Roy Seawright(1905-1991)

Roy Seawright was born on 19 November 1905 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for One Million B.C. (1940), Topper Returns (1941) and Topper Takes a Trip (1938). He died on 30 April 1991 in Torrance, California, USA.

Known for

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Untamed Women
3.6
- visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
- 1952
Two Knights from Brooklyn
6.4
- special photographic effects
- 1949
Port of New York
6.0
- special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1949
Trapped
6.4
- special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1949
Reign of Terror
6.9
- special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1949
Red Stallion in the Rockies
5.1
- photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1949
The Big Cat
5.5
- photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1949
Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin?
4.6
- photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1948
Here Comes Trouble
5.4
- special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1948
The Gangster
6.5
- special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
- 1947
The Fabulous Joe
6.0
- special photographic effects
- 1947
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival
6.0
- special photographic effects
- 1947
Curley
5.6
- photographic effects
- 1947
The Last Three
4.5
- photographic effects
- 1943
Taxi, Mister
6.4
- special photographic effects
- 1943

Trivia
When the Motion Picture Academy established an Oscar category for Best Special Effects in 1939, Seawright was one of its inaugural nominees, for "Topper Takes a Trip" (1938). He was subsequently nominated for "One Million B.C." (1940) and "Topper Returns" (1941).