Reginald Thomas Lanning (October 6, 1893 – December 6, 1965) was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

. He was known for his cinematography work on over 100 films. Lanning died of

emphysema Emphysema is any air-filled enlargement in the body's tissues. Most commonly emphysema refers to the permanent enlargement of air spaces (alveoli) in the lungs, and is also known as pulmonary emphysema. Emphysema is a lower respiratory tract di ...

on December 6, 1965 in

Woodland Hills, California Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States. History The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans in the United States, ...

, at the age of 72. He was buried in

Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd. History and descr ...

Selected filmography

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The Cameraman ''The Cameraman'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent Romantic comedy, romantic comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton. The picture stars Keaton and Marceline Day. It was Keaton's first film under contract to ...

'' (1928) * ''

Spite Marriage ''Spite Marriage'' is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it ...

'' (1929) * '' China Bound'' (1929) * '' Laughing Irish Eyes'' (1936) * ''

The Harvester ''The Harvester'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Homer Croy, Robert Lee Johnson, Elizabeth Meehan and Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1911 novel ''The Harvester'' by Gene Stratton-Porter, which had pre ...

'' (1936) * '' Heroes of the Hills'' (1938) * '' Pals of the Saddle'' (1938) * '' Santa Fe Stampede'' (1938) * ''

Home on the Prairie ''Home on the Prairie'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Jack Townley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Charles Arthur Powell and Paul Franklin, the film is about a cattle inspector' ...

'' (1939) * ''

Wyoming Outlaw ''Wyoming Outlaw'' is a 1939 American " Three Mesquiteers" Western film directed by George Sherman and starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the series. Plot Cast * J ...

'' (1939) * ''

New Frontier The term ''New Frontier'' was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech, delivered July 15, in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memo ...

'' (1939) * ''

Sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

'' (1939) * ''

Zorro's Fighting Legion ''Zorro's Fighting Legion'' is a 1939 Republic Pictures film serial consisting of twelve chapters starring Reed Hadley as Zorro and directed by William Witney and John English. The plot revolves around his alter-ego Don Diego's fight against ...

'' (1939) * '' Days of Jesse James'' (1939) * ''

Wolf of New York ''Wolf of New York'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Gordon Kahn and Lionel Houser. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Demarest and Maurice Murphy. Th ...

'' (1940) * '' Grandpa Goes to Town'' (1940) * ''

Gaucho Serenade ''Gaucho Serenade'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Betty Burbridge and Bradford Ropes, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes up against a g ...

'' (1940) * '' One Man's Law'' (1940) * ''

The Ranger and the Lady ''The Ranger and the Lady'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, and George "Gabby" Hayes. Plot Texas Ranger Captain Roy Colt (Roy Rogers) disapproves of the tactics of his superior, General Augustus L ...

'' (1940) * ''

Oklahoma Renegades ''Oklahoma Renegades'' is a 1940 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Nate Watt. Plot Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin * Duncan Renaldo as Renaldo * Lee 'Lasses' White as Jim K ...

'' (1940) * '' Frontier Vengeance'' (1940) * '' Who Killed Aunt Maggie?'' (1940) * '' The Phantom Cowboy'' (1941) * '' The Great Train Robbery'' (1941) * '' Mr. District Attorney'' (1941) * '' Pals of the Pecos'' (1941) * ''

Jungle Girl A jungle girl (so-called, but usually adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer, superhero or even a damsel in distress living in a jungle or rainforest setting. A prehistoric depiction ...

'' (1941) * ''

Sunset in Wyoming ''Sunset in Wyoming'' is a 1941 American western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, George Cleveland, and Maris Wrixon. Based on a story by Joe Blair, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes up agains ...

'' (1941) * ''

The Pittsburgh Kid ''The Pittsburgh Kid'' is a 1941 American sports film directed by Jack Townley and starring Billy Conn, Jean Parker and Dick Purcell.Ritchie p.231 The film's sets were designed by the art director John Victor Mackay. Plot About to fight his bigg ...

