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Wilfrid M. Cline(1903-1976)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Special Effects
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Wilfrid M. Cline was born on 3 September 1903 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), My World and Welcome to It (1969) and Aloma of the South Seas (1941). He died on 9 April 1976 in Orange County, California, USA.
BornSeptember 3, 1903
DiedApril 9, 1976(72)
BornSeptember 3, 1903
DiedApril 9, 1976(72)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind
8.2
  • Additional Crew
  • 1939
My World and Welcome to It (1969)
My World and Welcome to It
8.5
TV Series
  • Cinematographer
Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, and Phillip Reed in Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
Aloma of the South Seas
5.3
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1941
Doris Day and Howard Keel in Calamity Jane (1953)
Calamity Jane
7.2
  • Cinematographer
  • 1953

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Ron Carey, Max Gail, Ron Glass, James Gregory, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, and Jack Soo in Barney Miller (1975)
    Barney Miller
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer (as Bill Cline)
    • 1974
  • The New Andy Griffith Show (1971)
    The New Andy Griffith Show
    5.5
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1971
  • Headmaster (1970)
    Headmaster
    6.3
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1970
  • My World and Welcome to It (1969)
    My World and Welcome to It
    8.5
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1969–1970
  • Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)
    The Big Valley
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • director of photography
    • 1965–1969
  • Diane Baker, Joan Crawford, and Paul Burke in Della (1965)
    Della
    5.5
    • director of photography (as Wilfrid Cline)
    • 1965
  • The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
    The Bing Crosby Show
    6.1
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1964–1965
  • Calhoun: County Agent (1964)
    Calhoun: County Agent
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Dr. Kildare (1961)
    Dr. Kildare
    7.0
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1964
  • Munroe
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Recoil (1963)
    Recoil
    • cinematographer
    • 1963
  • The Dick Powell Theatre (1961)
    The Dick Powell Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1962–1963
  • Nick Adams in Saints and Sinners (1962)
    Saints and Sinners
    5.5
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1962–1963
  • The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)
    The Lloyd Bridges Show
    6.5
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1963
  • The Detectives (1959)
    The Detectives
    7.5
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1961–1962

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Elvis Presley and Joan O'Brien in It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
    It Happened at the World's Fair
    6.1
    • gaffer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • George American Horse, Edd Byrnes, Andra Martin, and Clint Walker in Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
    Yellowstone Kelly
    6.6
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Cornel Wilde and Victoria Shaw in Edge of Eternity (1959)
    Edge of Eternity
    6.5
    • photographer: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Date with Death (1959)
    Date with Death
    6.0
    • camera operator (as Bill Clyne)
    • 1959
  • Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, and Cedric Hardwicke in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    6.5
    • additional camera
    • 1949
  • Sterling Hayden and Madeleine Carroll in Bahama Passage (1941)
    Bahama Passage
    5.8
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, and Phillip Reed in Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
    Aloma of the South Seas
    5.3
    • associate cinematographer
    • 1941
  • Walter Brennan, Richard Greene, and Loretta Young in Kentucky (1938)
    Kentucky
    6.1
    • camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Gloria Dickson and Dick Foran in Heart of the North (1938)
    Heart of the North
    5.4
    • technicolor photography
    • 1938
  • Men with Wings (1938)
    Men with Wings
    6.1
    • aerial photography (as Wilfrid Cline)
    • 1938
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, and Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    7.9
    • camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    7.0
    • associate photography
    • 1938
  • Carole Lombard and Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937)
    Nothing Sacred
    6.8
    • director of photography: aerial unit (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • George Brent and Beverly Roberts in God's Country and the Woman (1937)
    God's Country and the Woman
    5.7
    • associate cinematographer
    • 1937
  • The Garden of Allah (1936)
    The Garden of Allah
    5.8
    • associate photographer (uncredited)
    • 1936

Special Effects

  • Doris Day, Jack Carson, Don DeFore, and Janis Paige in Romance on the High Seas (1948)
    Romance on the High Seas
    7.1
    • special effects photography
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Bill Cline
  • Born
    • September 3, 1903
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • April 9, 1976
    • Orange County, California, USA(undisclosed)

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  • Nickname
    • Willy

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