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Charles G. Clarke is a Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 10 march 1899 at Potter Valley (USA)

Charles G. Clarke

Charles G. Clarke
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Birth name Charles Galloway Clarke
Nationality USA
Birth 10 march 1899 at Potter Valley (USA)
Death 1 july 1983 (at 84 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Charles G. Clarke ASC (19 March 1899 – 1 July 1983) an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president (twice - 1948-50 and 1951-53) of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Biography

Au cinéma, Charles G. Clarke débute sur un film muet de 1916, comme premier assistant opérateur, poste qu'il alterne avec celui de deuxième assistant opérateur sur sept autres films muets, en 1922-1923 (en outre, il est monteur de deux d'entre eux, expérience qu'il ne renouvellera pas).

Comme chef opérateur, il contribue à cent trente-neuf films américains entre 1920 et 1962, dont des westerns (ex. : Les Rôdeurs de la plaine de Don Siegel, en 1960, avec Elvis Presley et Steve Forrest). Il collabore notamment avec les réalisateurs Jack Conway (ex. : Viva Villa ! en 1934, avec Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo et Fay Wray), John Ford (ex. : Les Quatre Fils en 1928, avec George Meeker), Henry King (ex. : Capitaine de Castille en 1947, avec Tyrone Power et Jean Peters), Nunnally Johnson (ex. : La Veuve noire en 1954, avec Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin et Gene Tierney), George Melford (plusieurs films muets, au cours des années 1920), ou encore George Seaton (ex. : La Ville écartelée en 1950, avec Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas et Cornell Borchers).

Il est aussi chef opérateur de seconde équipe, sur une dizaine de films, entre 1929 et 1957 (ex. : La Mousson de Jean Negulesco, en 1955).

À la télévision, Charles G. Clarke est directeur de la photographie sur quatre séries, entre 1966 et 1971, année où il se retire.

Au cours de sa carrière, il obtient quatre nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie (mais n'en gagne pas ; voir la rubrique "Nominations" ci-dessous), dont une pour La Péniche de l'amour (1942) d'Archie Mayo, avec Jean Gabin et Ida Lupino.

Membre de l'American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.), il en est le Président de 1948 à 1950, puis de 1951 à 1953.

Best films

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
(Director of Photography)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
(Director of Photography)
Golden Girl (1951)
(Director of Photography)
Moontide (1942)
(Director of Photography)
Captain from Castile (1947)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(21 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(21 films)
Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(17 films)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles G. Clarke (94 films)

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Actor

The Son of Tarzan, 4h13
Directed by Harry Revier
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Kamuela C. Searle, P. Dempsey Tabler, Gordon Griffith, Karla Schramm, Mae Giraci, Charles G. Clarke
Roles Arab Slave Trader
Rating55% 2.7738452.7738452.7738452.7738452.773845
Tarzan and Jane have left Africa, married and settled in London. Their pre-teen son, Jack, dreams of jungle adventures like his father's, but is discouraged by his parents. He sneaks away to see a trained ape called Ajax (in reality, Akut, an old friend from Tarzan's youth). The ape's trainer is really Ivan Paulovich, an old enemy of Tarzan's, who is looking for a way to enact vengeance. He kidnaps Jack and takes him to Africa.

