George Meehan
George Benjamin Meehan Jr. | |
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| Born | July 19, 1891 |
| Died | February 10, 1947 (aged 55) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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| Notable work | Ben Hur (1925) The Ghost Talks (1929) Back to the Woods (1937) Tarzan's Revenge (1938) Bullets for Bandits (1942) |
George Benjamin Meehan Jr. (1891–1947) was the cinematographer of more than 165 American films, including film shorts by The Three Stooges[1] and eight Wild Bill Elliott westerns.[2]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Meehan was born on July 19, 1891, in Brooklyn, New York. During World War I, Meeham was a cinematographer in the United States Army. Meehan later worked as a cinematographer on 166 or 167 American movies, some of which became famous.
In 1944, George Meehan was the mentor of Richard H. Kline.[3] In 1947, when Meehan was working on King of the Wild Horses, he became ill and was replaced on the project by Philip Tannura.
Personal and death
[edit | edit source]Meehan married Louise Harriett Mahoney. Their only son died in World War II.[3] Meehan died on February 10, 1947, and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Glendale, California.
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- Mary of the Movies (1923)
- Battling Buddy (1924)
- Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Cameraman, 1925)
- The Great Sensation (1925)
- The New Champion (1925)
- Fighting Youth (1925)
- Speed Mad (1925)
- The Ghost Talks (1929)
- The Big Chance (1933)
- Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
- Inside Information (1934)
- Code of the Range (1936)
- Back to the Woods (1937)
- Manhattan Shakedown (1937)
- Two Gun Law (1937)
- Tarzan’s Revenge (1938)
- Riders of Black River (1939)
- The Taming of the West (1939)
- Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
- The Return of Wild Bill (1940)
- The Wildcat of Tucson (1940)[4]
- Bullets for Bandits (1942)
- Voice of the Whistler (1945)[5]
- Terror Trail (1946)
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