Wilkie Cooper
Wilkie Cooper (born October 19, 1911 in London , England as Douglas Ralph Cooper , † December 15, 2001 in Worthing , West Sussex , England) was a British cameraman who worked on several films by Ray Harryhausen .
Life
Cooper had already started filming as a child actor in 1926, before he switched to the camera in the early 30s and worked as a simple cameraman in such important productions as 1936 " Fire over England ". In the same year he worked on the documentary Conquest of the Air with Laurence Olivier for the first time as a cameraman. During the Second World War he made some war films such as The Blockade with John Mills . In 1950 he directed the camera for Alfred Hitchcock in Die Rote Lola . In 1958 he shot Sindbad's Seventh Journey for the first time together with effects specialist Ray Harryhausen. Both made six films together, including the monumental film Jason and the Argonauts . In 1963 he shot the comedy film Even the little ones want up with Richard Lester . He made his only foray into the television business in 1967 when he filmed five episodes of the television series With Umbrella, Charm and Melon .
Cooper retired into private life in 1972. He was married to actress Peggy Bryan until her death in 1996 and had two children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: Conquest of the Air
- 1939: Trunk Crime
- 1941: A Dangerous Business (The Foreman Went to France)
- 1942: The Big Blockade
- 1943: The Halfway House
- 1945: The last fall (The Rake's Progress)
- 1947: Deadly Secret (Mine Own Executioner)
- 1948: The Silent Dust
- 1949: Counted Hours (The Hasty Heart)
- 1950: The Red Lola (Stage Fright)
- 1952: Mr. Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers)
- 1954: Born to dance (Dance Little Lady)
- 1957: Conditions like in paradise (The Admirable Crichton)
- 1958: Sindbad's Seventh Voyage (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad)
- 1958: The Black Devils of El Alamein (Sea of Sand)
- 1959: Wernher von Braun - I reach for the stars
- 1959: Big Air and Hot Love (SOS Pacific)
- 1960: Lord of the Three Worlds (The 3 Worlds of Gulliver)
- 1961: Alarm on the Valiant (The Valiant)
- 1961: The Mysterious Island
- 1963: Jason and the Argonauts (Jason and the Argonauts)
- 1963: Even the little ones want to go up (The Mouse on the Moon)
- 1963: The Boiled Out (Maniac)
- 1964: First Men in the Moon (First Men in the Moon)
- 1966: One Million Years BC (One Million Years BC)
- 1969: Go to Hell, Gringo (Land Raiders)
Web links
- Wilkie Cooper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 153.
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SURNAME | Cooper, Wilkie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cooper, Douglas Ralph (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1911 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England, UK |
DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2001 |
Place of death | Worthing , West Sussex, England, United Kingdom |