Chefkameramann (ASC) * Jurastudium an University of Southern California in Los Angeles (abgebrochen) * 1919-22 arbeitet als Laborassistent beim Realart Studio * Standfotograf [still photographer] und Kamerassistent [assistant cameraman] bei Preferred Pictures * seit Mitte der 20er Jahre unter Vertrag bei Paramount (bis 1952) * 1928/29 fotografiert seine ersten Filme * in 30ern und 40ern maßgeblich an Etablierung des (schwarz-weißen) Paramount-Looks beteiligt * seit 1952 filmt für verschiedene Studios [freelance cinematographer] * meistert ohne Probleme den Übergang zum Farbfilm und schafft beeindruckende Außenaufnahmen für u.a. einige Western (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 1956; Last Train from Gun Hill, 1958; The Magnificent Seven, 1960) * bleibt bis zu seinem Karriereende (40 Carats, 1972/73) ein gefragter Kameramann * gehört zu den bekanntesten und anerkanntesten (18 Oscar-Nominierungen) Vertretern seiner Zunft
The Shopworn Angel (1928-USA * Richard Wallace) 82m | Stummfilm mit Dialogsequenzen [talking sequences]
Innocents of Paris (1929-USA * Richard Wallace)
Halfway to Heaven (1929-USA * George Abbott) Co-Kamera: Alfred Gilks
Behind the Make-Up (1929-USA * Robert Milton)
Seven Days' Leave (1929-USA * Richard Wallace)
Street of Chance (1929/30-USA * John Cromwell)
Sarah and Son (1930-USA * Dorothy Arzner)
The Light of Western Stars (1930-USA * Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf)
Shadow of the Law (1930-USA * Louis J. Gasnier)
For the Defense (1930-USA * John Cromwell)
Anybody's Woman (1930-USA * Dorothy Arzner)
Tom Sawyer (1930-USA * John Cromwell)
The Right to Love (1930-USA * Richard Wallace)
Unfaithful (1931-USA * John Cromwell)
The Vice Squad (1931-USA * John Cromwell)
Newly Rich (1931-USA * Norman Taurog)
The Magnificent Lie (1931-USA * Berthold Viertel)
Caught (1931-USA * Edward Sloman)
Once a Lady (1931-USA * Guthrie McClintic)
No One Man (1931/32-USA * Lloyd Corrigan)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1932-USA * Richard Wallace)
Thunder Below (1932-USA * Richard Wallace)
Devil and the Deep (1932-USA * Marion Gering)
He Learned about Women (1932-USA * Lloyd Corrigan)
A Farewell to Arms (1932-USA * Frank Borzage)
She Done Him Wrong (Sie tat ihm unrecht, 1932-USA * Lowell Sherman)
A Bedtime Story (Alles für das Kind, 1933-USA * Norman Taurog)
Gambling Ship (1933-USA * Louis J. Gasnier, Max Marcin)
The Way to Love (1933-USA * Norman Taurog)
+ L'amour guide (1933 * Jean Boyer) französische Version
Cradle Song (1933-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
Death Takes a Holiday (1933/34-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
We're Not Dressing (Schiffbruch unter Palmen, 1934-USA * Norman Taurog)
She Loves Me Not (1934-USA * Elliott Nugent)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934-USA * Norman Taurog)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Bengali, 1934/35-USA * Henry Hathaway)
Mississippi (Mississippi, 1935-USA * A. Edward Sutherland)
Peter Ibbetson (Peter Ibbetson, 1935-USA * Henry Hathaway)
Desire (Sehnsucht, 1935-USA * R: Frank Borzage, B: Edwin Justus Mayer, Waldemar Young, Samuel Hoffenstein, K: CL, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper) 96m-Gaunerkomödie
Souls at Sea (Schiffbruch der Seelen, 1937-USA * Henry Hathaway)
Angel (Engel, 1937-USA * Ernst Lubitsch)
Tovarich (1937-USA * Anatole Litvak)
Doctor Rhythm (1938-USA * Frank Tuttle) Co-Kamera: Floyd Crosby
You and Me (Du und ich, 1938-USA * Fritz Lang)
Spawn of the North (Raubfischer in Alaska, 1938-USA * Henry Hathaway)
Zaza (1938-USA * George Cukor)
Midnight (Midnight - Enthüllung um Mitternacht, 1938/39-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939-USA * Alfred E. Green)
The Cat and the Canary (Erbschaft um Mitternacht, 1939-USA * Elliott Nugent)
Women without Names (1940-USA * Robert Florey)
Adventure in Diamonds (1940-USA * George Fitzmaurice)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940-USA * Mark Sandrich)**
The Ghost Breakers (1940-USA * George Marshall)
Arise, My Love (1940-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
