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Nicholas Musuraca (1892–1975)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Art Department

Italian-born Nicholas Musuraca's first job in the film business was as a chauffeur to early pioneering producer/director J. Stuart Blackton. Having a knack for photography, he worked behind the cameras in a variety of jobs before finally becoming a cinematographer (or, as they were called in those days... See full bio »

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in Riace, Calabria, Italy

Died:

(age 82) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1966 F Troop (TV series)
– For Who the Bugle Tolls (1966) (as Nick Musuraca)
– Did Your Father Come from Ireland? (1966) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Ballot of Corporal Agarn (1966) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1965-1966 McHale's Navy (TV series)
– Wally for Congress (1966) (as Nick Musuraca)
– An Ensign's Best Friend (1966) (as Nick Musuraca)
– Send This Ensign to Camp (1965) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1966 Tammy (TV series)
– Uncle Lucius Returns (1966) (director of photography)
 
1965 Run for Your Life (TV series)
– Make the Angels Weep (1965) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1962-1965 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
– Smothers Brothers Show (1965) (as Nick Musuraca / director of photography)
– Jack's Navy Buddy Returns (1965)
– The Stradivarius Story (1965)
– The Kingston Trio, Guests (1965) (as Nick Musuraca / director of photography)
– Jack Adopts Son (1965) (as Nick Musuraca / director of photography)
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1962 The Lucy Show (TV series)
– Lucy Digs Up a Date (1962) (director of photography / as Nick Musuraca)
– Lucy Waits Up for Chris (1962) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1961 The Lawbreakers (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
– Little Big Mouth (1961) (director of photography)
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
– 333 Montgomery Street (1960) (director of photography)
 
1959 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Lucy's Summer Vacation (1959) (director of photography)
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
– The Time Element (1958) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1958 Too Much, Too Soon (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1958 December Bride (TV series)
– Aunt Emily (1958) (director of photography)
– Contour Chair (1958) (director of photography)
 
1957 Man on the Prowl
 
1957 Maverick (TV series)
– Hostage (1957) (as Nicholas Musaraca)
 
1957 The Story of Mankind
 
1956-1957 The Lineup (TV series)
– The Fleet Queen Case (1957)
– The Adams Case (1956) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1957 Those Whiting Girls (TV series)
– Margaret Whiting's Sister (1957)
– What Price Publicity? (1957)
– The Old Clunker (1957)
– Eleanor's Romance (1957)
– The Jingle (1957)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1957 Date with the Angels (TV series)
– Pike's Pique (1957) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Surprise (1957) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Blue Tie (1957) (director of photography / as Nick Muscuraca)
– Shall We Dance? (1957) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Feud (1957) (as Nick Musuraca)
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1957 Whirlybirds (TV series)
– Boy on the Roof (1957) (director of photography / as Nick Musuraca)
– The Big U (1957) (director of photography / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series)
– Jim Bowie and His Slave (1956) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1956 Wire Service (TV series)
– The Johnny Rath Story (1956) (director of photography)
 
1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
– Jeannie's Here (1956) (director of photography)
 
1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
– Watch the Sunset (1956) (as Nick Musuraca)
– High Stakes (1956) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1955 The Life of Riley (TV series)
– Love Comes to Waldo Binney (1955) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
– The Time of the Day (1955) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Greatest Man in the World (1955) (as Nick Musuraca)
– Appointment in Highbridge (1955) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1954-1955 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
– The Stamp Story (1955) (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Minister Story (1954)
– The Murder Story (1954) (as Nick Musuraca)
– Skid Row (as Nick Musuraca)
– The Carnival Story (as Nick Musuraca)
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1954 Susan Slept Here (director of photography)
 
