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William Mellor Biography (1904-1963)

Born in 1904; died of a heart attack, 1963. Career: Cinematographer. Paramount Pictures, began as laboratory assistant, became cinematographer, 1934. Awards, Honors: Academy Award, best cinematography, 1951, for APlace in the Sun; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1957, for Peyton Place; Academy Award, best cinematography, 1959, for The Diary of Ann Frank; shared Academy Award nomination (with Loyal Griggs), best cinematography, 1965, for The Greatest Story Ever Told..

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer

Death Details

1963

United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Cinematographer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Camera operator, Love Me Tonight, 1932
• Camera operator, This Is the Night, 1932
• Wagon Wheels (also known as Caravans West), 1934
• Elmer and Elsie, 1934
• Without Regret, 1935
• Home on the Range, 1935
• Car 99, 1935
• Enter Madame, 1935
• Wings in the Dark, 1935
• Woman Trap, 1936
• A Son Comes Home, 1936
• Sky Parade, 1936
• Poppy, 1936
• Collegiate (also known as Charm School), 1936
• Thrill of a Lifetime, 1937
• Make Way for Tomorrow, 1937
• Exclusive, 1937
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, 1937
• Champagne Waltz, 1937
• Stolen Heaven, 1938
• Romance in the Dark, 1938
• Ride a Crooked Mile, 1938
• Bulldog Drummond in Africa, 1938
• Undercover Doctor, 1939
• The Magnificent Fraud, 1939
• Hotel Imperial, 1939
• Disputed Passage, 1939
• Ambush, 1939
• $1000 a Touchdown, 1939
• Typhoon (also known as The Big Haircut), 1940
• Moon over Burma, 1940
• The Great McGinty (also known as Down Went McGinty), 1940
• Comin' round the Mountain, 1940
• Road to Singapore, 1940
• Reaching for the Sun, 1941
• Las Vegas Nights, 1941
• Birth of the Blues, 1941
• My Favorite Blonde, 1942
• The Fleet's In, 1942
• Beyond the Blue Horizon, 1942
• Wake Island, 1942
• Road to Morocco, 1942
• The Great Man's Lady, 1942
• Dixie, 1943
• Commandos Strike at Dawn, 1943
• Abie's Irish Rose, 1946
• (As William Mellor) The Senator Was Indiscreet (also known as Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet), 1947
• Blaze of Noon, 1947
• Texas, Brooklyn, and Heaven (also known as The Girl from Texas), 1948
• Maneater of Kumaon, 1948
• Love Happy, 1949
• (As William Mellor) Too Late for Tears (also known as Killer Bait), 1949
• The Next Voice You Hear, 1950
• (As William Mellor) Westward the Women, 1951
• The Unknown Man, 1951
• Soldiers Three, 1951
• A Place in the Sun, 1951
• (As William Mellor) Across the Wide Missouri, 1951
• (With others) It's a Big Country, 1951
• Carbine Williams, 1952
• Skirts Ahoy!, 1952
• My Man and I, 1952
• Big Leaguer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Give a Girl a Break, 1953
• The Naked Spur, 1953
• The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Alaska Seas, Paramount, 1954
• Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• The Last Frontier (also known as Savage Wilderness), 1955
• Back from Eternity, 1956
• Johnny Concho, United Artists, 1956
• Giant, Warner Bros., 1956
• Love in the Afternoon, Allied Artists, 1957
• Peyton Place, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
• Sing Boy Sing, 1958
• Compulsion, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• The Best of Everything, 1959
• The Diary of Anne Frank, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Woman Obsessed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Crack in the Mirror, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
• One Foot in Hell (also known as The Last Man), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
• The Big Gamble, 1961
• Wild in the Country, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Deluxe Laboratories, 1962
• State Fair, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
• (Completed by Loyal Griggs after Mellor's death) The Greatest Story Ever Told, United Artists, 1965