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Special Effects:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1920s

1. When Time Ran Out... (1980) (special photographic effects)
   ... aka The Day the World Ended (Philippines: English title) (USA: video title)
   ... aka Earth's Final Fury (USA: TV title)
   
   
2. The Swarm (1978) (special photographic effects)
3. The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) (TV) (special photographic effects)
   ... aka The Amazing Captain Nemo (USA: theatrical title)
4. Viva Knievel! (1977) (special photographic effects)
   ... aka Seconds to Live
5. Fire! (1977) (TV) (special photographic effects)
6. Flood! (1976) (TV) (special photographic effects)
7. The Towering Inferno (1974) (special photographic effects)
8. "Planet of the Apes" (1974) TV series (special photographic effects) (unknown episodes)
9. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) (special effects)
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) (special photographic effects) (uncredited)
    ... aka Colonization of the Planet of the Apes
11. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) (special photographic effects)
12. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) (special photographic effects) (uncredited)
13. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) (special photographic effects) (uncredited)
14. City Beneath the Sea (1971) (TV) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka One Hour to Doomsday (UK: theatrical title)
15. The Great White Hope (1970) (special photographic effects)
16. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) (special photographic effects)
17. Move (1970) (special photographic effects)
18. Myra Breckinridge (1970) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge
19. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) (special photographic effects)
20. "Land of the Giants" (special photographic effects) (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
        - Graveyard of Fools (1970) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Wild Journey (1970) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Marionettes (1970) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - A Small War (1970) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Doomsday (1970) TV episode (special photographic effects)
          (46 more)
21. The Challenge (1970) (TV) (special effects)
22. Patton (1970) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Patton: A Salute to a Rebel
23. MASH (1970) (special photographic effects)
24. The Only Game in Town (1970) (special photographic effects)
    
    
25. Hello, Dolly! (1969) (special photographic effects)
26. John and Mary (1969) (special photographic effects)
27. Daughter of the Mind (1969) (TV) (special effects)
28. The Undefeated (1969) (special photographic effects)
29. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (special photographic effects)
30. Justine (1969) (special photographic effects)
31. Che! (1969) (special photographic effects)
32. Hard Contract (1969) (special photographic effects)
33. 100 Rifles (1969) (special photographic effects)
34. City Beneath the Sea (1969) (TV) (special effects supervisor)
35. Lady in Cement (1968) (special effects)
36. The Boston Strangler (1968) (special photographic effects)
37. Star! (1968) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Loves of a Star! (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka Those Were the Happy Times (USA: reissue title)
38. The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968) (special photographic effects)
39. The Sweet Ride (1968) (photographic effects)
40. Bandolero! (1968) (special photographic effects)
41. The Detective (1968) (special photographic effects)
42. "Batman" (special photographic effects) (29 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Joker's Flying Saucer (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Catwoman's Dressed to Kill (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Unkindest Tut of All (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
          (24 more)
43. "Lost in Space" (special photographic effects) (84 episodes, 1965-1968)
        - Junkyard of Space (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Great Vegetable Rebellion (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Flaming Planet (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Space Beauty (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Fugitives in Space (1968) TV episode (special photographic effects)
          (79 more)
44. Planet of the Apes (1968) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Monkey Planet
45. The Man from the 25th Century (1968) (TV) (special effects supervisor)
46. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (special photographic effects) (97 episodes, 1964-1967)
        - Deadly Amphibians (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Blow Up (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - A Time to Die (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Terror (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Rescue (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
          (92 more)
47. Valley of the Dolls (1967) (special photographic effects)
48. Doctor Dolittle (1967) (special photographic effects)
49. The Flim-Flam Man (1967) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka One Born Every Minute (UK)
50. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) (special photographic effects)
51. A Guide for the Married Man (1967) (special photographic effects)
52. Caprice (1967) (special photographic effects)
53. "The Time Tunnel" (special photographic effects) (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
        - Town of Terror (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Raiders from Outer Space (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - The Kidnappers (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Merlin the Magician (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Attack of the Barbarians (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
          (25 more)
54. "The Green Hornet" (special photographic effects) (3 episodes, 1967)
    ... aka "The Kato Show" (Hong Kong: English title: informal title)
        - Invasion from Outer Space: Part 2 (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Trouble for Prince Charming (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
        - Bad Bet on a 459-Silent (1967) TV episode (special photographic effects)
55. In Like Flint (1967) (special photographic effects)
56. The Sand Pebbles (1966) (special photographic effects)
57. Way... Way Out (1966) (special photographic effects)
58. Fantastic Voyage (1966) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Microscopia
    ... aka Strange Journey
59. Batman (1966) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Batman: The Movie (USA: video box title)
60. Stagecoach (1966) (special photographic effects)
61. Our Man Flint (1966) (special photographic effects)
62. Do Not Disturb (1965) (special photographic effects)
63. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) (special photographic effects)
64. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy
65. The Reward (1965) (special photographic effects)
66. Morituri (1965) (special photographic effects)
67. Von Ryan's Express (1965) (special photographic effects)
68. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) (special effects)
69. The Sound of Music (1965) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
70. Dear Brigitte (1965) (special photographic effects)
71. Goodbye Charlie (1964) (special photographic effects)
72. Fate Is the Hunter (1964) (special effects)
73. Shock Treatment (1964) (special photographic effects)
74. What a Way to Go! (1964) (special photographic effects)
75. Move Over, Darling (1963) (special photographic effects)
76. Take Her, She's Mine (1963) (special camera effects)
77. Cleopatra (1963) (special photographic effects)
78. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) (special photographic effects)
79. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Adventures of a Young Man (UK)
    ... aka Ernest Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (USA: complete title)
80. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) (special photographic effects)
81. State Fair (1962) (special effects)
82. Tender Is the Night (1962) (special photographic effects)
83. Bachelor Flat (1962) (special photographic effects)
84. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) (special photographic effects)
85. Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Snow White and the Three Clowns
86. The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) (special effects)
87. North to Alaska (1960) (special photographic effects)
88. From the Terrace (1960) (special photographic effects)
89. The Lost World (1960) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (USA: complete title)
90. The Story of Ruth (1960) (special photographic effects)
91. Wake Me When It's Over (1960) (special effects)
    