'' (1941) * '' King of the Texas Rangers'' (1941) * '' Mercy Island'' (1941) * '' Gauchos of El Dorado'' (1941) * '' Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) * '' Man from Cheyenne'' (1942) * '' Code of the Outlaw'' (1942) * '' Sunset on the Desert'' (1942) * ''

Spy Smasher Spy Smasher is the name of two fictional characters appearing in comics published by Fawcett and DC Comics. The first is a superhero that was formerly owned and published by Fawcett Comics. The second is a female anti-terrorism government agent a ...

'' (1942) * ''

Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Sau ...

'' (1942) * ''

Perils of Nyoka ''Perils of Nyoka'' is a 1942 Republic serial directed by William Witney. It stars Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial '' Jungle Girl''. Plot Nyoka, with help from ...

'' (1942) * '' Call of the Canyon'' (1942) * '' Thundering Trails'' (1943) * ''

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

'' (1943) * '' King of the Cowboys'' (1943) * ''

Song of Texas '' Song of Texas '' is a 1943 American Western film starring Roy Rogers, originally released by Republic Pictures. Plot After a fib by Sam Bennett, a former rodeo star and old friend of Roy's, to his daughter back East that he owns a big ranch, ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Masked Marvel ''The Masked Marvel'' (1943) is a 12-chapter film serial created by Republic Pictures, who produced many other well known serials. It was Republic's thirty-first serial, of the sixty-six they produced. Plot In ''The Masked Marvel'', a hero dres ...

'' (1943) * '' Silver Spurs'' (1943) * '' Wagon Tracks West'' (1943) * '' Hoosier Holiday'' (1943) * '' A Scream in the Dark'' (1943) * ''

Pistol Packin' Mama "Pistol Packin' Mama" was a "Hillbilly"- Honky Tonk record released at the height of World War II that became a nationwide sensation, and the first "Country" song to top the ''Billboard'' popular music chart. It was written by Al Dexter of ...

'' (1943) * '' Hands Across the Border'' (1944) * '' Casanova in Burlesque'' (1944) * '' Hidden Valley Outlaws'' (1944) * ''

Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely n ...

'' (1944) * '' Cowboy and the Senorita'' (1944) * '' Tucson Raiders'' (1944) * '' Marshal of Reno'' (1944) * '' Silver City Kid'' (1944) * '' Three Little Sisters'' (1944) * '' Sing, Neighbor, Sing'' (1944) * ''

Strangers in the Night "Strangers in the Night" is a song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Kaempfert originally used it under the title "Beddy Bye" as part of the instrumental score for the movie ''A Man Could Get ...

'' (1944) * '' My Buddy'' (1944) * ''

Lights of Old Santa Fe ''Lights of Old Santa Fe'' is a 1944 American Western Musical film directed by Frank McDonald with a screenplay by Gordon Kahn and Bob Williams. The film stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Plot A rodeo owner struggles to make her show a succe ...

'' (1944) * ''

Faces in the Fog ''Faces in the Fog'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by John English and starring Jane Withers, Paul Kelly and Lee Patrick.McCarty p.88 Plot Hard-partying Tom and Cora Elliott neglect their kids, 17-year-old Mary and 14-year-old Les. ...

'' (1944) * '' Steppin' in Society'' (1945) * '' The Cheaters'' (1945) * '' The Cherokee Flash'' (1945) * ''

Crime of the Century "Crime of the century" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe particularly sensational or notorious criminal cases. Chua-Eoan, Howard (n.d.)"Crimes of the Century: The Top 25" ''Time''. Retrieved September 10, 2021. In the United States, it is of ...

'' (1946) * '' Song of Arizona'' (1946) * '' Sheriff of Redwood Valley'' (1946) * '' The Catman of Paris'' (1946) * ''

Rainbow Over Texas ''Rainbow Over Texas'' is a 1946 American Western film in which Roy Rogers plays himself as a famous cowboy-singer returning to Texas. Directed by Frank McDonald from a story by Max Brand, it co-stars George "Gabby" Hayes and Dale Evans. The ...

'' (1946) * '' Valley of the Zombies'' (1946) * '' Rendezvous with Annie'' (1946) * '' The Inner Circle'' (1946) * '' Plainsman and the Lady'' (1946) * ''

Sioux City Sue "Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. Thomas recorded the song in February 1945 for National Records and it was a number one Country charts hit for him. The song was Th ...

