Russell Harlan

Personal Info

Known For

Camera

Known Credits

94

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

To Kill a Mockingbird
8.0%

To Kill a Mockingbird

Dec 20, 1962

Rio Bravo
7.8%

Rio Bravo

Mar 18, 1959

Red River
7.4%

Red River

Sep 17, 1948

Operation Petticoat
7.2%

Operation Petticoat

Dec 5, 1959

The Great Race
7.1%

The Great Race

Jul 1, 1965

Gun Crazy
7.4%

Gun Crazy

Jan 20, 1950

Hatari!
6.7%

Hatari!

Jun 19, 1962

Lust for Life
7.1%

Lust for Life

Sep 15, 1956

Pollyanna
7.0%

Pollyanna

May 19, 1960

Run Silent, Run Deep
6.9%

Run Silent, Run Deep

Mar 27, 1958

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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
The Spiral Road as Director of Photography
1962
Hatari! as Director of Photography
1960
Sunrise at Campobello as Director of Photography
1960
Pollyanna as Director of Photography
1959
Operation Petticoat as Director of Photography
1959
Day of the Outlaw as Director of Photography
1959
Rio Bravo 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
This Could Be the Night as Director of Photography
1957
Something of Value as Director of Photography
1956
Lust for Life as Director of Photography
1955
Land of the Pharaohs as Director of Photography
1955
Blackboard Jungle as Director of Photography
1954
Riot in Cell Block 11 as Director of Photography
1952
Ruby Gentry as Director of Photography
1952
The Ring as Director of Photography
1952
The Big Sky as Director of Photography
1951
The Thing from Another World as Director of Photography
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself as Director of Photography
1950
Southside 1-1000 as Director of Photography
1950
The Kangaroo Kid as Director of Photography
1950
Tarzan and the Slave Girl as Director of Photography
1950
Guilty Bystander as Director of Photography
1950
Gun Crazy 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
The Woman of the Town as Director of Photography
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery as Director of Photography
1943
False Colors as Director of Photography
1943
The Kansan as Director of Photography
1943
Buckskin Frontier 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
Stagecoach War as Director of Photography
1940
Light of Western Stars as Director of Photography
1940
The Showdown as Director of Photography
1940
Santa Fe Marshal as Director of Photography
1939
Law of the Pampas as Director of Photography
1939
Renegade Trail as Director of Photography
1939
Heritage of the Desert as Director of Photography
1939
Silver on the Sage as Director of Photography
1938
The Mysterious Rider as Director of Photography
1938
In Old Mexico as Director of Photography
1938
Cassidy of Bar 20 as Director of Photography
1938
Partners of the Plains as Director of Photography
1937
Hopalong Rides Again as Director of Photography
1937
North of the Rio Grande as Director of Photography

Crew

1956
The Last Hunt as Cinematography
1944
Forty Thieves as Cinematography
1944
Mystery Man as Cinematography
1944
Lumberjack as Cinematography
1944
Texas Masquerade as Cinematography
1943
Riders of the Deadline as Cinematography
1943
Bar 20 as Cinematography
1943
Colt Comrades as Cinematography
1943
Leather Burners as Cinematography
1943
Border Patrol as Cinematography
1943
Hoppy Serves a Writ as Cinematography
1942
Lost Canyon as Cinematography
1942
Undercover Man as Cinematography
1941
Secret of the Wastelands as Cinematography
1941
Twilight on the Trail as Cinematography
1941
Stick to Your Guns as Cinematography
1941
Riders of the Timberline as Cinematography
1941
Wide Open Town as Cinematography
1941
Pirates on Horseback as Cinematography
1941
Border Vigilantes as Cinematography
1941
Doomed Caravan as Cinematography
1940
Three Men from Texas as Cinematography
1940
Hidden Gold as Cinematography
1939
Range War as Cinematography
1939
Sunset Trail as Cinematography
1938
The Frontiersmen as Cinematography
1938
Pride of the West as Cinematography
1938
Bar 20 Justice as Cinematography
1938
Heart of Arizona as Cinematography
1937
Texas Trail as Cinematography
1937
Rustlers' Valley as Cinematography

Directing

1939
The Llano Kid as Director
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