Harry Stradling Jr.

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

Harry Stradling

Birth Place

New York, USA

Born

January 07, 1925

Biography

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Began his career as a camera assistant and camera operator (he assisted his father, cinematographer Harry Stradling, on 1955's "Guys and Dolls") and shot his first feature film, "Welcome to Hard Times," in 1967. Stradling, Jr., has been noted for his outdoor color photography and has contributed to productions including "Little Big Man" (1970), "The Way We Were" (1973) and several films ...

Filmography

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Caddyshack II (1988)

Director Of Photography

Blind Date (1987)

Director Of Photography

A Fine Mess (1986)

Director Of Photography

Micki & Maude (1984)

Director Of Photography

O'Hara's Wife (1982)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

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Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Waiting To Be Kissed

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) We've Spoiled Two Lives

Biography

Began his career as a camera assistant and camera operator (he assisted his father, cinematographer Harry Stradling, on 1955's "Guys and Dolls") and shot his first feature film, "Welcome to Hard Times," in 1967. Stradling, Jr., has been noted for his outdoor color photography and has contributed to productions including "Little Big Man" (1970), "The Way We Were" (1973) and several films directed by Blake Edwards.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Caddyshack II (1988)

Director Of Photography

Blind Date (1987)

Director Of Photography

A Fine Mess (1986)

Director Of Photography

Micki & Maude (1984)

Director Of Photography

O'Hara's Wife (1982)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Pursuit Of D.B. Cooper (1981)

Director Of Photography

Buddy, Buddy (1981)

Director Of Photography

Up The Academy (1980)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Prophecy (1979)

Director Of Photography

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

Director Of Photography

Born Again (1978)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Damnation Alley (1977)

Director Of Photography

The Greatest (1977)

Director Of Photography

Special Delivery (1976)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Big Bus (1976)

Director Of Photography

Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Director Of Photography

Bite the Bullet (1975)

Director Of Photography

Mitchell (1975)

Director Of Photography

Bank Shot (1974)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

Director Of Photography

The Way We Were (1973)

Director Of Photography

Director of Photography

Skyjacked (1972)

Director of Photography

Thumb Tripping (1972)

Director of Photography

Nightmare Honeymoon (1972)

Director Of Photography

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Cinematographer

Fools' Parade (1971)

Director of Photography

The Late Liz (1971)

Director of Photography

something big (1971)

Director of Photography

Little Big Man (1970)

Director of Photography

There Was a Crooked Man ... (1970)

Director of Photography

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Director of Photography

Young Billy Young (1969)

Director of Photography

The Mad Room (1969)

Director of Photography

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

Director of Photography

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

Director of Photography

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

Director of Photography

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

Director of Photography

Rider on a Dead Horse (1962)

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Cash McCall (1960)

Camera Operator

A Summer Place (1959)

Camera Operator

The Miracle (1959)

Return to Warbow (1958)

Camera Operator

The Pajama Game (1957)

Director of Photography

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Camera Operator

The Student Prince (1954)

Camera Assistant

The Tall Target (1951)

Assistant Camera

Watch the Birdie (1951)

Assistant Camera

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Assistant Camera

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Caddyshack II (1988)

Dp/Cinematographer

Blind Date (1987)

Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Way We Were (1973)

Dp/Cinematographer

Cinematography (TV Mini-Series)

George Washington (1984)

Director Of Photography

Life Events

1955

Assisted father on "Guys and Dolls"

1967

First film as cinematographer, "Welcome to Hard Times"

1984

Shot first TV mini-series, "George Washington"

Videos

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Waiting To Be Kissed A version of the giant hit theme song by Max Steiner accompanies Johnny (Troy Donahue), son of the troubled couple that owns the resort, escorting Sandra Dee (as Molly), daughter of the VIP guests, with provocative talk and shots from writer-producer-director Delmer Daves in A Summer Place, 1959, from the novel by Sloan Wilson.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) We've Spoiled Two Lives Critical revelations as well-to-do Ken (Richard Egan), visiting the island inn owned by Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire) and her useless boozy husband Bart, steps in to fix the roof and revisit their implied but so-far not confirmed old romance, a big moment in Delmer Davis’ hit melodrama A Summer Place, 1959, also starring Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.

McQ (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Kept Him Off The Street Seattle cop John Wayne (title character) wants his captain (Eddie Albert) to let him go after the drug dealer he thinks shot his partner, which of course he won’t allow, so Duke goes ahead and surveils the guy, Santiago (Al Lettieri), anyway, early in director John Sturges’ McQ, 1974.

1776 (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Lees Of Old Virginia John Adams (WIlliam Daniels) and Benjamin Franklin (Howard Da Silva) hope to prevail upon the boisterous Richard Henry Lee (Ron Holgate) of Virginia to take up the cause for declaring independence, in Sherman Edwards' "The Lees of Old Virginia" from the musical 1776, 1972.

