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Byron Haskin (1899–1984)

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After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Byron Haskin worked for a time as a newspaper cartoonist. He began his career in the film industry, in 1920, as a commercial-industrial movie photographer, and then as a cameraman for Pathe and International Newsreel. Later he became an assistant director at Selznick Productions... See full bio »

Born:

Byron Conrad Haskin
in Portland, Oregon, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Montecito, California, USA
Still of Byron Haskin, Gene Barry and Ann Robinson in The War of the Worlds
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1944 Arsenic and Old Lace (special effects)
 
1944 Passage to Marseille (special effects - uncredited)
 
1943 Truck Busters (special effects)
 
1942 Desperate Journey (special effects - uncredited)
 
1942 Across the Pacific (special effects)
 
1942 Wings for the Eagle (special effects)
 
1942 In This Our Life (special effects)
 
1942 Always in My Heart (special effects)
 
1942 Bullet Scars (special effects)
 
1942 Captains of the Clouds (special effects)
 
1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides (special effects - as Byron Haskins)
 
1941 Dive Bomber (special effects)
 
1941 Manpower (special effects)
 
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D. (special effects)
 
1941 The Wagons Roll at Night (special effects)
 
1941 The Great Lie (special effects)
 
1941 The Sea Wolf (special effects)
 
1941 High Sierra (special effects)
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail (special effects)
 
1940 South of Suez (special effects)
 
1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's (special effects)
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American (special effects)
 
1940 City for Conquest (special effects)
 
1940 Flowing Gold (special effects)
 
1940 They Drive by Night (special effects)
 
1940 All This, and Heaven Too (special effects)
 
1940 The Sea Hawk (special effects)
 
1940 Brother Orchid (special effects)
 
1940 Flight Angels (special effects)
 
1940 Torrid Zone (special effects)
 
1940 King of the Lumberjacks (special effects)
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again (special effects)
 
1940 It All Came True (special effects - uncredited)
 
1940 Virginia City (special effects - uncredited)
 
1940 Castle on the Hudson (special effects)
 
1940 The Fighting 69th (special effects)
 
1940 Brother Rat and a Baby (special effects)
 
1939 Invisible Stripes (special effects)
 
1939 We Are Not Alone (special effects)
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties (special effects)
 
1939 On Your Toes (special effects)
 
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (special effects)
 
1939 Dust Be My Destiny (special effects)
 
1939 Dodge City (special effects)
 
1939 Wings of the Navy (special effects - uncredited)
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It (special effects - as Byron Haskins)
 
1937 Submarine D-1 (special effects - as Byron Haskins)
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen (special effects - uncredited)
 
1937 Slim (special photographic effects)
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream (special photographic effects)
 
1925 Clothes Make the Pirate (special photographic effects - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (37 titles)
1968 The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV series)
– Pirate Island (1968)
 
1968 The Power
 
1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
– The Invisible Enemy (1964)
– Demon with a Glass Hand (1964)
– Behold Eck! (1964)
– A Feasibility Study (1964)
– The Architects of Fear (1963)
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1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars
 
1963 Captain Sindbad
 
1961 Armored Command
 
1960 September Storm
 
1959 Jet Over the Atlantic
 
1959 World of Giants (TV series)
– Death Trap (1959)
 
1959 Little Savage
 
1958 From the Earth to the Moon
 
1958 The Californians (TV series)
– China Doll (1958)
– Panic on Montgomery Street (1958)
 
1957 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
– Cupid Wore a Badge (1957)
 
1957 The Adventures of McGraw (TV series)
– Mojave (1957)
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Outpost (1956)
 
1956 The Boss
 
1956 The First Texan
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– Affair in Sumatra (1956)
 
1955 Conquest of Space
 
1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Treasure Island: Part 2 (1955)
– Treasure Island: Part 1 (1955)
 
1954 Long John Silver
 
1954 The Naked Jungle
 
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe
 
1953 The War of the Worlds
 
1952 Denver and Rio Grande
 
1951 Silver City
 
1951 Warpath
 
1951 Tarzan's Peril
 
1950 Treasure Island
 
1949 Too Late for Tears
 
1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon
 
1948 I Walk Alone
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic (uncredited)
 
1927 The Siren
 
1927 Ginsberg the Great
 
1927 Irish Hearts
 
1927 Matinee Ladies
 
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1937 Green Light (photography)
 
1936 Stage Struck (photography)
 
1936 I Married a Doctor (photographed by)
 
1936 Colleen (photography)
 
1935 Personal Maid's Secret
 
1935 Little Big Shot (uncredited)
 
1935 Black Fury (photography by)
 
1934 Side Streets (photography by)
 
1934 As the Earth Turns (photography)
 
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous
 
1931 The Deadline
 
1931 The Guilty Generation (photographed by)
 
1929 Madonna of Avenue A
 
1929 Glad Rag Doll
 
1929 The Redeeming Sin
 
1928 On Trial
 
1928 The Singing Fool
 
1928 Caught in the Fog
 
1927 When a Man Loves (photography)
 
1927 Wolf's Clothing
 
1926 Across the Pacific
 
1926 Millionaires
 
1926 Don Juan (uncredited)
 
1926 The Sea Beast
 
1925 The Golden Cocoon
 
1925 Where the Worst Begins
 
1925 Bobbed Hair
 
1925 His Majesty, Bunker Bean
 
1925 On Thin Ice
 
1923 Slander the Woman
 
1922 Broken Chains
 
1922 The World's a Stage
 
1922 Hurricane's Gal
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
1931 The Speckled Band (technical supervisor)
 
1931 Plunder (technical supervisor)
 
1930 Tons of Money (technical supervisor)
 
1930 On Approval (technical supervisor)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
Star Trek (TV series) (associate producer - 2 episodes, 1966-1986) (co-producer - 1 episode, 1986)
– The Cage (1986) (associate producer - uncredited, co-producer - uncredited)
– The Menagerie: Part II (1966) (associate producer)
 
1929 Black Waters (supervising producer)
 
1940 Gambling on the High Seas (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1939 Four Wives (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1939 On Your Toes (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1969 The Great Sex War (writer)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1930 One Embarrassing Night (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1921 Man-Woman-Marriage (cameraman - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
– End of an Era (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
– Trick of the Light (1980) … Himself
– The Man with the Megaphone (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
– Autocrats (1980) … Himself
– Hazard of the Game (1980) … Himself
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Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (video documentary short)
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The Outer Limits: Season 2: Episode 7 -- A Mars expedition arrives to discover its predecessor's fate and loses a crewman in a sea of sand. With Adam West. The War of the Worlds -- The film adaptation of the H.G.Wells story told on radio of the invasion of Earth by Martians. The Outer Limits: Season 2: Episode 5 -- Alien soldiers seek the last human survivor of a future war, a man with a glass hand. With Robert Culp. Written by Harlan Ellison.
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In the 1960s Haskin directed several episodes of The Outer Limits science fiction series, including "Demon With A Glass Hand", written by Harlan Ellison. (The long-awaited sequel, 'Demon on the Run', is scheduled to be shown on the epic television series, "Babylon 5", sometime in 1997 or 1998.) Sadly, the episode was never filmed. See more »

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