Director

Cameraman

Return to Peyton Place, 2h3
Directed by José Ferrer, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Carol Lynley, Tuesday Weld, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor, Robert Sterling
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9647752.9647752.9647752.9647752.964775
The film takes place some eight to ten years after the events of the original Mark Robson movie.
Madison Avenue, 1h30
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Howard St. John, David White
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.953112.953112.953112.953112.95311
Clint Lorimer (Dana Andrews) works for an advertising company run by J.D. Jocelyn (Howard St. John). He is fired after Jocelyn finds out that Clint intends to form his own ad agency and steal a top client.
Flaming Star, 1h41
Directed by Don Siegel, Michael D. Moore, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Dolores del Río, Steve Forrest, Rodolfo Acosta, John McIntire
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2487553.2487553.2487553.2487553.248755
Elvis Presley plays Pacer Burton, the son of a Kiowa mother and a Texan father working as a rancher. His family, including a half-brother, Clint, live a typical life on the Texan frontier. Life becomes anything but typical when a nearby tribe of Kiowa begin raiding neighboring homesteads. Pacer soon finds himself caught between the two worlds, part of both but belonging to neither.
The Sound and the Fury, 1h55
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Jack Warden, Françoise Rosay
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.100963.100963.100963.100963.10096
Quentin Compson is a girl of 17 in the small Mississippi town of Jefferson. She lives with her step-uncle, Jason, who has practically raised Quentin ever since her promiscuous mother, Caddy, abandoned her.
Holiday for Lovers, 1h43
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Jill St John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8061652.8061652.8061652.8061652.806165
Robert Dean (Clifton Webb) is an old-fashioned psychologist who reluctantly allows his oldest daughter Meg (Jill St. John) to join a four-week tour in São Paulo before returning to college in America. When he finds out she is planning on six more weeks, he immediately books a ticket to Brazil to find out what her true motives for staying are. He is accompanied by his loving wife Mary (Jane Wyman) and youngest daughter, the wise-cracking, joyful Betsy (Carol Lynley). Upon arriving, Robert is unamused by the notable character change in a daughter. She looks to be very much interested in her older mentor Eduardo Barroso (Paul Henreid), and has taken up habits which are shocking to Robert, including smoking.
A Private's Affair, 1h33
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Military humor in film, Children's films
Actors Sal Mineo, Christine Carrère, Barry Coe, Barbara Eden, Jessie Royce Landis, Gary Crosby
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7656152.7656152.7656152.7656152.765615
Two guys from New York—Luigi, a hip wanna-be beatnik and Jerry, who's from Long Island—end up in Army basic training in New Jersey, as does Mike, who's a rancher from Oregon.
The Hunters, 1h48
Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, Lee Philips, John Gabriel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.194753.194753.194753.194753.19475
Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville (Robert Mitchum), a veteran World War II fighter ace, returns to combat, eager to fly an F-86 Sabre fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil (Richard Egan), assigns him command of a flight.
The Barbarian and the Geisha, 1h45
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, Sō Yamamura
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8536752.8536752.8536752.8536752.853675
In 1856, Townsend Harris (John Wayne) is sent by President Pierce to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to Japan, following the treaty written by Commodore Matthew Perry. Accompanied only by his translator-secretary, Huesken (Jaffe), comes ashore at the town of Shimoda, as specified in the treaty as the location for an American consulate.
The Wayward Bus, 1h27
Directed by Victor Vicas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason, Betty Lou Keim, Dolores Michaels
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.242413.242413.242413.242413.24241
Alice Chicoy (Collins) is the wife of driver Johnny (Jason). He owns a small and rundown little bus that makes side trips. Alice is the owner of a little restaurant and likes liquor a bit too much.
Stopover Tokyo, 1h40
Directed by Richard L. Breen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Larry Keating
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8097952.8097952.8097952.8097952.809795
US Intelligence Agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is sent to Tokyo on a routine courier mission but soon uncovers communist George Underwood’s (Edmond O'Brien) plot to assassinate the American High Commissioner (Larry Keating).
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 2h33
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5463653.5463653.5463653.5463653.546365
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
Carousel
Carousel (1956)
, 2h8
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Gene Lockhart, Audrey Christie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.293223.293223.293223.293223.29322
The story revolves around Billy Bigelow, a rough-talking, macho, handsome carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a young, innocent mill worker, both living their busy lives in the small town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. They fall in love, but both are fired from their jobs for different reasons – Billy because he paid too much attention to Julie and incurred the wrath of the jealous carousel owner Mrs. Mullin, and Julie because she stayed out past the curfew imposed by the understanding but stern mill owner, Mr. Bascombe. Billy and Julie marry and go to live at the seaside spa of her cousin Nettie, but Billy becomes bitter because he is unable to find work, and in his frustration, strikes Julie (this moment is not shown at all in the film). Mrs. Mullin, the jealous carousel owner who is infatuated with him, hears of this and goes to Nettie's to offer Billy his old job back, but will not re-hire him unless he leaves his wife. Billy seems to be considering the idea when Julie asks to talk privately. Julie, fearing he will be enraged, timidly tells him she is pregnant. But Billy is overjoyed and now firmly refuses Mrs. Mullin's offer. However, newly worried about not having enough money to provide for his child, and unskilled at anything except being a carousel barker, Billy secretly agrees to join his pal Jigger Craigin in robbing the wealthy Bascombe.
Violent Saturday, 1h25
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Tommy Noonan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4465153.4465153.4465153.4465153.446515
Harper (Stephen McNally) is a bank robber posing as a traveling salesman. He arrives in town, soon to be joined by sadistic benzedrine addict Dill (Lee Marvin) and bookish Chapman (J. Carrol Naish).