    
92. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
    ... aka Trip to the Center of the Earth
93. The Man Who Understood Women (1959) (special effects)
94. The Blue Angel (1959) (special photographic effects)
95. Holiday for Lovers (1959) (special effects)
96. Woman Obsessed (1959) (special effects)
97. Warlock (1959) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Shoot Out at Warlock (USA: reissue title)
98. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (special photographic effects)
99. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) (special photographic effects)
100. A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) (special photographic effects)
     ... aka How to Rob a Bank
101. The Roots of Heaven (1958) (special photographic effects)
102. The Hunters (1958) (special photographic effects)
103. The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) (photographic effects)
104. The Fly (1958) (special photographic effects)
105. Fräulein (1958) (special effects)
     ... aka Fraulein (USA)
106. From Hell to Texas (1958) (special photographic effects)
     ... aka Man Hunt (UK: poster title)
     ... aka Manhunt (UK)
107. Ten North Frederick (1958) (special effects)
108. The Long, Hot Summer (1958) (special photographic effects)
109. The Young Lions (1958) (special photographic effects)
110. South Pacific (1958) (special photographic effects)
111. The Gift of Love (1958) (special photographic effects)
112. The Enemy Below (1957) (special photographic effects)
113. Peyton Place (1957) (special photographic effects)
114. Kiss Them for Me (1957) (special photographic effects)
115. Stopover Tokyo (1957) (special photographic effects)
116. No Down Payment (1957) (special photographic effects)
117. Forty Guns (1957) (special photographic effects)
     ... aka Samuel Fuller's Forty Guns (Australia)
118. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) (special photographic effects)
119. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) (special effects)
     ... aka Oh! For a Man! (UK)
120. A Hatful of Rain (1957) (special effects)
121. An Affair to Remember (1957) (special photographic effects)
     ... aka Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (USA: complete title)
122. The Wayward Bus (1957) (special effects)
123. Le retour de Don Camillo (1953) (special photographic effects)
     ... aka Il ritorno di Don Camillo (Italy)
     ... aka The Return of Don Camillo (USA)
124. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (effects team) (uncredited)
     
     
125. What Price Glory (1926) (special effects crew) (uncredited)
     

Camera and Electrical Department:

• 1930s
• 1920s

1. Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) (camera operator) (uncredited)
2. Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) (second camera operator) (uncredited)
3. Eran trece (1931) (assistant camera)
   
   
4. Wings (1927) (additional photographer) (uncredited)
   

Visual Effects:

1. 1941 (1979) (optical consultant)
2. Logan's Run (1976) (special visual effects designer)
3. Emperor of the North Pole (1973) (visual effects)
   ... aka Emperor of the North (USA: reissue title)
   

Self:

1. A Look Into the 23rd Century (1976) (uncredited) .... Himself