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