Good Guys And The Bad Guys, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Running For Governor? Corny ending after the crooks are caught in the train crash staged outside Chama, New Mexico, then-governor David Cargo uses his own name interviewing the fictional mayor (Martin Balsam), then ex-lawman Robert Mitchum, reformed crook George Kennedy, and new marshal Dick Peabody wrap things up, in The Good Guys And The Bad Guys, 1969.

Good Guys And The Bad Guys, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Marshal Flagg Opening with the custom-written title song (by William Lava and Ned Washington, sung by Glenn Yarbrough), exploiting the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, which was what drew writer-producers Ronald Cohen and Dennis Shryack to Chama, New Mexico, and introducing Robert Mitchum, in The Good Guys And The Bad Guys, 1969.

Good Guys And The Bad Guys, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) The Lord Made Men After some early plotting, late 19th-century New Mexico marshal Flagg (Robert Mitchum) encounters his landlady (Lois Nettleton) and her son (Bobby Riha), then is pursued by deputy Boyle (Dick Peabody, “Littlejohn” from TV’s Combat), in director Burt Kennedy’s The Good Guys And The Bad Guys, 1969.

Good Guys And The Bad Guys, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Stay Here And Hold His Hand Kicked out of his job as marshal in nearby Progress but determined to stop the gang that includes washed-up bandit McKay (George Kennedy), Flagg (Robert Mitchum) attempts an arrest but is thwarted by Deuce (John Davis Chandler) and his self-assured boss Waco (David Carradine), in The Good Guys And The Bad Guys, 1969.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Sally Miles Blake Edwards directs his wife Julie Andrews playing wholesome movie star Sally Miles, in a scene from the fictional musical that will become an enormous flop, produced by her husband, played by Richard Mulligan, opening the seething Hollywood satire S.O.B.,1981.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Thank God I'm Not A Surgeon With the Malibu friends of producer Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan), suicidal after a huge flop, Robert Preston as doc Finegarten, Robert Webber as press agent Bert, William Holden director Culley, and director Blake Edwards’ daughter Jennifer as hitch-hiker Lila, early in S.O.B., 1981.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) They Want Vice! Studio boss Robert Vaughn, with his number-two Larry Hagman and aides, summoned to the soundstage where producer Felix (Richard Mulligan) has his mojo back, having decided to convert his flop wholesome musical into an erotic fantasy, in Blake Edwards’ S.O.B., 1981.

S.O.B. (1981) -- (Movie Clip) Is Batman A Transvestite? Doc Irving (Robert Preston) drugs G-rated star Sally (Julie Andrews) so she can do the topless scene producer husband Felix (Richard Mulligan) needs to rescue their flop musical, William Holden the director, Robert Webber the publicist and Loretta Swit the body-casted columnist, in Blake Edwards' S.O.B., 1981.

Bank Shot (1974) -- Original Trailer Joanna Cassidy in a tub of money delivers the pitch straight to camera, in the trailer for Bank Shot, 1974, the heist comedy starring George C. Scott, from Landers-Roberts, the team behind the 1971 hit The Hot Rock.

There Was A Crooked Man (1970) -- Original Trailer The bulky trailer for the ambitious Kirk Douglas comic Western by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, co-written by the Bonnie And Clyde team, David Newman and Robert Benton, with Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn and Burgess Meredith, There Was A Crooked Man, 1970.

Good Guys And The Bad Guys, The (1969) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Burt Kennedy’s comic-Western The Good Guys And The Bad Guys, 1969, with Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine and Tina Louise.

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for the Frank Sinatra comic-Western Dirty Dingus Magee, 1970, featuring George Kennedy, Anne Jackson and Michele Carey, directed by Burt Kennedy.

Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The - (Original Trailer) A vengeful outlaw (Burt Reynolds) protects a woman from his gang in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973).

1776 - (Original Trailer) America's founding fathers work out their differences over the Declaration of Independence through song in the musical 1776 (1972).

Way We Were, The - (Original Trailer) Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in one of the '70's greatest romances wrapped around the turbulent American politics of the 30's and 40's.

Gypsy - (Original Trailer) A domineering mother (Rosalind Russell) pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom in Gypsy (1962), with Natalie Wood playing the title role of Gypsy Rose Lee.

Midway - (Original Trailer) Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda star in Midway (1976), a spectacular re-creation of the World War II battle that turned the tide for the U.S. in the Pacific.

Support Your Local Gunfighter - (Original Trailer) When a con man (James Garner) sneaks off a train, he's mistaken for a gunman in Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971).

Lady Without Passport, A - (Original Trailer) A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant in A Lady Without Passport (1950) starring Hedy Lamarr.

Rooster Cogburn - (Original Trailer) John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn star in their one movie together, Rooster Cogburn (1975), a sequel to the Academy Award-winning True Grit.

Family

Harry Stradling

Father

Director of photography. Died 1970.

Walter Stradling

Great-Uncle

Cameraman. Worked on several early Mary Pickford films.

Michael Stradling

Son

Camera assistant. Worked with father as second assistant on "Blind Date".

Robert Stradling

Son

Camera assistant. Worked with father as first assistant on the second camera for "Blind Date".

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