Sid Hickox
Sidney Hickox (born July 17, 1895 in New York City , † May 16, 1982 in La Cañada Flintridge ) was an American cameraman.
Life
Hickox started working as a camera assistant in 1915. In 1917 he was drafted into the army and joined a camera unit there. After the war he started working as a cameraman. However, his work was hardly noticed. This changed in the early 1930s, when he spoke of Warner Bros. has been committed. His best work is considered to be the 1946 film Dead Sleeping , in which he did the camera work for Howard Hawks . In 1955, Hickox switched to the television business, where he was responsible for almost all episodes of the Andy Griffith Show , among other things . In 1971 he ended his career.
Filmography (selection)
- 1927: The Love Life of Helen of Troy (The Private Life of Helen of Troy)
- 1931: Safe in Hell
- 1931: The Last Flight
- 1932: Lonely Hearts (The Purchase Price)
- 1932: So big
- 1932: The roar of the crowd (The Crowd Roars)
- 1932: The Avenger of the Tong (The Hatchet Man)
- 1932: Divorce (A Bill of Divorcement)
- 1933: Mary Stevens, MD
- 1933: Frisco Jenny
- 1935: I Found Stella Parrish
- 1935: The Goose and the Gander
- 1935: Stranded
- 1935: Living on Velvet
- 1936: Give Me Your Heart
- 1937: Stolen Holiday
- 1937: First Lady
- 1937: Confession
- 1938: Comet Over Broadway
- 1939: The second life of Dr. X (The Return of Dr. X)
- 1940: The ultimatum for derrick L 9 ( Flowing Gold )
- 1941: Agents of the Night (All through the Night)
- 1942: In the shadow of the heart (Always in My Heart)
- 1942: The Cheeky Cavalier (Gentleman Jim)
- 1942: The Great Gangster (The Big Shot)
- 1943: Rebellion in Trollness (Edge of Darkness)
- 1943: Bloody Snow ( Northern Pursuit )
- 1944: Have and Have Not (To Have and Have Not)
- 1944: On my word of honor (Uncertain Glory)
- 1946: The Big Sleep (The Big Sleep)
- 1947: The Black Snake (Dark Passage)
- 1949: Leap to Death (White Heat)
- 1949: outlawed (Colorado Territory)
- 1950: The West Point Story
- 1951: Lightning Strikes Twice
- 1951: Neck in the gallows noose (Along the Great Divide)
- 1951: The Devil's Brigade (Distant Drums)
- 1954: Formicula (Them!)
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 670.
Web links
- Sid Hickox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hickox, Sid |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hickox, Sidney (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York State , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1982 |
Place of death | La Cañada Flintridge , California , United States |