George Meehan
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George Benjamin Meehan Jr. | |
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Died | February 10, 1947 Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 55)
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Notable work | Ben Hur (1925) Gentlemen of the Press (1929) Tarzan's Revenge (1938) |
George Benjamin Meehan Jr. (1891–1947) was the cinematographer of 166 American films.
Life
[edit]Meehan was born on July 19, 1891, in Brooklyn, New York. During World War I he was a cinematographer in the United States Army. He married Louise Harriett Mahoney.
Meehan was the cinematographer for Mary of the Movies (1923),[1] Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925),[2] The Ghost Talks (1929),[3] Back to the Woods (1937),[4] The Big Chance (1933), Inside Information (1934), Tarzan’s Revenge (1938), Riders of Black River (1939), The Wildcat of Tucson (1940),[5] Beyond the Sacramento (1940), and Voice of the Whistler (1945).[6]
Death
[edit]Meehan was working on King of the Wild Horses when he became ill and was replaced on the project by Philip Tannura. Meehan died on February 10, 1947,[7] in Hollywood, California,[8] and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Glendale, California.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Battling Buddy (1924)
- The Great Sensation (1925)
- The New Champion (1925)
- Fighting Youth (1925)
- Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
- Code of the Range (1936)
- Manhattan Shakedown (1937)
- Two Gun Law (1937)
- The Taming of the West (1939)
- The Return of Wild Bill (1940)
- Bullets for Bandits (1942)
- Terror Trail (1946)
References
[edit]- ^ Mary of the Movies, AFI
- ^ Ben-Hur, AFI
- ^ The Ghost Talks, AFI
- ^ Hollywood's Classic Comedies
- ^ Blottner, Gene (2007). "Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982.
- ^ King of the Wild Horses, AFI
- ^ DNB