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Irmin Roberts(1904-1978)

  • Visual Effects
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Special Effects
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Irmin Roberts was born on 30 June 1904 in California, USA. He is known for The War of the Worlds (1953), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Shane (1953). He died on 26 October 1978 in Riverside, California, USA.
BornJune 30, 1904
DiedOctober 26, 1978(74)
BornJune 30, 1904
DiedOctober 26, 1978(74)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

The War of the Worlds (1953)
The War of the Worlds
7.0
  • Visual Effects
  • 1953
Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.4
  • Camera and Electrical Department(as Irman Roberts)
  • 1963
Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon De Wilde, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, and Ben Johnson in Shane (1953)
Shane
7.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1953
Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 1943

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • process photography
    • 1964
  • Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, and Glynis Johns in The Court Jester (1955)
    The Court Jester
    7.8
    • special photographic effects
    • 1955
  • Conquest of Space (1955)
    Conquest of Space
    5.6
    • special photographic effects
    • 1955
  • Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy, Judith Evelyn, and Harry Landers in Rear Window (1954)
    Rear Window
    8.4
    • special visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
    The Girls of Pleasure Island
    5.8
    • special photographic effects
    • 1953
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)
    The War of the Worlds
    7.0
    • special photographic effects
    • 1953
  • Thunder in the East (1952)
    Thunder in the East
    6.3
    • special photographic effects
    • 1952
  • Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling in Ace in the Hole (1951)
    Ace in the Hole
    8.0
    • transparency camera (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, Betty Field, and Ruth Hussey in The Great Gatsby (1949)
    The Great Gatsby
    6.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1949
  • 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
    • special photographic effects
    • 1949
  • Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard in Unconquered (1947)
    Unconquered
    6.9
    • special effects camera (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Bob Hope and Joan Caulfield in Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
    Monsieur Beaucaire
    6.7
    • special photographic effects assistant: matte paintings (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
    7.4
    • matte painting assistant (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald in O.S.S. (1946)
    O.S.S.
    6.6
    • special photographic effects assistant: mattes (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Brian Donlevy, Barbara Britton, Joel McCrea, and Sonny Tufts in The Virginian (1946)
    The Virginian
    6.4
    • special photographic effects assistant (uncredited)
    • 1946

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Elvis Presley in Clambake (1967)
    Clambake
    5.7
    • photographer: second unit
    • 1967
  • Ernest Borgnine, Rod Taylor, and Luciana Paluzzi in Chuka (1967)
    Chuka
    6.3
    • photography: second unit
    • 1967
  • Fun in Acapulco (1963)
    Fun in Acapulco
    5.9
    • photographer: second unit
    • 1963
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    7.4
    • additional photographer (as Irman Roberts)
    • 1963
  • Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, and Laurel Goodwin in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
    Girls! Girls! Girls!
    5.6
    • photographer: second unit
    • 1962
  • Sal Mineo, Yul Brynner, and Madlyn Rhue in Escape from Zahrain (1962)
    Escape from Zahrain
    6.0
    • photography: second unit
    • 1962
  • Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, and Steve Forrest in Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
    Heller in Pink Tights
    5.9
    • photographer: second unit
    • 1960
  • The Jayhawkers! (1959)
    The Jayhawkers!
    6.3
    • photography: second unit
    • 1959
  • The Five Pennies (1959)
    The Five Pennies
    7.1
    • photography: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Maracaibo (1958)
    Maracaibo
    5.6
    • second unit photography
    • 1958
  • Vertigo (1958)
    Vertigo
    8.2
    • director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, and Yma Sumac in Secret of the Incas (1954)
    Secret of the Incas
    6.0
    • photographer: Peru
    • 1954
  • Elephant Walk (1954)
    Elephant Walk
    6.3
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 1954
  • Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon De Wilde, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, and Ben Johnson in Shane (1953)
    Shane
    7.6
    • second unit photography
    • 1953
  • Joan Fontaine and Arturo de Córdova in Frenchman's Creek (1944)
    Frenchman's Creek
    6.1
    • camera department (uncredited)
    • 1944

Special Effects

  • Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield, and Sonny Tufts in Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
    Miss Susie Slagle's
    6.3
    • special effects assistant
    • 1946

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Irman Roberts
  • Born
    • June 30, 1904
    • California, USA
  • Died
    • October 26, 1978
    • Riverside, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Invented the dolly in/zoom out shot used in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958).

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