Name
Ray Harryhausen
Known For
Visual Effects
Birthday
1920-06-29
Deathday
2013-05-07 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raymond "Ray" Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) was an American visual effects creator, writer, and producer who lived in London, England, from 1960 until his death in 2013.
He created a brand of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation." His most important works include the animation on Mighty Joe Young, with pioneer Willis O'Brien, which won the Academy Award for special effects (1949); The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, his first color film; and Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors.
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- 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III as Bar Patron
- 2005 Mighty Joe Young: A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen and the Chiodo Brothers as Self
- 2014 El hombre que quiso ser Segundo as Self
- 1998 Mighty Joe Young as Gentleman at Party
- 1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Self
- 2006 The Elementals as Unnamed Man
- 2006 Cave Bear & Dinosaurs as (Commentary) (Voice)
- 2006 Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- 2005 The Making of the Tortoise & the Hare
- 2006 The Elementals
- 2006 War of the Worlds
- 2006 The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2008 El último truco as Self
- 1999 Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania as Himself
- 2012 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 1994 Hollywood Goes Ape! as Himself
- 2005 Mighty Joe Young: Ray Harryhausen and Mighty Joe Young as Himself
- 2008 Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu as Self
- 1999 Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
- 1986 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 2008 Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad as Self
- 1972 Monsters and Magic as Self
- 1957 20 Million Miles to Earth as Man Feeding Elephant (uncredited)
- 1993 Dinosaur Movies
- 1997 The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- 2003 Elf as Polar Bear Cub (voice)
- 1983 Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me as Himself
- 1985 Spies Like Us as Dr. Marston
- 1990 Ray Harryhausen: Movement Into Life as Himself
- 2010 Burke & Hare as Distinguished Doctor
- 1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 2005 The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' as Self
- 2008 The Boneyard Collection as Ray Harryhausen (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2003 Return to the Valley as Himself
- 2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self
- 2004 Comic Book: The Movie as Ray Harryhausen
- 2008 RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” as Self
- Soon The AckerMonster Chronicles!
- 2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 2005 T-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood as Himself
- 1987 The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
