Harry J. Wild

AKA: Harry Wild, Harry Wilde
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1901-07-05

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. (July 5, 1901 - February 24, 1961) was a film and television cinematographer. Wild worked at RKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series. In 1931, he began his career and was hired as second cameraman and operator on nine projects, most notably Fred Niblo's Young Donovan'a Kid (1931). In 1936, Wild shot his first feature, Wallace Fox's sports drama The Big Game. Two years later he shared an Academy Award nomination for the Republic Pictures film Army Girl (1938). According to film critic Spencer Selby, Wild was a prolific film noir cinematographer, shooting 13 of them, including: Dmytryk's Murder, My Sweet (1944), Johnny Angel (1945), Nocturne (1946), the Jean Renoir-directed The Woman on the Beach (1947), They Won't Believe Me (1947), and others. He was also, in the early 1950s, Jane Russell's cinematographer; he worked on seven of her movies as an actress, three of which were released by other studios: His Kind of Woman (1951) and Son of Paleface (1952) for Paramount, and, his most widely seen movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) for Twentieth Century-Fox.

Crew Roles

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Director of Photography
Murder, My Sweet
Director of Photography
Pitfall
Director of Photography
Macao
Director of Photography
The Las Vegas Story
Director of Photography
His Kind of Woman
Director of Photography
They Won't Believe Me
Director of Photography
Strange Bargain
Director of Photography
Cornered
Director of Photography
Johnny Angel
Director of Photography
Station West
Director of Photography
The Woman on the Beach
Director of Photography
Nocturne
Director of Photography
Gambling House
Director of Photography
The Falcon Out West
Director of Photography
Legion of the Lawless
Director of Photography
The Falcon's Adventure
Director of Photography
The Threat
Director of Photography
The Big Steal
Director of Photography
The Saint In Palm Springs
Director of Photography
Timber Stampede
Director of Photography
Trouble in Sundown
Director of Photography
Walk Softly, Stranger
Director of Photography
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Director of Photography
My Forbidden Past
Director of Photography
The Lost Squadron
Camera Operator
Tycoon
Director of Photography
Racketeers of the Range
Director of Photography
West of the Pecos
Director of Photography
Cyclone on Horseback
Director of Photography
Rookies in Burma
Director of Photography
Tarzan Triumphs
Director of Photography
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Director of Photography
Millionaires in Prison
Director of Photography
Mademoiselle Fifi
Director of Photography
Radio Stars on Parade
Director of Photography
Don't Tell the Wife
Director of Photography
The Rookie Cop
Director of Photography
Till the End of Time
Director of Photography
Nevada
Director of Photography
Bullet Code
Director of Photography
The Fargo Kid
Director of Photography
Army Girl
Director of Photography
The Big Game
Director of Photography
Arizona Legion
Director of Photography
Land of the Open Range
Director of Photography
Come on Danger
Director of Photography
The French Line
Director of Photography
Racing Lady
Cinematography
The General
First Assistant Camera
So This Is Washington
Director of Photography
Stage to Chino
Still Photographer
Underwater!
Director of Photography
Lawless Valley
Director of Photography
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Director of Photography
First Yank into Tokyo
Director of Photography
Dude Cowboy
Director of Photography
The Bandit Trail
Director of Photography
Six-Gun Gold
Director of Photography
The Conqueror
Director of Photography
She Couldn't Say No
Director of Photography
Top of the World
Director of Photography
Affair with a Stranger
Director of Photography
Son of Paleface
Director of Photography
Two Tickets to Broadway
Director of Photography
Easy Living
Director of Photography
Valley of the Sun
Director of Photography
Many Unhappy Returns
Director of Photography
The Fighting Gringo
Cinematography
A Woman's Secret
Cinematography
Stage Door Canteen
Director of Photography
Born to Be Bad
Additional Director of Photography
The Wrong Room
Cinematography
Painted Desert
Director of Photography
Baby Daze
Cinematography
Wagon Train
Director of Photography
Secrets of the French Police
Camera Operator
Chasing Yesterday
Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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