Thomas Del Ruth Biography (1943?-)

Full name, Thomas Anthony Del Ruth; born May 1, 1943 (some sources cite 1942), in Beverly Hills, CA; son of Roy (a director) and Winifred Lightner (an actress; maiden name, Reevis) Del Ruth; married Patricia Louise West, March 1981; children: Matthew, Sean. Addresses: Agent: Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5302 (some sources cite Broder Kurland WebbUffner Agency, 9242 Beverly Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-3831).; Contact: c/o American Society of Cinematographers, 1782 North Orange Dr., Hollywood, CA 90028.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, producer
Birth Details: May 1, 1943?; Beverly Hills, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer
Motel Hell, United Artists, 1980
Underground Aces, 1980
(With Richard H. Kline) Death Wish II, Warner Bros., 1981
Get Crazy (also known as Flip Out), Embassy, 1983
(With others) Hysterical, 1983
Impulse, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Fandango, Warner Bros., 1985
The Breakfast Club, Universal, 1985
Stand by Me, Columbia, 1986
Quicksilver, Columbia, 1986
(With Reynaldo Villalobos) The Running Man, TriStar, 1987
Cross My Heart, Universal, 1987
Satisfaction (also known as Girls of Summer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Look Who's Talking (also known as Daddy's Home), TriStar, 1989
Look Who's Talking Too, TriStar, 1990
The Mighty Ducks (also known as Champions), Buena Vista, 1992
Little Sister (also known as Mister Sister), Live Home Video, 1992
Kuffs, Universal, 1992
Amore!, 1993
Leave It to Beaver, Universal, 1997
Kissing a Fool, MCA/Universal, 1998
Film Work
Camera Operator
The Front Page, 1974
The Day of the Locust, 1975
Smile, 1975
Aloha, Bobby and Rose, 1975
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, 1976
(As Tom Del Ruth) The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976
Gable and Lombard, 1976
Sparkle, 1976
(As Tom Del Ruth) The Shootist, 1976
Three Warriors, 1977
Handle with Care (also known as Citizen's Band and The Great American Citizens Band), 1977
Big Wednesday (also known as Summer of Innocence), 1978
Assistant Camera Operator
The Sand Pebbles, 1966
Tobruk, 1967
Doctor Dolittle, 1967
Valley of the Dolls, 1967
Detective, 1968
Bandolero!, 1968
The Secret Life of an American Wife, 1968
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969

Justine, 1969
The Happy Ending, 1969
Myra Breckinridge (also known as Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge), 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970
Electra Glide in Blue, 1973
Zandy's Bride (also known as For Better, for Worse), 1974
Television Cinematographer
Movies
She's Dressed to Kill (also known as Someone's Killing the World's Greatest Models), 1979
Mark, I Love You, 1980
This House Possessed, 1981
Elvis and the Beauty Queen, 1981
Paper Dolls, 1982
Million Dollar Infield, 1982
In Love with an Older Woman, 1982
Help Wanted: Male, 1982
Who Will Love My Children?, 1983
Intimate Agony, 1983
Best Kept Secrets, 1984
Code of Vengeance (also known as Dalton), 1985
Who Is Julia?, 1986
Blind Justice, 1986
Ladykillers, ABC, 1988
Dream Breakers (also known as In Evil's Grasp and The O'Connors), CBS, 1989
T Bone N Weasel, TNT, 1992
Donato and Daughter (also known as Dead to Rights and Under Threat), CBS, 1993
Barbarians at the Gate (also known as Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco), HBO, 1993
(As Tom Del Ruth) House of Secrets (also known as Conspiracy ofTerror), NBC, 1993
Shattered Image, USA Network, 1994
Royce, Showtime, 1994
One Christmas (also known as Truman Capote's One Christmas), NBC, 1994
Next Door, Showtime, 1994
My Brother's Keeper, CBS, 1995
Abandoned and Deceived (also known as ACES: The Gerry Jensen Story), ABC, 1995
Chasing the Dragon, Lifetime, 1996
Full Circle (also known as Danielle Steel's "Full Circle"),NBC, 1996
When the Cradle Falls, CBS, 1997
Down Will Come Baby, CBS, 1999
It Came from the Sky, Romance Classics, 1999
Series
Kate Loves a Mystery (also known as Kate Columbo, Kate the Detective, and Mrs. Columbo, 1980
Outlaws, CBS, 1986
Wolf, CBS, 1989
The West Wing, NBC, 1999-
Also cinematographer for the series Charmed, The WB; and JAG.
Pilots
The Wonderful World of Philip Malley, 1981
Simon & Simon, 1982
Spies, 1987
The X-Files, Fox, 1993
ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994
Courthouse, CBS, 1995
Miniseries
The Last Convertible, 1979
Asteroid, NBC, 1997
Television Camera Operator
Melvin Purvis: G-Man (also known as G-Man and The Legendof Machine Gun Kelly), 1974
Testimony of Two Men (miniseries), 1977
It Happened One Christmas, 1977
Wheels (miniseries; also known as Arthur Hailey's Wheels),1978
Television Director
Episodic
Directed episodes of JAG.
Television Work
Other
Producer, Wolf (series), CBS, 1989
Cinematographer for The King and Me; assistant camera operator forthe series Batman.

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