John Wilcox | |
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Wilcox during the production of Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) | |
Born | John Laurence Wolcox (1913-05-07)7 May 1913 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England |
Died | 31 May 1979(1979-05-31) (aged 66) Torbay, Devon, England |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
John Laurence Wilcox, BSC (7 May 1913 – 31 May 1979) was a British cinematographer. He frequently worked with director Freddie Francis and photographed many popular British films, including Carve Her Name with Pride, Summer Holiday and Dr. Who and the Daleks.
The nephew of the director and producer Herbert Wilcox, he began his film career in 1930 as an often uncredited second camera assistant to Freddie Young. His involvement as a cameraman included work on The Third Man and Outcast of the Islands, and made his debut as chief camera operator in 1951 with Mr. Denning Drives North.
Selected filmography
- 1951: Mr. Denning Drives North
- 1951: Outcast of the Islands
- 1954: Hell Below Zero
- 1954: The Black Knight
- 1955: The Cockleshell Heroes
- 1956: Safari
- 1958: Harry Black
- 1958: Carve Her Name with Pride
- 1959: The Mouse that Roared
- 1959: Expresso Bongo
- 1959: A Touch of Larceny
- 1961: Mr. Topaze
- 1962: Only Two Can Play
- 1962: Waltz of theToreadors
- 1963: Summer Holiday
- 1964: Nightmare
- 1964: The Evil of Frankenstein
- 1965: The Skull
- 1966: The Psychopath
- 1966: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
- 1967: The Deadly Bees
- 1968: The Limbo Line
- 1969: The Chairman
- 1970: Connecting Rooms
- 1971: The Last Valley
- 1972: Steptoe & Son
- 1973: The Belstone Fox
- 1974: Craze
- 1974: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
- 1975: The Ghoul
- 1978: The Hound of the Baskervilles
References
- ^ "John Wilcox". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
- "BSC Members - British Society of Cinematographers".
- "Nightmare (1963) - Freddie Francis - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
- "The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) - Freddie Francis - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
- "The Ghoul (1975) - Freddie Francis - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
- "John Wilcox - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".
- McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
- "Peg of Old Drury (1935)". Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
- "Outcast of the Islands (1952) - Carol Reed - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
External links
- John Wilcox at IMDb