Russell Harlan

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-09-16

Deathday 1974-02-28 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Russell B. Harlan, Russ Harlan, Russel Harlan

Russell Harlan

Biography

Born Russell September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California to Frank and Bertha Harlan, who hailed from Iowa and Missouri. Russell was raised in Los Angeles along with his younger brother Richard (b. 1911). His paternal grandmother Sarah J. Harlan also lived with the family. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. His first work as lead cinematographer was in 1937, when he filmed four "Hopalong Cassidy" westerns for Harry Sherman Productions. Harlan had a career as a cinematographer that spanned some thirty-three years from 1937 to 1970. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, including two in 1962 for his work on Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Known For

Camera

1970
Darling Lili

as Director of Photography

1967
Tobruk

as Director of Photography

1966
Hawaii

as Director of Photography

1965
The Great Race

as Director of Photography

1965
Dear Heart

as Director of Photography

1965
Quick, Before It Melts

as Director of Photography

1964
Man's Favorite Sport?

as Director of Photography

1963
A Gathering of Eagles

as Director of Photography

1962
To Kill a Mockingbird

as Director of Photography

1962
Hatari!

as Director of Photography

1962
The Spiral Road

as Director of Photography

1960
Sunrise at Campobello

as Director of Photography

1960
Pollyanna

as Director of Photography

1959
Rio Bravo

as Director of Photography

1959
Operation Petticoat

as Director of Photography

1959
Day of the Outlaw

as Director of Photography

1958
King Creole

as Director of Photography

1958
Run Silent, Run Deep

as Director of Photography

1957
Witness for the Prosecution

as Director of Photography

1957
Something of Value

as Director of Photography

1957
This Could Be the Night

as Director of Photography

1956
Lust for Life

as Director of Photography

1955
Blackboard Jungle

as Director of Photography

1955
Land of the Pharaohs

as Director of Photography

1954
Riot in Cell Block 11

as Director of Photography

1952
The Big Sky

as Director of Photography

1952
The Ring

as Director of Photography

1952
Ruby Gentry

as Director of Photography

1951
The Thing from Another World

as Director of Photography

1950
Guilty Bystander

as Director of Photography

1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself

as Director of Photography

1950
Southside 1-1000

as Director of Photography

1950
Gun Crazy

as Director of Photography

1950
Tarzan and the Slave Girl

as Director of Photography

1950
The Kangaroo Kid

as Director of Photography

1949
Bad Men of Tombstone

as Director of Photography

1948
Red River

as Director of Photography

1948
Four Faces West

as Director of Photography

1947
Ramrod

as Director of Photography

1945
A Walk in the Sun

as Director of Photography

1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery

as Director of Photography

1943
False Colors

as Director of Photography

1943
Buckskin Frontier

as Director of Photography

1943
The Woman of the Town

as Director of Photography

1943
The Kansan

as Director of Photography

1942
American Empire

as Director of Photography

1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

as Director of Photography

1941
In Old Colorado

as Director of Photography

1940
The Showdown

as Director of Photography

1940
Santa Fe Marshal

as Director of Photography

1940
Stagecoach War

as Director of Photography

1940
Light of Western Stars

as Director of Photography

1939
Heritage of the Desert

as Director of Photography

1939
Renegade Trail

as Director of Photography

1939
Silver on the Sage

as Director of Photography

1939
Law of the Pampas

as Director of Photography

1938
The Mysterious Rider

as Director of Photography

1938
Cassidy of Bar 20

as Director of Photography

1938
Partners of the Plains

as Director of Photography

1938
In Old Mexico

as Director of Photography

1937
North of the Rio Grande

as Director of Photography

1937
Hopalong Rides Again

as Director of Photography

Crew

1956
The Last Hunt

as Cinematography

1944
Texas Masquerade

as Cinematography

1944
Lumberjack

as Cinematography

1944
Mystery Man

as Cinematography

1944
Forty Thieves

as Cinematography

1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ

as Cinematography

1943
Border Patrol

as Cinematography

1943
Leather Burners

as Cinematography

1943
Colt Comrades

as Cinematography

1943
Bar 20

as Cinematography

1943
Riders of the Deadline

as Cinematography

1942
Lost Canyon

as Cinematography

1942
Undercover Man

as Cinematography

1941
Doomed Caravan

as Cinematography

1941
Border Vigilantes

as Cinematography

1941
Pirates on Horseback

as Cinematography

1941
Wide Open Town

as Cinematography

1941
Riders of the Timberline

as Cinematography

1941
Stick to Your Guns

as Cinematography

1941
Twilight on the Trail

as Cinematography

1941
Secret of the Wastelands

as Cinematography

1940
Hidden Gold

as Cinematography

1940
Three Men from Texas

as Cinematography

1939
Sunset Trail

as Cinematography

1939
Range War

as Cinematography

1938
Heart of Arizona

as Cinematography

1938
Bar 20 Justice

as Cinematography

1938
Pride of the West

as Cinematography

1938
The Frontiersmen

as Cinematography

1937
Rustlers' Valley

as Cinematography

1937
Texas Trail

as Cinematography

Director

1939
The Llano Kid

as Director