Dancing on a Dime (1940-USA * Joseph Santley)*
The Shepherd of the Hills (Verfluchtes Land, 1941-USA * Henry Hathaway) Co-Kamera: W. Howard Greene
Nothing but the Truth (1941-USA * Elliott Nugent)
Sundown (Waffenschmuggler von Kenya, 1941-USA * Henry Hathaway)
Skylark (Eheposse, 1941-USA * Mark Sandrich)
The Lady Has Plans (1941-USA * Sidney Lanfield)
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942-USA * Norman Taurog)
The Forest Rangers (Lodernde Flammen, 1942-USA * George Marshall) Co-Kamera: William V. Skall
No Time for Love (Keine Zeit für Liebe, 1942/43-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
So Proudly We Hail! (Mutige Frauen, 1943-USA * Mark Sandrich)*
True to Life (1943-USA * George Marshall)
The Uninvited (Der unheimliche Gast, 1943-USA * Lewis Allen)
Standing Room Only (Stehplatz im Bett, 1943/44-USA * Sidney Lanfield)*
Practically Yours (Sturzflug ins Glück, 1944-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
I Love a Soldier (1944-USA * Mark Sandrich)*
Here Come the Waves (1944-USA * Mark Sandrich)
Miss Susie Slagle's (1944/45-USA * John Berry)
The Stork Club (1945-USA * Hal Walker)
Cross My Heart (1945/46-USA * John Berry)° Co-Kamera: Stuart Thompson
Blue Skies (Blau ist der Himmel - Blue Skies, 1946-USA * Stuart Heisler) Co-Kamera: William Snyder
Desert Fury (Desert Fury - Liebe gewinnt, 1946-USA * Lewis Allen)° Co-Kamera: Edward Cronjager
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Ein Gespenst auf Freiersfüßen, 1946/47-USA * Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Where There's Life... (1947-USA * Sidney Lanfield)
A Foreign Affair (Eine auswärtige Affäre, 1947/48-USA * R: Billy Wilder, B: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen, K: CL, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund) 116m-Liebeskomödie
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948-USA * Richard Haydn)
My Own True Love (1948-USA * Compton Bennett)
Rope of Sand (Blutige Diamanten, 1949-USA * William Dieterle)
The Great Lover (Der große Liebhaber, 1949-USA * Alexander Hall)
September Affair (Liebesrausch auf Capri, 1949/50-USA * William Dieterle)°°
Copper Canyon (Flammendes Tal, 1949/50-USA * John Farrow)*
Fancy Pants (Herz in der Hose, 1950-USA * George Marshall)
Branded (Das Brandmal, 1950-USA * Rudolph Maté)
The Mating Season (SOS - zwei Schwiegermütter, 1950-USA * Mitchell Leisen)
The Big Carnival / Ace in the Hole (Reporter des Satans, 1950/51-USA * Billy Wilder)
Red Mountain (Die Hölle der roten Berge, 1950/51-USA * William Dieterle)
Peking Express (Peking-Expreß, 1951-USA * William Dieterle)
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1951/52-USA * Claude Binyon)
The Atomic City (Die Stadt der tausend Gefahren, 1952-USA * Jerry Hopper)
Sudden Fear (Maskierte Herzen, 1952-USA * David Miller)
Salome (Salome, 1952-USA; R: William Dieterle, B: Harry Kleiner, K: CL, M: George Duning; Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton) 103m-Bibeldrama
# The Big Heat (Heißes Eisen, 1953-USA * Fritz Lang) (Roman von William P. McGivern)
It Should Happen to You (Die unglaubliche Geschichte der Gladys Glover, 1953-USA * George Cukor)
Sabrina (Sabrina, 1953-USA * R: Billy Wilder, B: Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman, K: CL, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden) 113m-Liebeskomödie
Phffft! (Eine glückliche Scheidung, 1954-USA * Mark Robson)
# The Man from Laramie (Der Mann aus Laramie, 1954-USA * Anthony Mann) (Fortsetzungsroman von Thomas T. Flynn) (09-11; 5508)
Female on the Beach (Das Haus am Strand, 1955-USA * Joseph Pevney)
Queen Bee (Ehe in Fesseln, 1955-USA * Ranald MacDougall)
Autumn Leaves (Herbststürme, 1955-USA * R: Robert Aldrich, B: Jack Jevne [=Hugo Butler+Jean Rouverol], Lewis Meltzer, Robert Blees, K: CL, M: Hans J. Salter, D: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles) 107m-Melodram
The Solid Gold Cadillac (Die Frau im goldenen Cadillac, 1955/56-USA * Richard Quine)
