Russell Harlan

Russ Harlan

Born September 16, 1903· Los Angeles, California, USA

† Died February 28, 1974

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Growing up amid Los Angeles’s transformation from a modest town with a single studio to the nation’s film hub, he entered the industry first as an actor and stunt performer before shifting behind the camera as an assistant in the early 1930s, a move that set the stage for his debut as a cinematographer on a 1937 Hopalong Cassidy western. Over a career that stretched more than three decades, he… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources