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Roy Seawright(1905-1991)

  • Visual Effects
  • Special Effects
  • Cinematographer
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Roy Seawright was born on 19 November 1905 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Tumak, fils de la jungle (1940), La dernière enquête de Mr. Topper (1941) and Fantômes en croisière (1938). He died on 30 April 1991 in Torrance, California, USA.
BornNovember 19, 1905
DiedApril 30, 1991(85)
BornNovember 19, 1905
DiedApril 30, 1991(85)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

Victor Mature and Carole Landis in Tumak, fils de la jungle (1940)
Tumak, fils de la jungle
5.7
  • Visual Effects
  • 1940
Joan Blondell, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and Roland Young in La dernière enquête de Mr. Topper (1941)
La dernière enquête de Mr. Topper
6.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 1941
Constance Bennett and Roland Young in Fantômes en croisière (1938)
Fantômes en croisière
6.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1938
Victor Mature, Leo Carrillo, and Louise Platt in Capitaine Casse-Cou (1940)
Capitaine Casse-Cou
5.5
  • Special Effects
  • 1940

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Untamed Women (1952)
    Untamed Women
    3.6
    • visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Two Knights from Brooklyn (1949)
    Two Knights from Brooklyn
    6.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1949
  • La brigade des stupéfiants (1949)
    La brigade des stupéfiants
    6.0
    • special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1949
  • Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton in Le traquenard (1949)
    Le traquenard
    6.4
    • special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1949
  • Le livre noir (1949)
    Le livre noir
    6.9
    • special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1949
  • Arthur Franz and Jean Heather in Le retour de l'étalon rouge (1949)
    Le retour de l'étalon rouge
    5.0
    • photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1949
  • Peggy Ann Garner and Lon McCallister in The Big Cat (1949)
    The Big Cat
    5.5
    • photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1949
  • Dale Belding, Don Castle, Virginia Grey, Eilene Janssen, Ardda Lynwood, Peter Miles, and Larry Olsen in Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948)
    Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin?
    4.6
    • photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1948
  • Eddie Bartell, Beverly Lloyd, Emory Parnell, Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, and Joan Woodbury in Here Comes Trouble (1948)
    Here Comes Trouble
    5.4
    • special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1948
  • Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    The Gangster
    6.5
    • special photographic effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1947
  • The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947)
    The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival
    7.3
    • special photographic effects
    • 1947
  • Walter Abel and Margot Grahame in The Fabulous Joe (1947)
    The Fabulous Joe
    6.0
    • special photographic effects
    • 1947
  • Larry Olsen in La Bande à Curley (1947)
    La Bande à Curley
    5.6
    • photographic effects
    • 1947
  • Bobby Watson in Nazty Nuisance (1943)
    Nazty Nuisance
    4.5
    • photographic effects
    • 1943
  • William Bendix, Grace Bradley, and Joe Sawyer in Taxi, Mister (1943)
    Taxi, Mister
    6.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1943

Special Effects

  • Carnegie Hall (1947)
    Carnegie Hall
    6.4
    • special effects (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1947
  • Learn and Live (1943)
    Learn and Live
    6.6
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, and Marjorie Woodworth in Yanks Ahoy (1943)
    Yanks Ahoy
    5.2
    • special effects
    • 1943
  • Noah Beery Jr., Rosemary La Planche, Jimmy Rogers, and Marjorie Woodworth in Prairie Chickens (1943)
    Prairie Chickens
    5.7
    • special effects
    • 1943
  • Fall In (1942)
    Fall In
    5.8
    • special effects
    • 1942
  • William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, and Marjorie Woodworth in La reine de Brooklyn (1942)
    La reine de Brooklyn
    5.7
    • special effects
    • 1942
  • Victor Mature, Leo Carrillo, and Louise Platt in Capitaine Casse-Cou (1940)
    Capitaine Casse-Cou
    5.5
    • special effects photography
    • 1940

Cinematographer

  • Goldilocks (1970)
    Goldilocks
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • director of photography (as Roy W. Seawright)
    • 1970
  • Bonnie Franklin in You're the Judge (1965)
    You're the Judge
    4.2
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Deux bons copains (1939)
    Deux bons copains
    6.0
    • Cinematographer (photography)
    • 1939

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Roy W. Seawright
  • Born
    • November 19, 1905
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Died
    • April 30, 1991
    • Torrance, California, USA

Did you know

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  • 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).

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