John Wilcox

Cinematographer May 7 (died age 74) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK 1943–1978 (35 year career)

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Biography

John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman. In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working…

Known For

Film

The Third Man

Additional Photography

Film

The Guns of Navarone

Additional Photography

Film

The Eagle Has Landed

Second Unit Director of Photography

Film

The Mouse That Roared

Director of Photography

Film

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Director of Photography

Film

Nightmare

Director of Photography

Film

The Evil of Frankenstein

Director of Photography

Film

The Skull

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (48)

Movies (48)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978

Director of Photography

4.3

Terror of Frankenstein

1977

Director of Photography

7.8

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.6

The Ghoul

1975

Director of Photography

4.9

Legend of the Werewolf

1975

Director of Photography

5.2

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

1974

Director of Photography

5.9

Shatter

1974

Director of Photography

5.6

Craze

1974

Director of Photography

4.9

Au Pair Girls

1972

Director of Photography

4.5

Steptoe & Son

1972

Director of Photography

6.2

The Last Valley

1971

Director of Photography

6.5

Connecting Rooms

1970

Director of Photography

5.5

The Chairman

1969

Director of Photography

5.2

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

1966

Director of Photography

6.1

The Deadly Bees

1966

Director of Photography

4.3

Judith

1966

Director of Photography

4.3

The Psychopath

1966

Director of Photography

6.3

Hysteria

1965

Director of Photography

6.4

The Skull

1965

Director of Photography

6.0

Dr. Who and the Daleks

1965

Director of Photography

5.7

Nightmare

1964

Director of Photography

6.8

The Evil of Frankenstein

1964

Director of Photography

6.1

633 Squadron

1964

Additional Photography

6.1

Summer Holiday

1963

Director of Photography

5.9

The King's Breakfast

1963

Director of Photography

Some People

1962

Director of Photography

7.0

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962

Director of Photography

4.8

Only Two Can Play

1962

Director of Photography

5.8

The Guns of Navarone

1961

Additional Photography

7.3

Mr. Topaze

1961

Director of Photography

5.6

A Touch of Larceny

1960

Director of Photography

5.9

Light Up the Sky!

1960

Director of Photography

6.2

The Mouse That Roared

1959

Director of Photography

6.3

Expresso Bongo

1959

Director of Photography

5.1

Carve Her Name with Pride

1958

Director of Photography

5.9

Harry Black and the Tiger

1958

Director of Photography

6.6

Safari

1956

Director of Photography

5.6

Zarak

1956

Director of Photography

4.7

April in Portugal

1956

Director of Photography

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

Director of Photography

5.9

Hell Below Zero

1954

Director of Photography

6.7

The Black Knight

1954

Director of Photography

6.2

The Red Beret

1953

Director of Photography

6.6

Who Goes There!

1952

Director of Photography

5.7

Outcast of the Islands

1951

Director of Photography

5.8

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

Director of Photography

6.0

The Third Man

1949

Additional Photography

7.9

The New Lot

1943

Director of Photography