Charles F. Wheeler
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| Born | December 15, 1915 |
| Died | October 28, 2004 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Charles F. Wheeler (December 15, 1915 – October 28, 2004) was an American cinematographer.
Biography
Wheeler did much of his work for Walt Disney. He served as a combat photographer in the United States Navy during World War II. He died in 2004 after developing Alzheimer's disease.[1] In 1970 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography; along with Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda, and Masamichi Satoh; for Tora! Tora! Tora!. He had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Babe, a biopic about Babe Zaharias.
Partial filmography
Director of photography
Film
Camera and electrical department
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Catch Me If You Can | Don Weis | Camera operator | ||
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Stanley Kramer | First collaboration with Stanley Kramer | ||
| 1961 | Three Blondes in His Life | Leon Chooluck | |||
| Judgment at Nuremberg | Stanley Kramer | Second collaboration with Stanley Kramer | |||
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | John Cassavetes | |||
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Stanley Kramer | Third collaboration with Stanley Kramer | |||
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | John Sturges | Photographer: Second unit | Uncredited | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | George Roy Hill | Camera operator: Prologue sequence | ||
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Richard Fleischer | Director of photography: American episodes | Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer | |
| 1977 | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Vincent McEveety | Additional photography | Second collaboration with Vincent McEveety | |
| 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Robert Wise | |||
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | John Hough | |||
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Walter Hill | Additional photographer |
Shorts
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Serta Perfect Sleeper | Lateef Ahmad |
TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | She Waits | Delbert Mann |
| 1973 | The Mystery in Dracula's Castle | Robert Totten |
| Incident on a Dark Street | Buzz Kulik | |
| Pioneer Woman | ||
| 1974 | The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton | Tom Leetch |
| Alvin the Magnificent | ||
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Joseph Hardy | |
| The Day the Earth Moved | Robert Michael Lewis | |
| Bad Ronald | Buzz Kulik | |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Lee Philips | |
| 1975 | Lucy Gets Lucky | Jack Donohue |
| Cage Without a Key | Buzz Kulik | |
| Babe | ||
| Three for Two | Charles Walters | |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Buzz Kulik |
| State Fair | David Lowell Rich | |
| Crunch | E. W. Swackhamer | |
| 1978 | Lassie: A New Beginning | Don Chaffey |
| The Gift of Love | ||
| 1979 | Like Normal People | Harvey Hart |
| Valentine | Lee Philips | |
| 1982 | The Renegades | Roger Spottiswoode |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | David Lowell Rich |
| The Fighter | ||
| I Want to Live! | ||
| 1984 | His Mistress | |
| 1985 | The Hearst and Davies Affair |
TV pilots
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Missy's Men | William D. Russell |
| 1981 | Revenge of the Gray Gang | Gary Nelson |
| 1984 | London and Davis in New York | Robert Day |
| 1990 | Close Encounters | David Trainer |
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Twilight Zone | 2 episodes |
| 1967−71 | Gunsmoke | |
| 1971 | Storefront Lawyers | |
| 1974 | Hawkins | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | |
| 1977 | James at 16 | |
| 1973−78 | The Wonderful World of Disney | 5 episodes |
| 1978 | The Paper Chase | 1 episode |
| 1978−79 | Sesame Street | 24 episodes |
| 1983 | The New Odd Couple | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Life with Lucy | 13 episodes |
| 1988 | Blue Skies | 1 episode |
Camera and electrical department
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Science Fiction Theatre | Second cameraman | 2 episodes | Uncredited |
TV specials
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Jon Stone | Uncredited |