Harry Stradling Jr. (January 7, 1925 – October 17, 2017) was a two-time Oscar-nominated American cinematographer and the son of cinematographer

Harry Stradling Henry A. Stradling, A.S.C. (September 1, 1901 – February 14, 1970) was an American cinematographer with more than 130 films to his credit. His uncle Walter Stradling, son Harry Stradling Jr. and godson Gerald Perry Finnerman were also cinem ...

Early years

Stradling was born in

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Career

He worked on four

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films and six films by

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. (See: List of film director and cinematographer collaborations). He was acclaimed in particular as a skilled cinematographer in

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. He was nominated for two Oscars, for ''

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'' and ''

The Way We Were ''The Way We Were'' is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents adapted the screenplay from his own 1972 novel of the same name, which was based on his ...

'', and for a Primetime Emmy for ''

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''. He also did cinematography on 87 episodes of ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...

'', and shot 21 of the total 23 episodes of the TV show ''

Cimarron Strip ''Cimarron Strip'' is an American Western television series starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown. The series was produced by the creators of ''Gunsmoke'' and aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Reruns of the original show w ...

''. Stradling's work on Westerns, including both ''Gunsmoke'' and ''Cimarron Strip'' as well as feature films including the 1969 Western comedy ''

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'' (1969), brought him to the heavily filmed

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, where he has been cited as one of the most adept cinematographers of his era when it came to capturing the unique cinematic attributes of the location's massive sandstone boulders.

Oscar nominations

Both of Stradling's nominations came in the category of

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-Nominated for ''

''. Lost to ''

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''. *

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-Nominated for ''

''. Lost to ''

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''.

Filmography

(Note: This list includes only films on which Stradling was the director of photography and/or credited cinematographer. He also was uncredited on a number of films and received a number of credits as camera operator.) *''

Caddyshack II ''Caddyshack II'' is a 1988 American sports comedy film and a sequel to the 1980 film ''Caddyshack''. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Harold Ramis (who co-wrote and directed the original ''Caddyshack'') and PJ Torokvei, it stars Jackie ...

'' (1988) *''

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'' (1987) *'' A Fine Mess'' (1986) *''

'' (1984) *''

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'' (1984) *''

O'Hara's Wife ''O'Hara's Wife'' is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by William Bartman and starring Edward Asner, Mariette Hartley and Jodie Foster. It is Bartman's sole directorial effort. Plot Bob O'Hara is a hard-working lawyer, who tends to f ...

'' (1982) *''

Buddy Buddy ''Buddy Buddy'' is a 1981 American comedy film based on Francis Veber's play ''Le contrat'' and Édouard Molinaro's film '' L'emmerdeur''. It is the final film directed and written by Billy Wilder. Plot To earn his long-awaited retirement, hitm ...

'' (1981) *'' The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'' (1981) *'' S.O.B.'' (1981) *''

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'' (1980) *''

Up the Academy ''Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy'' (often shortened to ''Up the Academy'') is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Ron Leibman, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker, Ralph Macchio, ...

'' (1980) *''

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'' (1979) *''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1978) *''

Damnation Alley ''Damnation Alley'' is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, based on a novella of the same name published in 1967. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1977. Plot introduction The story opens in a post-apoc ...

'' (1977) *'' The Greatest'' (1977) *''

The Big Bus ''The Big Bus'' is a 1976 American satire, satirical comedy film directed by James Frawley, and starring Joseph Bologna and Stockard Channing. Parodying the then-popular disaster film, disaster genre, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of ...

'' (1976) *'' Midway'' (1976) *''

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'' (1976) *''

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'' (1975) *'' Mitchell'' (1975) *'' Rooster Cogburn'' (1975) *''

Bank Shot ''Bank Shot'' is a 1974 American heist comedy film directed by Gower Champion and written by Wendell Mayes. It was loosely based upon Donald E. Westlake's 1972 novel of the same name, which was the second book of his " Dortmunder" series. Th ...

'' (1974) *''

McQ ''McQ'' is a 1974 American Panavision neo-noir crime action film directed by John Sturges and starring John Wayne. It costars Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Al Lettieri, and features Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Julian Chri ...

'' (1974) *''

Nightmare Honeymoon ''Nightmare Honeymoon'' is a 1974 American crime-thriller film directed by Elliot Silverstein, starring Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith. Plot Newlyweds David and Jill Webb (Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith) want nothing more than to co ...

'' (1974) *''

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing ''The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing'' is a novel written by Marilyn Durham first published in 1972. Plot The novel is set in the American West in the 1880s, but is not written in a genre style. It is the story of Jay, a man of the West, and his off ...

'' (1973) *''

'' (1972) *'' Skyjacked'' (1972) *''

Thumb Tripping ''Thumb Tripping'' is an American 1972 drama film directed by Quentin Masters, written by Don Mitchell, and starring Michael Burns, Meg Foster, Marianna Hill, Burke Byrnes, Michael Conrad and Bruce Dern. It was released in October 1972, by AVC ...

'' (1972) *'' Fools' Parade'' (1971) *''

The Late Liz ''The Late Liz'' is a 1971 American drama film directed by Dick Ross and written by Bill Rega. It is based on the 1957 book ''The Late Liz'' by Gertrude Behanna (pen name Elizabeth Burns). The film stars Anne Baxter, Steve Forrest, James Gregory ...

'' (1971) *'' Something Big'' (1971) *''

Support Your Local Gunfighter ''Support Your Local Gunfighter'' is a 1971 American comic Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. The screenplay was originally written by James Edward Grant, who died in 1966; Kennedy rewrote it ...

'' (1971) *''

Dirty Dingus Magee ''Dirty Dingus Magee'' is a 1970 American comedy revisionist Western film starring Frank Sinatra as the titular outlaw and George Kennedy as a sheriff out to capture him. Directed by Burt Kennedy, the movie was based on the novel ''The Ballad ...

'' (1970) *''

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'' (1970) *'' There Was a Crooked Man...'' (1970) *''

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys ''The Good Guys and the Bad Guys'' is a 1969 American comedy Western film directed by Burt Kennedy. It stars Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy. Plot Jim Flagg is the marshal in the town of Progress. He hears arch-rival Big John McKay is headed ...

'' (1969) *''The Mad Room'' (1969) *''

'' (1969) *'' Young Billy Young'' (1969) *''

With Six You Get Eggroll ''With Six You Get Eggroll'' is a 1968 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, and Pat Carroll. It was the first film that was produced by the CBS Television ...

'' (1968) *'' Welcome to Hard Times'' (1967) *''

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'' (1965)

References

External links

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Harry Stradling Jr. at the Iverson Movie Ranch

Iverson Movie Ranch: History, vintage photos.
1925 births 2017 deaths American cinematographers Artists from New York City {{US-cinematographer-stub