Harry Stradling Jr.
Harry Stradling Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7, 1925 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 17, 2017 (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1944–1988 |
| Children | 5 |
| Father | Harry Stradling |
| Family | Walter Stradling (great uncle) |
Harry Stradling Jr., ASC[1] (January 7, 1925 – October 17, 2017) was an American cinematographer. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, for 1776 (1972) and The Way We Were (1973).
Life and career
Stradling was born in Yonkers, New York in 1925. His father was two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Harry Stradling.[2] His great-uncle, Walter Stradling, was also a cinematographer.
He worked on four Blake Edwards films[2] and six films by Burt Kennedy. (See: List of film director and cinematographer collaborations). He was acclaimed in particular as a skilled cinematographer in Westerns. He was nominated for two Oscars, for 1776 and The Way We Were, and for a Primetime Emmy for George Washington. He also did cinematography on 87 episodes of Gunsmoke,[2] and shot 21 of the total 23 episodes of the TV show Cimarron Strip.
Stradling's work on Westerns, including both Gunsmoke and Cimarron Strip as well as feature films including the 1969 Western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), brought him to the heavily filmed Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, 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.
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1964−67 | Gunsmoke | 86 episodes |
| 1967−68 | Cimarron Strip | 21 episodes |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers | 1 episode |
TV films and miniseries
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1984 | George Washington |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | 1973 | Best Cinematography | 1776 | Nominated | [3] |
| 1974 | The Way We Were | Nominated | [4] | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie | George Washington | Nominated | [5] |
References
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Harry Stradling, Jr., ASC (1925-2017)". Retrieved 2026-07-27.
- 1 2 3 Barnes, Mike (October 27, 2017). "Famed Cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ↑ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Harry Stradling Jr. | Emmy Awards and Nominations". Television Academy. Retrieved 2026-07-27.