'' (1946) * '' The Pilgrim Lady'' (1947) * '' Calendar Girl'' (1947) * ''

Northwest Outpost ''Northwest Outpost'' (also known as ''End of the Rainbow'') is a 1947 American Musical Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey. The film was Eddy's last, and is an operetta film like his previous starring ...

'' (1947) * ''

Blackmail Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a thr ...

'' (1947) * '' The Fabulous Texan'' (1947) * '' The Flame'' (1947) * '' The Inside Story'' (1948) * '' California Firebrand'' (1948) * ''

I, Jane Doe ''I, Jane Doe'' is a 1948 American drama war film directed by John H. Auer and written by Lawrence Kimble and Decla Dunning. The film stars Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Gene Lockhart, John Howard and Benay Venuta. Plot When the p ...

'' (1948) * '' The Timber Trail'' (1948) * ''

Angel in Exile ''Angel in Exile'' is a 1948 American Western (genre), western film directed by Allan Dwan and Philip Ford (film director), Philip Ford and starring John Carroll (actor), John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez, Barton MacLane. The film was releas ...

'' (1948) * '' Angel on the Amazon'' (1948) * ''

Grand Canyon Trail '' Grand Canyon Trail '' is a 1948 American Western film starring Roy Rogers combining Western action with Three Stooges-style slapstick. Robert Livingston plays the head villain and James Finlayson plays the sheriff. The Republic Pictures fil ...

'' (1948) * ''

Wake of the Red Witch ''Wake of the Red Witch'' is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig, produced by Edmund Grainger and starring John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara and Luther Adler. It is based upon the 1946 novel of the same na ...

'' (1948) * ''

Train to Alcatraz A train (from Old French , from Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles th ...

'' (1948) * '' Susanna Pass'' (1949) * '' Down Dakota Way'' (1949) * ''

Sands of Iwo Jima ''Sands of Iwo Jima'' is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marine Corps, United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele M ...

'' (1949) * '' Singing Guns'' (1950) * '' The Savage Horde'' (1950) * '' The Showdown'' (1950) * '' Surrender'' (1950) * '' Hit Parade of 1951'' (1950) * ''

Belle Le Grand ''Belle Le Grand'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and written by D.D. Beauchamp. The film stars Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, Stephen Chase, John Qualen and Harry Morgan. The f ...

'' (1951) * ''

Cuban Fireball ''Cuban Fireball'' is a 1951 American musical film directed by William Beaudine and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas and Mimi Aguglia.Gevinson p.241 An employee at a Havana cigar factory discovers that she has been left some lucrative ...

'' (1951) * '' Heart of the Rockies'' (1951) * ''

Fighting Coast Guard ''Fighting Coast Guard'' is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy and Martin Milner. The f ...

'' (1951) * '' The Wild Blue Yonder'' (1951) * ''

Hoodlum Empire ''Hoodlum Empire'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell (actor), John Russell.. It was inspired by the United States Sena ...

'' (1952) * '' I Dream of Jeanie'' (1952) * ''

Toughest Man in Arizona ''Toughest Man in Arizona'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by John K. Butler, and starring Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory, Jean Parker and Harry Morgan. It was released on Octob ...

'' (1952) * '' Thunderbirds'' (1952) * '' Woman They Almost Lynched'' (1953) * '' The Lady Wants Mink'' (1953) * '' Sweethearts on Parade'' (1953) * '' Sea of Lost Ships'' (1953) * ''

Flight Nurse A flight nurse is a registered nurse specializing in the field of providing comprehensive pre-hospital, emergency critical care, and hospital care to a vast scope of patients. The care of these patients is generally provided during aeromedical ...

'' (1953) * '' Untamed Heiress'' (1954) * ''

The Outcast Outcast or Outcasts may refer to: *Outcast (person), a person with social stigma or untouchability Literature *''The Outcast'', an 1875 novel by William Winwood Reade * ''The Outcast: A Rhyme for the Time'', an 1891 poem by Robert Williams Buch ...

'' (1954) * '' Carolina Cannonball'' (1955) * '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' (1955) * '' I Cover the Underworld'' (1955) * '' City of Shadows'' (1955) * '' The Road to Denver'' (1955) * '' The World of Abbott and Costello'' (1965) - (uncredited)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanning, Reggie 1893 births 1965 deaths People from Arizona American cinematographers Deaths from emphysema Burials at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery