Ray Rennahan Biography (1896-1980)

Born May 1, 1896, in Las Vegas, NV; died May 19, 1980, in Tarzana, CA; son ofJohn and Mary (McPhee); married Lilian Hunt, May 11, 1916; children: Rae (Mrs. Robert Forrest Moore). Career: Cinematographer. Worked as directorof photography at Technicolor, Hollywood, CA; photographer of motion picturesfor television, Universal Studios. Member: American Society of Cinematographers (president 1950-51, 1965-66). Awards, Honors: Academy Awardnomination (shared with Bert Glennon), best cinematography, color, 1940, forDrums Along the Mohawk; Academy Award (shared with Ernest Haller), best cinematography, color, 1940, for Gone with the Wind; Academy Awardnomination (shared with Leon Shamroy), best cinematography, color, 1941, forDown Argentine Way; Academy Award nomination (shared with Arthur C. Miller), best cinematography, color, 1941, for The Blue Bird; Academy Award nomination (shared with Harry Hallenberger), best cinematography, color,1942, for Louisiana Purchase; Academy Award (shared with Ernest Palmer), best cinematography, color, 1942, for Blood and Sand; Academy Awardnomination, best cinematography, color, 1944, for For Whom the Bell Tolls; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, color, 1945, for Ladyin the Dark..

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer
Birth Details: May 1, 1896; Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Death Details: May 19, 1980; Tarzana, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
And color photographer, The Ten Commandments, 1923
Blood Test, Adventure Productions, 1923
And technicolor photography, The Merry Widow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1925
Redskin, Paramount, 1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway, Warner Bros., 1929
The Vagabond King, Paramount, 1930
The King of Jazz, Universal, 1930
Whoopee!, United Artists, 1930
Doctor X, Warner Bros., 1932
Mystery of the Wax Museum (also known as Wax Museum), Warner Bros., 1933
And technicolor photography, My Grandfather's Clock, 1934
La Cucaracha, RKO Radio Pictures, 1934
Kid Millions, 1934
And technicolor photography, The Cat and the Fiddle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
Memories and Melodies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
Gypsy Night, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
Becky Sharp (also known as Lady of Fortune, 1943), RKO Radio Pictures, 1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
Wings of the Morning, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937
Vogues (also known as All This and Glamour Too, Vogues of 1938, and Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938), United Artists, 1937
Ebb Tide, Paramount, 1937
Kentucky, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938
Her Jungle Love, Paramount, 1938
(And associate photographer), Dodge City, 1939
Sons of Liberty, Warner Bros., 1939
Drums Along the Mohawk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939
Gone With the Wind, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939
Teddy the Rough Rider, Warner Bros., 1940

The Blue Bird, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940
Down Argentine Way, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940
Chad Hanna, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1940
Blood and Sand, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
Belle Starr, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
That Night in Rio, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
Louisiana Purchase, Paramount, 1941
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount, 1943
Up in Arms, RKO Radio Pictures,1944
Belle of the Yukon, RKO Radio Pictures, 1944
Lady in the Dark, Paramount, 1944
It's a Pleasure, RKO Radio Pictures, 1945
Incendiary Blonde, Paramount, 1945
A Thousand and One Nights (also known as 1001 Nights), Columbia, 1945
Duel in the Sun, Vanguard Film Production, 1946
California, Paramount, 1946
The Perils of Pauline, Paramount, 1947
Unconquered, Paramount, 1947
Whispering Smith, Paramount, 1948
The Paleface, 1948
Streets of Laredo, 1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, (also known as A Yankee in King Arthur's Court), Paramount, 1949
The White Tower, RKO Radio Pictures, 1950
Warpath, Paramount, 1951
Silver City (also known as High Vermilion), Paramount, 1951
The Great Missouri Raid, Paramount, 1951
Flaming Feather, Paramount, 1951
The Denver and Rio Grande, Paramount, 1952
At Sword's Point (also known as Sons of the Musketeers), RKO Radio Pictures, 1952
Hurricane Smith, Paramount, 1952
Pony Express, Paramount, 1953
Flight to Tangier, Paramount, 1953
Arrowhead, Paramount, 1953
La Gazza Ladra Overture (also known as The Thieving Magpie Overture), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
Texas Lady, RKO Radio Pictures, 1955
A Lawless Street, Columbia, 1955
Rage at Dawn (also known as Seven Bad Men), RKO Radio Pictures, 1955
Stranger on Horseback, United Artists, 1955
Seventh Cavalry, Columbia, 1956
The Guns of Fort Petticoat, Columbia, 1957
The Halliday Brand, United Artists, 1957
Terror in a Texas Town, United Artists, 1958
Television Work
Movies
Cinematographer, Columbo: Prescription Murder (also known as Prescription: Murder), 1968
Cinematographer, I Love a Mystery, NBC, 1973

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