1953 Devil's Canyon (director of photography)
 
1953 Split Second (director of photography)
 
1953 The Hitch-Hiker (director of photography)
 
1953 The Blue Gardenia (director of photography)
 
1952 Clash by Night
 
1952 Trail Guide
 
1952 A Girl in Every Port
 
1951 The Whip Hand
 
1951 Hot Lead
 
1951 Roadblock (director of photography)
 
1951 The Company She Keeps
 
1950 Hunt the Man Down
 
1950 Born to Be Bad
 
1950 Where Danger Lives (director of photography)
 
1950 Rider from Tucson
 
1950 Dynamite Pass
 
1949 The Woman on Pier 13 (director of photography)
 
1949 The Mysterious Desperado
 
1949 Stagecoach Kid
 
1948 Blood on the Moon
 
1948 I Remember Mama (director of photography)
 
1947 Out of the Past (director of photography)
 
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
 
1946 The Locket (director of photography)
 
1946 Bedlam (director of photography)
 
1946 Deadline at Dawn
 
1945 The Spiral Staircase (director of photography)
 
1945 It's Your Move (short)
 
1945 Back to Bataan (director of photography)
 
1945 China Sky
 
1944 The Falcon in Hollywood (director of photography)
 
1944 Girl Rush
 
1944 Bride by Mistake
 
1944 Marine Raiders
 
1944 The Curse of the Cat People (director of photography)
 
1943 The Ghost Ship (director of photography)
 
1943 Gangway for Tomorrow
 
1943 The Seventh Victim
 
1943 The Fallen Sparrow
 
1943 Bombardier (director of photography)
 
1943 Forever and a Day (uncredited)
 
1942 Cat People (director of photography)
 
1942 Pirates of the Prairie
 
1942 The Navy Comes Through
 
1942 Bandit Ranger
 
1942 Cooks and Crooks (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti (director of photography)
 
1942 Obliging Young Lady
 
1942 Call Out the Marines
 
1941 The Gay Falcon (director of photography)
 
1941 Lady Scarface
 
1941 Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
 
1941 Repent at Leisure
 
1941 Play Girl
 
1940 Little Men (director of photography)
 
1940 Stranger on the Third Floor
 
1940 Tom Brown's School Days
 
1940 A Bill of Divorcement
 
1940 Swiss Family Robinson
 
1939 Allegheny Uprising (director of photography)
 
1939 Golden Boy (director of photography / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1939 Five Came Back
 
1939 Sorority House (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1939 They Made Her a Spy (photographed by)
 
1939 Twelve Crowded Hours (photographed by)
 
1939 Pacific Liner (photographed by)
 
1938 Tarnished Angel
 
1938 The Mad Miss Manton (photographed by)
 
1938 Smashing the Rackets
 
1938 Sky Giant
 
1938 Blind Alibi (photographed by)
 
1938 Law of the Underworld
 
1938 Condemned Women
 
1938 Night Spot
 
1938 The Stupor-Visor (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1938 Everybody's Doing It (photographed by)
 
1938 Crashing Hollywood
 
1937 Quick Money
 
1937 Harris in the Spring (short)
 
1937 Danger Patrol (photographed by)
 
1937 Living on Love
 
1937 Saturday's Heroes (photographed by)
 
1937 RKO Headliner: Trailing Along (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1937 Flight from Glory (photographed by)
 
1937 The Big Shot (photographed by)
 
1937 Border Cafe
 
1937 There Goes My Girl (uncredited)
 
1937 Too Many Wives
 
1937 China Passage
 
1937 We're on the Jury (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 The Plot Thickens (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 Who's Looney Now (short) (as Nick Muscuraca)
 
1936 So and Sew (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 Second Wife
 
1936 Listen to Freezin' (short)
 
1936 Melody in May (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 Murder on a Bridle Path (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 Silly Billies (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1936 A Wed-Time Story (short)
 
1936 The Farmer in the Dell
 
1936 Alladin from Manhattan (short)
 
1936 Camera Cranks (short)
 
1936 Two in the Dark (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1935 To Beat the Band
 
1935 Old Man Rhythm (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (short)
 
1935 Village Tale (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1935 Romance in Manhattan (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Bandits and Ballads (short)
 
1934 By Your Leave (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 The Richest Girl in the World (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Contented Calves (short) (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 We're Rich Again (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Murder on the Blackboard (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Old Maid's Mistake (short)
 
1934 Sing and Like It (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Where Sinners Meet (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1934 Love on a Ladder (short)
 
1934 Long Lost Father (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1933 Chance at Heaven (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1933 Midshipman Jack (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1933 Snug in the Jug (short)
 
1933 Headline Shooter (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1933 Flying Devils (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1933 The Gay Nighties (short)
 
1933 Cross Fire
 
1933 Son of the Border
 
1933 Lost in Limehouse (short)
 
1933 Scarlet River
 
1933 The Cheyenne Kid
 
1932 Haunted Gold (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1932 Come on Danger! (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1932 Swift Justice (short)
 
1931 Men of Chance (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1931 Smart Woman (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1931 Too Many Cooks
 
1931 Three Who Loved (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1931 Everything's Rosie (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1931 The Sin Ship (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1931 Cracked Nuts (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1930 Hook Line and Sinker (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1930 Half Shot at Sunrise (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1930 Conspiracy (photographed by)
 
1930 Inside the Lines (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1930 The Cuckoos (photographed by / as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 Side Street (photographed by)
 
1929 The Pride of Pawnee (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 Idaho Red (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 The Freckled Rascal (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 Gun Law (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 The Red Sword (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1929 Trail of the Horse Thieves (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Orphan of the Sage (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Tropic Madness (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Tyrant of Red Gulch (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Rough Ridin' Red (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 The Avenging Rider (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Terror Mountain (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Dog Justice (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Una nueva y gloriosa nación (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Phantom of the Range (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 Red Riders of Canada (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1928 When the Law Rides (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 South Sea Love (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 The Cherokee Kid (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 Tom's Gang (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 Splitting the Breeze (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 The Sonora Kid (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1927 Lightning Lariats
 
1926 His New York Wife
 
1926 Shameful Behavior?
 
1926 The Passionate Quest (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1926 Hell-Bent for Heaven
 
1926 The Gilded Highway
 
1926 Bride of the Storm (as Nick Musuraca)
 
1923 On the Banks of the Wabash
 
1923 The Virgin Queen
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (photographer: additional scenes - uncredited)
 
1938 Hatred (assistant camera - as Nick)
 
1931 Cimarron (camera crew member: land rush scenes - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1922 The Glorious Adventure (art titles)
 

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Broke into the film industry as a chauffeur to pioneer producer/director J. Stuart Blackton. See more »

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Star Sign:

Scorpio