The Rainmaker (Der Regenmacher, 1956-USA * Joseph Anthony)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Zwei rechnen ab, 1956-USA * R: John Sturges, B: Leon Uris, K: CL, M: Dimitri Tiomkin, D: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming) 122m-Western
Loving You (Gold aus heißer Kehle, 1957-USA * Hal Kanter)
Wild Is the Wind (Wild ist der Wind, 1957-USA * George Cukor)
The Matchmaker (Die Heiratsvermittlerin, 1958-USA * Joseph Anthony)
Separate Tables (Getrennt von Tisch und Bett, 1958-USA * R: Delbert Mann, B: Terence Rattigan, John Gay, K: CL, M: David Raksin, D: Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Wendy Hiller, Burt Lancaster) 99m-Melodram
Last Train from Gun Hill (Der letzte Zug von Gun Hill, 1958-USA * John Sturges)
Some Like It Hot (Manche mögen's heiß, 1958-USA * R: Billy Wilder, B: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, K: CL, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien)* 119m-Komödie
One-Eyed Jacks (Der Besessene, 1958/59-USA * Marlon Brando)
Strangers When We Meet (Fremde, wenn wir uns begegnen, 1959/60-USA * Richard Quine)
The Magnificent Seven (Die glorreichen Sieben, 1960-USA * R: John Sturges, B: William Roberts, K: CL, M: Elmer Bernstein, D: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn) 126m-Western
The Facts of Life (So eine Affäre, 1960-USA * Melvin Frank)
Blue Hawaii (Blaues Hawaii, 1961-USA * Norman Taurog)
How the West Was Won (Das war der Wilde Westen, 1961-USA; R: John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway [The Rivers], B: James R. Webb, K: William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, CL [The Rivers], Joseph LaShelle, M: Alfred Newman, D: Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark) 155m-Episodenwestern
Summer and Smoke (Sommer und Rauch, 1961-USA * Peter Glenville)*
A Girl Named Tamiko (Das Mädchen Tamiko, 1962-USA * John Sturges)
# Critic's Choice (Tu das nicht, Angelika, 1962-USA * Don Weis) (Bühnenstück von Ira Levin) (03-?; 6304)
Paris - When It Sizzles (Zusammen in Paris, 1962-USA * Richard Quine)
Charade (Charade, 1962/63-USA; R: Stanley Donen, B: Peter Stone, K: CL, M: Henry Mancini, D: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn) 114m-Thrillerkomödie
The Wheeler Dealers (Getrennte Betten, 1963-USA * R: Arthur Hiller, B: George J.W. Goodman, Ira Wallach, K: CL, M: Frank DeVol, D: James Garner, Lee Remick) 106m-Komödie /Roman von George J.W. Goodman/
Father Goose (Der große Wolf ruft, 1964-USA * Ralph Nelson)
Sex and the Single Girl (...und ledige Mädchen, 1964-USA * Richard Quine)
Inside Daisy Clover (Verdammte, süße Welt, 1965-USA * Robert Mulligan)
How to Steal a Million (Wie klaut man eine Million?, 1965-USA * R: William Wyler, B: Harry Kurnitz, K: CL, M: John Williams, D: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach) 123/7m-Komödie
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (Finger weg von meiner Frau, 1965/66-USA * Norman Panama) europäische Szenen: Paul Beeson
Hotel (Das Hotel, 1966-USA * Richard Quine)
The Flim-Flam Man (Der tolle Mister Flim-Flam, 1966/67-USA * Irvin Kershner)
Wait until Dark (Warte, bis es dunkel ist, 1967-USA; R: Terence Young, B: Robert Carrington, Jane Howard-Carrington, K: CL, M: Henry Mancini, D: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr) 108m-Psychothriller
The Stalking Moon (Der große Schweiger, 1967/68-USA * Robert Mulligan)°
A Flea in Her Ear / La puce à l'oreille (Ein Floh im Ohr, 1968-USA/F * Jacques Charon)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Bob & Caroline & Ted & Alice, 1968-USA * Paul Mazursky)
How to Commit Marriage (1969-USA * Norman Panama)
Cactus Flower (Die Kaktusblüte, 1969-USA * R: Gene Saks, B: I.A.L. Diamond, K: CL, M: Quincy Jones, D: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn) 103m-Komödie
Walk in the Spring Rain (Die Frau des anderen, 1969-USA * Guy Green)
Doctors' Wives (Frauen der Ärzte, 1970-USA * George Schaefer)
The Love Machine (Die Liebesmaschine, 1970/71-USA * Jack Haley, Jr)
Butterflies Are Free (Schmetterlinge sind frei, 1971/72-USA * Milton Katselas)
40 Carats (Vierzig Karat, 1972/73-USA * Milton Katselas)
Lifetime Achievement Award [American Society of Cinematographers/ASC 1991]