Harry Stradling
Henry A. Stradling, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer with more than 130 films to his credit.
His uncle Walter Stradling, son Harry Stradling Jr. and godson Gerald Perry Finnerman were also cinematographers.
Early career
Stradling was born in Newark, New Jersey, the nephew of cameraman Walter Stradling who had worked with Mary Pickford. Confined to two-reelers in Hollywood, he left for France and Germany in the early 1930s. He made contributions to several Jacques Feyder films, Le [Grand Jeu (1934 film)|Le Grand Jeu], Carnival in [Flanders (film)|La Kermesse héroïque] , Die Klugen Frauen and Knight Without Armour, his first under producer Alexander Korda in England. Other English films include Action for Slander, The Divorce of Lady X, South Riding, The Citadel, Pygmalion, The Lion Has Wings, Jamaica Inn, Q Planes.Hollywood
Stradling moved to the United States at the beginning of World War II. Alfred Hitchcock engaged him for Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Suspicion. Stradling's last four films starred Barbra Streisand, including her Oscar-winning debut Funny Girl.During his career, he photographed Marlene Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Simmons, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr, Rosalind Russell, Kim Novak, Judy Garland, and Barbra Streisand.
Stradling died halfway through production of The [Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat] in Hollywood, California.