crazy 1950 Tarzan and the Slave Girl 1950 The Kangaroo Kid 1950 Bad Men of Tombstone 1949 Red River 1948 Four Faces West 1948 Ramrod 1947 A Walk in the Sun 1945 Tarzan's Desert Mystery 1943 False Colors 1943 Buckskin Frontier 1943 The Woman of the Town 1943 The Kansan 1943 American Empire 1942 Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die 1942 In Old Colorado 1941 The Showdown 1940 Santa Fe Marshal 1940 Stagecoach War 1940 The Light of Western Stars 1940 Heritage of the Desert 1939 Renegade Trail 1939 Silver on the Sage 1939 Law of the Pampas 1939 The Mysterious Rider 1938 Cassidy of Bar 20 1938 Partners of the Plains 1938 In Old Mexico 1938 Hopalong Rides Again 1937 North of the Rio Grande 1937
Other Credits
The Last Hunt Cinematography 1956 Forty Thieves Cinematography 1944 Mystery Man Cinematography 1944 Lumberjack Cinematography 1944 Texas Masquerade Cinematography 1944 Riders of the Deadline Cinematography 1943 Bar 20 Cinematography 1943 Colt Comrades Cinematography 1943 Leather Burners Cinematography 1943 Border Patrol Cinematography 1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ Cinematography 1943 Lost Canyon Cinematography 1942 Undercover Man Cinematography 1942 Secret of the Wastelands Cinematography 1941 Twilight on the Trail Cinematography 1941 Riders of the Timberline Cinematography 1941 Stick to Your Guns Cinematography 1941 Wide Open Town Cinematography 1941 Pirates on Horseback Cinematography 1941 Border Vigilantes Cinematography 1941
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